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[NickFitz]

Morning denizens

Grey start out and it looks as of there was some more rain overnight. Getting colder too, being 14°C but not getting any higher than 17°. The barometers are bouncing back though, at 998/1006mB

The lurgy has not magically vanished overnight but I did sleep better, with such dreams as there were being of insufficient unpleasantness to either wake me up or be recollected now. Covid test still negative, but throat still sore and nose rather blocked

[NickFitz]

Good to see it's started the week well.

I tried clearing the vBulletin "system cache" and that seems to have sorted it out for now

[WTFH]

Morning all

[ladymuck]

Morning all

Cloudy. Some chance of sunshine later. Currently 17 degrees with a high of 19 expected. No rain forecast but I think there was some overnight. Barometer up to 1010 mBar.

HWMBO goes home later today.

Microsoft sent me a 50% off voucher for the D365 ERP exam. I should get one for the CRM exam tomorrow. I found ERP way more interesting than CRM even though I'm much less likely to ever be involved with it. Must finish working on the TOGAF Business Architecture cert this week.

[NickFitz]

Links are up

[NickFitz]

Lunch: chicken, tomato and lentil soup with a couple of crusts of wholemeal

Looks like the sun is making a dramatic entrance out there now

The lurgy isn't making a dramatic exit though, so any vague plans I had that involve leaving the flat are on hold

[NickFitz]

Tea: Nando's leftovers

I was thinking the other day how I always tell medics and such that I only get one takeaway a week. But now I realise that I always get enough to have another meal, or at least a lunch, from it. And I sometimes go to the chip shop if I've been shopping on a weekday evening

I watched the Apple Event earlier. My phone will easily last for another year or two, so I'm not rushing to replace that. But I might go for the new watch, as mine is from 2018 and I think they've added enough features by now to make it worthwhile replacing it. I'll give the new iPods Pro a go too, as the forthcoming hearing aid feature looks interesting - if nothing else, there are still some films I've got on Apple TV that don't have subtitles, so it might help to have direct-to-ear audio that's configured for my hearing

[NickFitz]

I'll give the new iPods Pro a go too, as the forthcoming hearing aid feature looks interesting - if nothing else, there are still some films I've got on Apple TV that don't have subtitles, so it might help to have direct-to-ear audio that's configured for my hearing

Ah, they aren't new, it's just the current model with new software on the associated phone. But I've been thinking of getting some anyway, based on the possibly erroneous assumption that as the ordinary AirPods I have are good for calls, the Pro ones may be even better

[ladymuck]

Ah, they aren't new, it's just the current model with new software on the associated phone. But I've been thinking of getting some anyway, based on the possibly erroneous assumption that as the ordinary AirPods I have are good for calls, the Pro ones may be even better

That's how they sucker you in!

[ladymuck]

The afternoon turned out to be quite sunny.

Received a call from the agency about that job I was trying not get my hopes up over. So, the client is happy with the CVs they were sent for all the roles they have. They decided that the role I'm up for needs to be reworked to focus on the element that I'm the least strong in, due to the time since doing that sort of work, so I suspect that will now be me out of the running. However, there is a call tomorrow lunchtime that will decide next steps for all applications so the rejection won't come until the afternoon.

Annoyingly, HWMBO had suggested I change the order of gigs on my CV to reflect relevance to the role, rather than chronological order, but this was rejected by the agent. If it had been accepted then the first experience the client would have seen was evidence of me doing the very thing they're now making more important. Now it's on page two.

Just goes to show that these CV tweaking advisors, who sell their snake oil by touting alternative layouts and order of experience, are talking a load of old nonsense.