So we’ve finally moved into our new offices at work. And quite swish they are too! I even get my own whiteboard to write stuff on, as well as a desk next to a window so that I can get real fresh air. Of course, there’s loads of stuff still to sort out - I haven’t worked out the tea situation yet and I think we are going to have to decide on a rota for biscuits for the development team (otherwise we will all grind to a halt!).
The main difference for me is the commute. It still takes about the same amount of time but instead of getting the bus or walking to the old office at Southampton University I have to take my bike and cycle to the new office. At least it will get me some much needed exercise!
At the same time as moving office we also shuffled a couple of servers into a new data centre. This was a bit more stressful than I’d anticipated - we had to fix a non-existent networking problem on one of the servers and make sure they were configured for the new network. Then there’s the hassle of some stuff that was still referencing one of the servers by IP address (bad!)… I was still at the data centre after 7pm on Friday - a time that no self-respecting sysadmin would expect to be at work! Luckily most stuff went without a hitch, even though it did take us rather longer than expected to work out how to install the servers in the racks. And more importantly, all the disaster plans that I wrote in case the van with the servers was rear-ended on the M25 or hijacked in Basingstoke weren’t needed!
Anyway - I need to go and sort out those blasted TPS reports…
