Hey, Hope you're all enjoying an amazing holiday, and that the weather where you are is better than where I am, which is camping in the middle of a school field in Devon (don't ask)... Not too much fun during thunderstorms, and there isn't even wifi! Not cool. Just a quick (but important) note about the computers in IC Radio. You may have noticed that almost all of the computers and servers in Radio have been replaced over the last year, and we're about to switch over to even more newer servers so everything will work a lot better, wheyyy! However... During this year's switchover the function of some of the desktop computers in the station has changed, and the office computers in front of you as you walk in do essentially function as servers. By the looks of it, one of these (the one closest to the whiteboard) has been switched off over the past few days, which is annoying as there is no way to switch it back on from 200 miles away! Please could everyone avoid shutting down or restarting any of the computers or machines in the radio station as they are all meant to be on all the time and switching them off can have disastrous consequences - in this case, our icecast stream metadata (which is usually updated every couple of minutes) has displayed incorrect data for a couple of days and will continue to during people's shows! And a while ago I even went into the studio and found that the Rivendell computer (dual touch screen studio PC) had been switched off, LOL. So - even if you think a computer is not running properly and should be restarted, please always check with me first - call/txt 07743261022. And if anyone is going to the station over the next couple of days, please could you see if anyone else has switched the Linux (left-hand) office computer on yet and if not, please could you just hit the power switch? It will probably boot up without a screensaver so once it's switched on, please could you leave the monitor off. Thanks, sorry for the rant, and enjoy the rest of your Summer! Chris
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IC Radio Technical Manager - Chris Birkett