I mentioned this commercial earlier. Just found it on Youtube. Soo adorable!

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• 08:51 In the office again today. We're going to try and meet with the General Manager today to go over everything. #
• 10:33 @erroch I'm sorry about the fish. *hugs* #

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I'm probably not as vocal as I wish, but some of you might know about my passion for finding a cure for breast cancer. My family has a long history of breast cancer, most recently my sister having a double mastectomy. In getting some new luggage tags, I just found out that there is a local Atlanta group for the Susan G Komen foundation. They have events, volunteers, and newsletters. I strongly suggest to all local women (and men too!) to try to find some way to get involved. Might just see about volunteering once I get back home.

Mom and I are sitting here watching the original episodes of The Twilight Zone. She got the first DVD off Netflicks. I must say, the every first episode really impressed me. "The Night of the Meek" Is amazing. Probably the best they could have done for the very first episode of the series. Was not expecting it to be an upbeat happy one. Made me teary-eyed. Of course, the second one is the legendary "The Invaders". Heard about it but never seen it. I want to get Netflicks now so I can get caught up on all these series without buying the DVDs.

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• 09:23 I am half tempted to take my perscriptions away from walgreens. This is frustraiting. #
• 12:52 Back at the office. Got my new luggage, prezzy from Mom. Been a productive morning. Now playing phone tag with ACD.net again. #
• 17:07 Why is it that comcast has no idea what the difference between Webhosting and Domainhosting is??? #

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I have been going round and round with comcast business tech support for almost an hour now trying to get them to take possession of the company domain name. Registration and hosting of ONE domain name is included with the package that the company purchased. These people have no fucking clue what the difference is between "Domain Hosting" and "Web Hosting"!!!!!

Here is what is going on:

The company had their DSL and Webhosting all with a single local provider. Webhosting included physical space and domain registration. This local company is an SRSPlus partner and did their own domain registration. This local company also had so many problems and such horrid service that the Company has left them to get service with Comcast.

I've been working to get everything with Comcast setup. Their DSL is already hooked up and working perfectly. Now I'm working on moving the domain name, website, and email all moved over to Comcast. I finally get the domain names released from the former host and call into Comcast to transfer the domains and... well.. I can't. They don't DO domain transferrs.

I'm soo pissed off at them right now it's not funny. Going to have a meeting with the Office Manager (my mom) and our General Manager tomorrow. This is pissing me off.

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• 10:40 Good weekend. Busy day today. About to take mom to PT again. Kyle has a TBall game tonight. His first. #
• 12:53 Back in the office. Trying to get ahold of this guy to get the company domain names released. *sighs* #
• 14:01 Leaving for Kyle's game soon #

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• 08:29 Happy Mother's day. Mom and i are heading to my sisters. #

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• 10:46 Mom and I are about to go down to see her dad for lunch. #
• 12:48 Anyone else notice that they are playing 80s & 90s music as 'background music' in stores and resturants? When did old pop become 'contim ... #

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• 23:56 Been busy. Working. Cleaning. Cooking. Falling asleep in my chair. I go night night now. #

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• 20:52 I am so tired. Fighting to stay awake while watching #AreYouSmaterThanAFifthGrader. #

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• 10:02 Working at the office today. Need to go pull Mom out of a meeting for her Doctor's Appointment. #
• 21:05 WTF is up with the sound guy with #AmericanIdol these past few weeks? Horrible horrible configuration. #
• 21:36 Oh gods, someone shut this guy up. It's hurting my ears. #AmericanIdol #
• 23:35 typing up an LJ entry before bed. #

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Ok.. While mom has needed me less and less, I've actually been doing something akin to "consulting" work for the office. Howso?

Well, they don't have a single person inhouse who knows computers. General concessus is that my mom knows the most out of everyone. Mom's not computer illiterate, but she knows she has limits. So, here's what's going on:

For awhile now, the company has been using high speed DSL from a local provider now. They also have web-hosting, 2 domains, and their email through them. Ever since they started with this provider they have had nothing but trouble. So recently they switched over to comcast.

Yes, comcast. I groaned inwardly, but the problem is that they are almost the only option around here. Well, I think it was last week, they finally got everything transferred over and the comcast internet is working fine. Now there is the issue of the website.

when they canceled their previous DSL, they didn't realize that their website was on the same account so they got notified that it was going to be canceled. It was more of a wakeup call. I happened to be around when all this was going down, so the General Manager (read: boss) asked me if I'd be willing to help sort all this out. Y'all know me, I said yes. It's not so much that i'm regretting doing so, more like I never realized just how much work it was going to be. First off it was hard to find what they had included with their package, then hard to find what they NEEDED for their website. To say it was a mess is an understatement.

Things probably would have gone smoother had I been able to get to a computer with net access. The ethernet drop in the conference room is either a dead end, or their network is specific as to who can connect maybe via mac address. All I know is I plug it in and my computer still says there isn't a connection (yes, made sure the stuff was on, just wasn't getting anything off the cord), as in "nothing is plugged in" even though it is. There is a wireless in there, but it's passworded and no one around there even has a clue what the key is. *facepalm* They don't understand that all this stuff needs to be documented. Their network is done by a group that's hired in, but if the physical cables are any indication of how good they are, I'd have fired them the moment I looked at that mess. Medusa's hair is easier to detangle than that crap. *sighs*

So anyway, spent just about my entire afternoon dealing with that stuff. Got them started with transferring over to digital phones. Figured out what's going on with their web packages. Oh gods I'm so pissed off with that. I got told 15 different things before being directed to this one website where i had to create an admin account for our actual account and THAT is where we pick our webhosting packages. No other way to find out the prices for the packages.

Found out WHY comcast support is so crappy too. Calls go into a national switchboard, even though service and everything are regional.

Tomorrow I go in and hopefully can get everything all setup and done. *crosses fingers*

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• 11:52 Fixed the OEC website, got the login info. *sighs* Now quick shower then go get mom for lunch and PT. #
• 12:25 heading out again #
• 15:13 Back at the house. PT went well for mom. Impressed mom's boss with the website stuff. #
• 15:31 @tanyabook I wish. I just can't seem to keep focused on it for long. #
• 15:36 @tanyabook Maybe. We'll see when we get home. If she's intrested, I might try talking to Francois to hire Laura to manage the site. #
• 16:00 @tanyabook Hrm? What job? #
• 16:05 @tanyabook Ahh. I see. Well if she wants my help she can ask, but she usually does good on her own. She's better than I am anyway. #
• 16:15 back to the office i go #
• 20:04 And IT Begins... #AmericanIdol #
• 20:10 Anyone else pick up that David Cook is not enjoying himself tonight? #AmericanIdol #
• 20:30 Oh WOW! David Archuleta just rocked. #AmericanIdol #
• 20:52 Methinks Jason is going home tomorrow. #AmericanIdol #
• 21:33 I admit it..I'm a #DancingWithTheStars addict. #
• 23:15 I got sleep now. Gotta get up early because I need to go into work with Mom to help them sort out the website/internet/comcast stuff. #

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• 14:56 Back from errands. Feeling stretched out again. Just want to go crawl into bed even though I have soo much to do. #
• 19:49 Good news, I think I'll only have to pay about 130 bucks for gas on my way home. Maybe less. #

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