Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Another Office Building Sign

The office building I work in isn't anything out of the ordinary. There's one thing I like about it, and that is the fact that the stairs are not locked. I'm working on the 6th floor, but some of the people I need to talk to during the course of the day work on the 5th floor. It is very easy for me (and usually faster, too) to take the stairs.

Have you ever wondered, though, what the singular form of "stairs" is? Well, here is the answer:

Yes, this is a sign indicating where the "stair" is. I don't use this stair, though. Instead, I use the stairs that go all the way from one floor to the next.

Tuesday, December 12, 2006

I Switched

Today I finally started using my new Dell D820 laptop. I've had it since September but I have not had the time to install everything I need to do work on it. It's still not 100% there, yet (I'm missing Visual Studio, for example), but I've got what I need for the project I'm on at the minute. Basically that means I have the latest Office (2007 version) and not much else...

I also loaded Internet Explorer 7, and I'm getting used to it. So far it just seems like the Microsoft version of Firefox.

I'm planning on keeping my 3-year-old Dell D800 around for a while to use as my personal machine, database server, and second monitor (using MaxiVista).

Monday, December 04, 2006

Duh!

Hmmm...I'm trying to think of something witty to add, but I think the picture says it all!

This was taken in the stairwell of an office building and is on the cover of what I presume is an Emergency Telephone. I didn't feel that it was an emergency to figure out whether there was an actual telephone inside or not, so I didn't open the cover. That would be pretty funny, though, if an emergency happened and there was no phone inside.

I wonder if inspectors actually inspect the phone on occasion, or if an inspection isn't considered an emergency, in which case the case would always remain closed.

Until an emergency happened, of course.