I have to admit, despite the workload at my new team, I am rather enjoying my time. As I have told you before, computer is one of my passion, so spending the entire day in front of my PC finding new things to do or trying to do old thing in a better more efficient way is quite fun.

Although I haven’t got the proper training, so far my job assignments didn’t really take a lot of learning since I have been doing it for years now. Of course I did need a little adjusting to the pace and all, but overall it was manageable.

Right now my main responsibilities is installing User Software and setting up new PCs or even reinstalling the old PCs that require it. I’m really thankful for the internet; coupled with a good internet connection, you can find virtually anything on the internet. Read the rest of this entry »

Yesterday, I was browsing through my BBC feeds as usual when I read this article about Cuil, a new search engine that aims to rival Google. As it happens, the founders of Cuil (pronounced “cool”) are former Google staffers, so I found it rather interesting.

First thing I want to know is how Cuil’s website looks. It was simpler than Google’s, the background is all black and the logo is in silver and blue. After that I tried doing a search on Cuil about Google (seems fitting to me). Read the rest of this entry »