"What the #%$@^?"

I just typed up this looong entry and when I clicked on "Post & publish" the entry just disappeared!!! What!? This is soooo dumb -- now I have to remember what I wrote....

To Googi and WTW -- interesting observation on the banner ads. I've never noticed the ads until you pointed it out. I just noticed that I don't have any ads on mine -- at least not yet. (I'm sure the minute I post this entry up, the blogger.com people will load it with all kinds of ads. It always happen like that). I'm trying to guess what they would post up since my entries are all over the board in terms of topics. Let's see -- I've been talking about lay-offs, so maybe "hotjobs.com" or "monster.com" will probably pop up. My anti-social entry will probably get me "match.com." And as for my technology ignorance on telephone cords and vending machines, "techweb.com" will be next. hehehe... let's wait and see!

To Bozodo -- you're absolutely right about outsourcing. I have to admit that our company is one of the culprits. Our entire 30th floor used to be employed with all the techies, from programmers to project managers. Now, our company is negotiating with our landlord to break the lease on the 30th floor. All of our tech support has been relocated to Singapore. So whenever we dial for our help desk, someone with a thick accent answers the phone. In addition to tech support, they are staffed 24-7, monitoring systems and data transfer. They do everything from maintenance to upgrades. Some of our system enhancements have been outsourced to India, where a team of tech guys spend day and night to write customized programs for us. I'm sure they get paid a fraction of the cost. I know outsourcing of manpower to a low-cost country is not the best practice and is bad for our economy. But if you're the CEO and have to answer to the Board and shareholders to reduce overhead, that's probably the only and smart thing to do. The P&L is realistic and when business is bad, it's hard, very hard... *Sigh*

Anyhow, happy Friday to all and I sure hope that this entry gets posted correctly!!