Friday, January 30, 2009

Seriously?

Again, the webmaster is NOT a seer! Just received this message....


Hello,
Will I be able to take classes over the coming summer on campus?

Some Guy

Real Tales of the Webmaster

As the person who gets to review the inquiries sent to the webmaster (yes, I requested this), I have a few concerns about our fellow human beings. For those of you wondering at home, a webmaster is not a magical seer. I just want to make that clear. There seems to be some confusion. I do not know why I can navigate the morass of our institutional webpages to find what you were looking for and you cannot. (Hint: Use A-Z) Perhaps I am used to it? I do not know where you can find a transcript of a talk you attended several years ago at your social club given by an individual who no longer works here. If I had to guess, I would assume no such thing exists and you are SOL. I sincerely doubt that your white old guy club took the time to record and youtube the talk oh so many years ago. I cannot tell you where the ACT will be offered off-hand. I think you can call the testing service as well as I can. I do not think it is a national crisis that you could not find the area code on the homepage and had to click on one of the millions of other pages to find it. Oh, and Greg who graduated in 2007 and saved his screen play on our virtual lab server instead of one of the many online storage resources that were available to you... ha ha! Dumb ass.

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Webmaster Letter: Google Lessons

Dear Sir or Madam;

I am an alumnus of ABC University (BS 2004, M.Ed 2005) and have been trying to get my picture removed from the former 777 website removed for some time. When I have contacted the 777 chapter about it, they say that they no longer have access to the page to delete it, as they now have a new webpage. I would like for this page to be deleted because I am now teaching and have been for three years. When my students decide to Google search me(which they have, every year,) they find this picture. The newest twist has been that they have now used this picture and 'photoshopped' me into other pictures inappropriate for teachers, to say the least. I have also been 'elfed,' 'blinged,' and I'm sure others that I don't know about. My students have been disciplined, but this will continue to happen each year unless this is taken off the website. Is there any way you can help me? The url is below. Thank you so much for you time and support in this matter.

Sincerely,

Young Teacher
6th Grade Accelerated Social Studies

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Hey, I Just Work Here

So, I happen to work in IT, that does not mean I know IT. I simply know about it. My actual technical skills are pretty limited. So funny things sometimes happen to me that are IT-related. Case in point - unwanted porn. I behave myself online. I don't go surfing around the Web - especially not on my work PC. Yesterday, I was reading through the Webmaster's mail. Someone was kind enough to share that one of the university's sites had been hijacked and provided the link. Of course, curiosity being my middle name, I had to click to see what the site had on it. There it was a snap shot of someone's twat. Logically, I yelled for my husband. I am not certain if I was trying to blame him or if I just thought he would be able to get rid of it for me. Either way, he was not around. I was at work and despite any rumors that may exist to the contrary, I cannot yell, "Honey" and have anyone respond. The site itself had some sort of active script so pop up after pop up and image after image continued to come into view. Now, I have that equipment, but I don't usually look at it. It isn't visually interesting and I was raised by New Englanders so my Puritan genes kick in full force at times like these. (Side note: traveling through Amsterdam's Red Light District with my dad was hilarious). I yell for the security officer to come to my rescue, but I don't want him to actually see what is on my screen. So, I hold my hand up - twat blocking - the entire time while he closes the window that I cannot close. Then I run spybot to remove the 70 items that the site had placed on my machine. Good times.

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

More Webmaster

Hello all,

My son is doing some kind of paper in one of his 6th grade classes and he chose to do his paper on

your fine school and he asked me if i could get him some pics to do with your school and the only way i could think of

was to come to your web site and see if i could down load some some how so please dont think i am trying to steal

any of your logo some how.My name is Paul %%^&%$ and my phone # is 281-###-#### and the pics are for a paper

he is doing for highlands jr. school in highlands texas.

Thank you for your time

Paul %%%%%%%

Webmaster Letter

IN RE: Mr. Tyler Russell
Quarterback, Meridian High School
Meridian, MS 39304


Coach Miles........

I am a LUST fan living in Meridian, MS We are motley Ole Miss and Miss State. Only a few LSU fans here, We take a beating every time we loose to either one of the above in any kind of sport. I watched the game last week and Ole Miss kicked our rear end that really hurt. I can feel your pain in the Quarterback slot and it really showed. The Jefferson young man did a great job the few min he got to play. This kinda stuff will put an ole boy like you in Harms way. I can help.

I played four years of Pro Ball in Monroe, La, Had to give it up when we had to move, We were 3AAA Club pllaying for The Saints. Here in Meridian we have a Quarterback who is a Senior I think. If you seem interested I'll check all this out and get you film, stats or what ever you needand get it to you ASAP. Lets don't loose him to one of the Miss Teams.

If there is anything you may need, Please contact me. I am not a kid and speak only the truth.I am 71 years young and retired.

Always with Respect


MY NAME IN ALL CAPS
MAJOR GENERAL, RET.
####@bellsouth.net
601-###-####, Home
601-###-####, Cell

Monday, November 24, 2008

Letter to Webmaster

I saw the footbal player had an injury and attached is info about a matural healer I have used as well as referred players to info n. I alos have an email address you can check for updates too. footballinjury@live.com password 777777 or sportsinjury2008@gmail.com 78787878