Thursday, February 12, 2009
No, I'm not crazy
Ever fell like you’re living in a TV show?
Yeah, it’s gotten so bad around here, I think Alec Baldwin might be on his way over to eat my brain.
So, I’m working in one of our Excel databases…
Waaahaat? You say? An Excel database? Access? Helloooo? Is the Lemur that pathetic?
Eight days a week, baby! And I made that spreadsheet… err, database…
Anyway, I digress, yes, livin’ life with an Excel Database… I was working in “it” the other day, and I notice that some of the date fields are set to an Armenian date format. I change them. No biggie, right?
Then I all of the words go red squiggly underline. It seems they are not spelled correctly in… hmmm… Armenian.
And… the dates are switched back to the old format. Yes, you guessed it, Armenian… again.
I change everything. Language: US English. Date format: US. Save… close… database chores done. Off to the solid modeling package…
Until, that is, I need to reference the database again… Armenia strikes back... dates changes, language changed. So now I’m hopping about my office, more than a little pissed – obsessing over this problem, and it occurs to me, it’s got to be a joke. Cool… I can handle a joke…
But this has persisted for days now… Armenia has permanently conquered my database and no one will own up to it.
I looked around my office for the tiny cameras… but I can’t find them. They’re just too well hidden. But, I’m on to you… whoever you are…
Yeah, it’s gotten so bad around here, I think Alec Baldwin might be on his way over to eat my brain.
So, I’m working in one of our Excel databases…
Waaahaat? You say? An Excel database? Access? Helloooo? Is the Lemur that pathetic?
Eight days a week, baby! And I made that spreadsheet… err, database…
Anyway, I digress, yes, livin’ life with an Excel Database… I was working in “it” the other day, and I notice that some of the date fields are set to an Armenian date format. I change them. No biggie, right?
Then I all of the words go red squiggly underline. It seems they are not spelled correctly in… hmmm… Armenian.
And… the dates are switched back to the old format. Yes, you guessed it, Armenian… again.
I change everything. Language: US English. Date format: US. Save… close… database chores done. Off to the solid modeling package…
Until, that is, I need to reference the database again… Armenia strikes back... dates changes, language changed. So now I’m hopping about my office, more than a little pissed – obsessing over this problem, and it occurs to me, it’s got to be a joke. Cool… I can handle a joke…
But this has persisted for days now… Armenia has permanently conquered my database and no one will own up to it.
I looked around my office for the tiny cameras… but I can’t find them. They’re just too well hidden. But, I’m on to you… whoever you are…
R.T. Lemur 4:37 PM