Crossing the net as I work

Words from job hunting

mary gilmartin — Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:46:54 +0000

ソフトウェア開発技術者 software development engineer
システムアナリスト systems analyst
基本情報技術者 basic IT person
情報処理技術者 data processing engineer
パスワード password (computer)

When, where, who, what? Video

mary gilmartin — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 20:23:18 +0000

http://www.genkijapan.net/ seems to be useful found it through When, where, who, what? Video

いつ itsu When
どて dote Where
だれdare Who
なに nani What

itsu, dote, dare, nani?

Avoron

mary gilmartin — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 22:08:26 +0000

http://www.avoron.com/products.php?cat=39

What do you think of this software. I’m checking it out at the moment.

Japanese classes

mary gilmartin — Sat, 05 May 2007 21:26:10 +0000

Since thursday I have finished my beginners japanese class. UL gaves us all a cert at a reception in the UL white house. The class was great and the other students. I have arranged a teacher for the summer to keep learning and try the exam in september.

Large information rich systems

mary gilmartin — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 11:25:51 +0000

In my new job I’m currently learning to use a large information-rich business-critical system.

The known software bugs are not documented, I’m learning about them through other people and as I run into them. I could cry. It would be a lot easier if they ever do decide to fix them if they were already documented.

The system could also be made a lot more user friendly. Some of the theories of usability has obviously never reached its stately mass.

Some things can only be done in one way because the system talks to other companys software. But honestly I’d study and document it for free if I was let, so that they can fix that problem.

Its frustrating looking at it, I was trainined in updating legacy systems in college and I do understand why these systems don’t get updated till they have to be (cost, their are critical, it works somewhat so why fix it) but I am damn tempted to write the business case for why they should at least document it and rewrite parts of it to make it easier to update.

Maybe somewhere it is documented and somewhere they are doing this, but dear gods tell me so I can stop dispairing over it.

Sunday morning

mary gilmartin — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 11:00:47 +0000

The bells, the bells!

One of the churchs near my house has bell ringing every sunday morning. My windows is open so I can listen to them as I type. Very Cool.

Vista support training

mary gilmartin — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 22:30:14 +0000

We were trained in vista support today. I have home premium on my home machine so I’m already comforable with it. Still the structured course was good. I would have liked to have done more practical exercises thought.

Tired

mary gilmartin — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 20:02:07 +0000

New job is tiring. Very long hours, with not enough work being done to really make it worth it.

Then I go home and have my own pc housekeeping to do.

Right now I’m removing the nortan trial (done), running a backup (doing) letting windows update do its thing (it failed once). Then I have to check is AVG and windows firewall are doing their security jobs.

Blah, later I get to try Wow again though.

Nihongo

mary gilmartin — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 17:20:27 +0000

Slowly translating webpages with lots of looking up

shougakusei – grad school student
小学生(しょうがくせい)

ホームページ hoomupeeji
web site – homepage

興味 (きょうみ) kyoumi

interest (in something)

Hp learning class

mary gilmartin — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 17:14:27 +0000

HP does free classes in a whole bunch of different subjects. Currently I’m going through the backup classes. I know a good bit about backing up but I want to flesh it out and get more comfortable with it. Usually I was carrying on someone elses backup policy. How do I pick a solution for a new business?

Finished lesson one, lesson two.

Update: Finished the other four lessons and got a certificate of hp for it. Interesting. I enjoyed reading around the topic too.

In Lesson 1, you’ll be introduced to the basic concepts behind data backup and recovery. You’ll explore the business case for data backup and then examine the main backup strategies: direct-attached tape, automated tape, and disk-to-disk backups.
In Lesson 2, you’ll learn about the traditional mainstay backup technology — tape backup. This data protection technique uses high-capacity, high-speed tape technology to rapidly create portable data backups.
In Lesson 3, you’ll learn how to leverage automation technology to remove the potential risks associated with human errors (forgetting to perform a backup, tape handling, and so on) from data protection, enabling you to focus on your business objectives.
In Lesson 4, you’ll discover the important role that disk-to-disk backup plays in high-availability environments. You’ll learn about the use of RAID technology to protect servers as well as snaps, clones, and other disk-to-disk backup solutions.
In Lesson 5, you’ll explore the schemes and media rotation methods used to back up data to tape as part of a regular routine or for long-term storage. You’ll also learn how to select the right type of backup strategy for your organization’s needs based on amount of data, technical personnel availability, archival requirements, general costs, and speed.
In Lesson 6, you’ll put the technology components together to create a complete system for managing backups. You’ll learn criteria for selecting hardware and software, and get tips for implementing a solution that’s right for you.