I came across these in e-mail and just had to share, enjoy.

Not good news folks. I made more money. As stated in last post, had £18 and layed horses so I only had £5 left in account, at the end of the day I ended up with £25.26. I was hoping to lose and get over this 'period' where my mind's telling me to keep on betting. Instead I'm just going to stop betting because at the end of the day the bookies always win and I'm here to make money, not live in dreamland and then ultimately lose it all. Once I've started using the sharebuilder account, of which I'm still witing for the details, I'll calculate the % profit required to ascertain monthly goals and maybe factor in a bit of laying then. But for now the betting stops. I'll continue to post about making money with large stakes once, as I said earlier, the Sharebuilder account is ready to go.

Cheers
Ryan Partington

10 dirty little secrets you should know about working in IT. This is both amusing and true. For the full article click here

10.) The pay in IT is good compared to many other professions, but since they pay you well, they often think they own you
9.) It will be your fault when users make silly errors
8.) You will go from goat to hero and back again multiple times within any given day
7.) Certifications won't always help you become a better technologist, but they can help you land a better job or a pay raise
6.) Your nontechnical co-workers will use you as personal tech support for their home PCs
5.) Vendors and consultants will take all the credit when things work well and will blame you when things go wrong
4.) You'll spend far more time babysitting old technologies than implementing new ones
3.) Veteran IT professionals are often the biggest roadblock to implementing new technologies
2.) Some IT professionals deploy technologies that do more to consolidate their own power than to help the business
1.) IT pros frequently use jargon to confuse nontechnical business managers and hide the fact that they screwed up

Enjoy
Ryan Partington

This is funny. Quoted from
http://www.lifereboot.com/2007/10-reasons-it-doesnt-pay-to-be-the-computer-guy/

"So Shaun, what do you do for a living?"

Hesitantly, I responded: "I work in computer support."

The transition to silence was immediate. All eyes suddenly turned to me, raised eyebrows all around. If you hadn't heard my response, judging from everyone's reaction you might think I said something outrageous like I was a male stripper or a gynecologist - but I knew the awkward silence would soon be broken by an overwhelming outpouring of computer questions.

"Oh wow, a computer guy!" - "So you know how to remove spyware and viruses and stuff, right?" - "Our family computer is really slow, I think it has a virus." - "Do you have a business card, or can I get your number?"

Enjoy
Ryan Partington