The Iceman Cometh
Posted by mike on February 3rd, 2007
It’s 1:00am, and I am freezing. I’m not freezing by choice, mind you… I am working. I’d much rather be in my warm bed right now and not my cold basement (it’s 16° outside right now, so lord only knows what it is down here). It’s always the “quick jobs” that should only take a half hour or so that end up taking four times that because some stupid system refuses to cooperate. This is driving me so nuts right now, if I were near a squirrel I’d be in danger. Grrr. On call can be soo much fun sometimes.
On the plus side, I’m downloading my FREE copy of Microsoft Office Professional 2007 and Microsoft Office Groove 2007 in the background while I work! That’s right… I said “FREE“. Microsoft is holding launch events all across the US to show off their new products and let IT professionals experience how Microsoft Vista and the Office 2007 applications will empower people. So for a few hours of my time the other morning, I scored a complimentary copy of these programs, currently priced at $438 and $210 on Amazon.com
By the way, my throat is feeling considerably better, but my posterior is still sore. At least my scratchy throat will be gone in time for Superbowl wings and chips. lol! Now… where’s my blanket? =)
February 3rd, 2007 at 8:39 am
My furnace went out this week and it was about 50-55 degrees inside so I know how you feel about being cold. Not to mention it cost me $200 to fix it
Enjoy your free copies of the applications, I wish I could have went but work sometimes gets in the way of the fun stuff
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February 3rd, 2007 at 5:12 pm
Ouch… that stinks. Nothing like an unexpected $200 bill to fix what was probably caused by a $20 part!
Yeah… too bad you had to stay behind and work. I’ll let you know how I like it. Hey, I’ll trade you my license for Groove for $20. haha! Not sure I’ll ever use it (kind of like Sharepoint).
February 5th, 2007 at 12:17 am
hey I got a full copy of Office 2007 so if its not the full version that you get to keep let me know and I might be able to hook you up.
Aaron
February 5th, 2007 at 1:01 am
Thanks… it is in fact the full version, so I’m “good to go”. Basically, we had to download the free trial versions, but were provided special license keys that unlock that install and remove the expiry. MS saved a few pennies by not giving us the plastic, but I can burn my own CDs for backup.
I’ve also found a way to get Vista Business for free, but I think I would need to upgrade my video card and memory first. I could prob. run it with what I have (vid. has 128Mb RAM and system has 1GB), but I don’t want it to be sluggish. And Vista is pointless if you can’t run the sweet new Aero interface. =)
March 26th, 2007 at 1:44 pm
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