Things That Are Annoying Me

[electricland]

1. Return of the Timesheet - Anyone out there used EasyProjects.NET? We are supposed to be starting to use it, except that as is customary we haven't really sat down to think about how. My boss claims to believe it's the answer to all our problems. As far as I can see it'll be useful for time tracking but that's about it -- there's no way to create dependencies, for instance. Plus, it's web-based, which means (comparatively) slow, even though the server is right here in the office. We do have an "implementation plan" which is basically a half-assed quick reference guide -- I'm sorry, but how does telling me that the Development status "implies that the task is under development" help me? I've just spent half an hour on the thing and have a page worth of comments/complaints. Although I am trying to be positive, because I know we need SOMETHING, and if we are going to have a web-based time tracking application this seems as good as any. What I would LIKE for planning out my time, and what I was promised, is a copy of MS Project, but no sign so far. I will bother my boss about this.

2. Hummer: The Fragrance.

3. Discworld novels with "grown-up" covers. I'm sorry, people, I feel the same way about these as I do about the "grown-up" versions of the Harry Potter books. This is what they are. Suck it up. If you think you're too cool to read a book with this kind of cover, you probably won't enjoy them anyway. And shame on you too, Corgi.

On the plus side, I bought a lovely journal bound in green leather with daisies embossed on it for the Great Writing Adventure (which I should've started yesterday).