Sea change .....

I was going to be sarky with that title, but changed my mind. We had another staff night out on Saturday, but this time it was to say goodbye to Sarah our accountant. She's off to work with the hush-hush men in gaberdines in the South-East. She's going to be sorely missed around here, both as a colleague, and as a friend. We wish her the absolute best in her new job. (but hope she changes her mind and comes back):)

Starting in Soul for food, we progressed through the city becoming ever more erratic until we were horizontal in The Wild Boar, where we met up with Lauren, who was out celebrating her birthday (forgot to say Happy Birthday, Lauren). Good night out, with photos (hopefully) to follow.

Maaj, our new accountant, starts later this week at our new studios at Cotton Street. Hopefully we won't scare her too much :)

BT or not BT? ...........

Well, I had heard the rumours about how difficult BT are to deal with. ...and yes, it's true. Moving into our new premises has ground to a halt. Having been scheduled for this week, the move has had to be put off till next month, due to BT's inability to take a simple instruction. So for the moment, we have 4 main lines. Interesting huh? Still best to call on the 63 and 64 numbers though, for the next month, especially as half the team are on their hols.

However, on a better note, new director Matt has been down in London and has spotted a possible site for our new office. With an eye for a bargain, he hunted down a 2 story office space in the City, just yards from Liverpool St. Will it be ours? Time will tell.

another night out....

It started innocently enough. A few of us were attending the launch of the Red Bus Art Co., one of our clients, and it was a couple of glasses of champagne....... (that's Karla tucking in to the champagne ... she's always the first to suss out where the booze is). Then we ended up back in the city, and it was all downhill from there....... Here's the image of a couple of drunken reprobates leaning to support each other outside the pub... (one doesn't want to be identified)

the saga continues ......

That's almost 3 months since we decided to bite the bullet with the new premises. Finally we have a date for moving ..... and it's going to be soon.

Has this stopped Ian on his quest for his perfect screen? of course not ... the latest one is an HP 24" with HDMI and all the rest. This is saving on bulbs in the studio, illuminating every corner

I have to say I'm not jealous (:), so the next aquisition is a Lacie monitor with BlueEye for me to match the new workstation on order. BUT delivered to the new place , along with the new desks, chairs, gear etc .... It's going to be fun!

a bit of fun .........

We've had our eyes opened at the number of people who read our blogs.....
It started off as a bit of getting it of our chests, and has turned into a really busy point of contact. Now we're wondering how busy.

So for the next month, if you're ordering print, we're going to give you a 10% discount on your order if you say the words "show me the discount" when you phone or email us.

Only for July though, so don't try it on August the 1st (well we might give in).

hardy har .....

Sound like a pirate, methinks! We've started the programme to replace all our servers with Linux Ubuntu running Apache, Samba etc. The first one is in but it's a sharp learning curve for me... I'm the one actually doing it. So in addition to Windows Xp, Server 2003, Mac OS 9 and 10, I'm also learning about Linux, oh so fast. Server 1 has just been swapped out, and 2,3 & 4 will be replaced in the next couple of months.

Don't worry though! The client-side uploading etc, won't be affected. Tons of testing will happen before we swap that out.

need an 18 foot ladder?......

The story of the move goes on..... and on..... Amazing the things you don't think about e.g. the 18 foot ladder that our decorator has left sitting in our entrance hall. We've phoned and texted leaving messages to say that we need this thing gone before the move of the big gear. Can we get a response? Yeah, right......

Reminds me of someone that I used to work with who was always saying 'I'm on it' and took years to finish every project, if he did. Me? I prefer to get stuff out of the way asap. Makes me sound like Mr Perfect, doesn't it? Wish I was.....