Large format printing

For several weeks MacCavity has been talking about getting a large-format printer for the printoom (though god alone knows where he intended to put it).

I kept pointing out that this would impact on PandIS and that Phil would be very unhappy at having business taken off him.

Response was that it would be useful as there's often people in department who need large prints in a hurry.*

Eventually he talked too Sue who firmly rejected the very idea!

* Serve them right for not pulling their finger out of their poop-chute and getting it done earlier.

University 'planning'

Roumours  that the Registry want to create/have their own computing service.

To put it another way, having forced the UCS & MISD to merge, they now want to create a new version of MISD.

As usual, a fucking stupid huge waste of money.

Next time Cambridge University pleads poverty remember that they may be guilty of dissimulation.

Vanishing act No 3398188484

The stores are 90 seconds walk from the printroom.

So where the fuck have you been for that 15-20 minutes?

Farewell

To Aladdin Sane, Ziggy Stardust and the Thin White Duke.

Words like 'legend' and 'genius' are bandied about too often nowadays but in the case of David Bowie they are entirely appropriate.

We shall NOT see his like again, but we DID see him. We were the ones lucky enough to share the world with David Bowie.

The future envies us

RIP David Bowie.

Roy Batty activation date

Roy Batty was 'born' on this day (08/01/2016).

In his short life, he saw amazing things.

Children

Bruce called at just after 9am to say that he'd be in late as he was dropping his kids off at the station & the dentist.

Because, apparently, they can't use a bus.

#standard

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