New Digs

So today I'm working out of our shiny new NOC in order to test functionality.
Everything works, for the most part, but it’s been kind of a pain as the place isn’t actually done yet. There’s still a lot of construction going on and not all of the computers are up and running.
And for most of the morning we didn’t have phones.
Also, my boss serendipitously chose to have me come in the same morning that they were testing the fire alarms.
So that was a fun way to start the day, especially after not sleeping especially well.
Just getting in to the building is a hassle. You have badge in to get past one gate, wait for that gate to close behind you, then badge in to get past another gate (makes for a considerable delay if you have any cars ahead of you), then badge in through a door, then another door, then sign in (or else the Wal-Mart greeter…I mean, crack security professional will get very cross with you), then badge in through a revolving door.
There would be one more door to badge in through, but it was propped open today because, as mentioned, there’s still construction going on.
The actual setup of the place is pretty cool, and a marked improvement over the old NOC in many ways.
I’m sure it won’t take long for the collection of slobs that make up the NOC personnel to completely trash it and turn it into a dank, dingy hole.
I have another entry written up (complete with a bunch of pictures of the now mostly-settled house) on my USB thumb drive, but with all of the SAs running around the place I don’t want to plug an unauthorized piece of equipment into one of the new machines, so I guess it’ll have to wait until tomorrow.