Snarls

[ladyofastolat]

Styoopid work internet filter. It's only gone and seen fit to block the website for "RAW", a major adult literacy initiative, on the grounds that it's "entertainment." This now joins the long list of websites that I cannot view at work, despite them being vital to my job.

(I can, however, still view LJ. Is this the sort of situation when one is supposed to say "go figure"? I've never been quite sure.)

Also, I received a nice disc full of graphics and pictures that I can insert into my own leaflets and letters to promote the summer reading challange. Trouble is, they're 40 megabytes each, and crash my antediluvian computer on sight. Very useful, then.

Comments

[bunn.livejournal.com]

Is the filter not controlled by any human agency, to which you could appeal?

[ladyofastolat.livejournal.com]

It is controlled by the IT department. Whether that means it is controlled by humans, I leave you to decide.

Releasing a site requires much form-filling, and it's usually several weeks before they actually do anything about it. Most annoying.

[bunn.livejournal.com]

I don't know what things are like on Wight, but judging by the skills list given in the job ads I see around here, and the totally unrealistic salaries associated with the jobs, I would guess that the people employed by your IT dept are human, but are both extremely lazy, and highly skilled liars.

(People who REALLY had all those skills would SO not need to be working for the local council for 15 grand a year. I don't think I've met more than about 3 people in my life who actually have all the skills and experience asked for in your average local council IT worker job ad).

[wellinghall.livejournal.com]

My boss used to be able to get round that one quite well - she'd ring up IT, and say, "I'm the chief executive, and I've got a valid business reason for accessing this website". Worked a treat.