At least it's not raining
Jul. 2nd, 2009 06:34 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
altivoSun? What's that? At least the thermostat has been turned down.
The last couple of days have been gray as gray. Mosquitoes are loving it, I'm not. The ground is starting to dry out from the last gully washer a week ago, though. We need hay soon. Hopefully things will stay dry enough so we can get it.
Spent 45+ minutes on the line with tech support for the library system this morning. Not my choice, but I'd reported a problem that apparently occurs only in the Linux version of their client software, and I was asked to help the tech guy duplicate it. I warned them that it's intermittent, I can't always make it happen, but they insisted on trying. Of course it didn't happen. They weren't prepared to meet the real set up needs, and the tech support staff wasn't familiar with the functionality or terminology, so I had to explain everything three times and tell him every keystroke he needed. As I said at the time, the only thing I hate worse than being the tech support is having to call tech support.
On the other paw, I had the library to myself this morning, completely. It was quiet for the first time in three weeks. That, I loved.
Gary ran the hose out to the garden this morning, so I can water my baby plants. They need to go in pronto. Saturday, I hope.
Started listening to the audiobook version of Gregory Maguire's A Lion Among Men and it's so good that I can't stand the slow pace of the reading, so I'll probably read the print edition instead.
The last couple of days have been gray as gray. Mosquitoes are loving it, I'm not. The ground is starting to dry out from the last gully washer a week ago, though. We need hay soon. Hopefully things will stay dry enough so we can get it.
Spent 45+ minutes on the line with tech support for the library system this morning. Not my choice, but I'd reported a problem that apparently occurs only in the Linux version of their client software, and I was asked to help the tech guy duplicate it. I warned them that it's intermittent, I can't always make it happen, but they insisted on trying. Of course it didn't happen. They weren't prepared to meet the real set up needs, and the tech support staff wasn't familiar with the functionality or terminology, so I had to explain everything three times and tell him every keystroke he needed. As I said at the time, the only thing I hate worse than being the tech support is having to call tech support.
On the other paw, I had the library to myself this morning, completely. It was quiet for the first time in three weeks. That, I loved.
Gary ran the hose out to the garden this morning, so I can water my baby plants. They need to go in pronto. Saturday, I hope.
Started listening to the audiobook version of Gregory Maguire's A Lion Among Men and it's so good that I can't stand the slow pace of the reading, so I'll probably read the print edition instead.
