A Walk Down Memory Lane .. or .. 1 Domegemegrottebyte Worth!

Let’s go for a walk down …
Memory Lane !
Of 1 Domegemegrottebyte Size !!!!

I hope you have been able to keep THIS BOG BLOG POST TOP SECRET!

If not, then go ahead and TELL EVERYONE! The secret CALL Upgrade with lots of new TECH TOYS is less than TWO WEEKS AWAY!!!

The CALL Facility will actually be closed the first two weeks of July (1-5 and 8-12) while the best technical crew on campus brings CALL to the height of upgrades! A long time coming and this will significantly change how CALL can and WILL be used for classes, demos, workshops, orientations, lectures, exams and even drop-in usage! And maybe even MORE uses as everyone discovers that CALL can now do ….. oops ……. almost let the cat out of the bag! You will have to wait or better yet, drop by and talk to me! CALL has had computer refreshes but this time .. is different. CALL did get new furniture and a newer version of The Pods, just before Covid, but this is going to be really cool!

Oh, and if you were wondering about what a Domegemegrottebyte is ….

Domegemegrottebyte (1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 Bytes) (or 10³³ Bytes)

And for comparison, click HERE for some eye opening comparisons! I had never heard of The Byte Scale before! WOW!

Okay, now for some fun stuff! There are vintage photos of The CALL Facility and even the notorious and infamous …. Lab ‘B’ that I have found. AND some Great Flood photos and even Classic CALL photos. Below are a bunch of mini-galleries, each with a mini-them! Some are so old, that colour had not been invented yet! All this in comparison to various upgrades and the UPGRADE TO COME IN JULY! I will do a blog about that, when complete and we have a Fully Functioning ~~DEATHSTAR~~ CALL Facility! Check them out below in a bunch of Galleries!

**The CALL Facility will be completed on schedule**

THE LEGENDARY LAB ‘B’
the night before it was … DISASSEMBLED!

Classic CALL Facility Photos – Pre-Flood!

The Great Flood of 2015!

Vintage & Old Photos of CALL 1989!

CALL During Flood Renovations

Behind the Scenes CLTE Renovations!

CALL FUN FAIR – Meet the Team

And some more cool links from previous Bog Blogs about upgrades and new tech and toys through the years! And don’t forget to recycle boxes, hardware and even food and paper! JUST DO IT!

NEW! The CALL Facility Furniture HAS ARRIVED! NEW!
CALL Computer Refresh Deja Vu ….. All Over Again
SSShhh or Clearihue’s Hidden Secrets .. or CLEARIHUE’S HIDDEN GEMS!!!!
The CALL Facility Original Ad for Employment September 1989
1989 to 2019 30th Anniversary of The CALL Facility!
Meet the Team Systems Open House
The CALL Facility Original Ad for Employment September 1989
CALL Towering Tech Arrivals
The Recycling of CALL and … HSD! (Upgrades need recycling!)
Recycling Never Gets Old at UVic!

See everyone in JULY!
Come on down to
THE CALL FACILITY!

And … just to end on yet another shameless OAC Bog Blog promotion, yet another Post ending with yet another previous blog on …. PUNS! Please be kind! And if you can’t be kind, then I will just have to make more puns! The choice … is yours!!! The Pun is strong in this one ……

Super Secret Surprise CALL Stuff … coming in July!

SUPER SECRET….
Surprise CALL STUFF …..
Coming in JULY !!!!

CAN you keep a secret? You better be able to! There just might be some VERY interesting stuff coming to your local CALL Facility, scheduled for the first two weeks of JULY! Just before that though, will be DHSI for the first two weeks of JUNE!

What is DHSI? Well, I will write another post closer to June, but another Super Secret CALL Scenario is ….. click here to see what DHSI is!

But for now, you will have to:

Monitor this OAC Blog!
Make a resolution to be ready for anything!
Station yourself at the ready!
Display your boxes of CALL hi-tech upgrades!
Project the future!
Measure up to … 55″ of PowerPoint slides in every direction!
And if not PP, then switch to a 55″ Keynote instead!
Don’t get drunk on screenshots!
Screen everyone who visits CALL!
Memorize how to spell HDMI!
Surf the Internet riding high on a CRESTRON .wav!
Get ready for one DELL of an upgrade!
No boots needed in case of a flood, only … re-boots!
Didn’t cost much either! We paid in cache!
CALL will be safe from monitor lizards, finally!
Monitor the upgrades ’cause it … hertz so good!

And maybe, just maybe, the photo below in a Super Secret location, safe from prying eyes … will have some clues!

And just have to end on a serious note ….. NOT!

See everyone in JULY!
Come on down to
THE CALL FACILITY!

And … just to end on a shameless OAC Bog Blog promotion, I did a whole post on puns and jokes during early Covid in 2020 …….

On Campus Photo Shoot Redux

ON CAMPUS
PHOTO SHOOT!

(mostly!)

It has been awhile since I posted a few on-campus photos. And since I am biking to work every day (well, not necessarily on rainy or snow days) I thought I would put a few more photos up. I will keep the old ones there too and add to the photos I take.

ENJOY!

Territory Acknowledgement
University of Victoria

UVic Computer Help Desk
YOUTUBE CHANNEL!

I will bet you didn’t know that The Computer Help Desk had a YouTube channel with TONS of useful, timely and current hints and tips for using computers, phones, pads and even more! Subscribe for even more! The latest is ‘How to Setup Duo Mobile on your phone‘.

CHD Jeopardy All Staff Training FEBRUARY 2024

CHD Jeopardy
ALL STAFF TRAINING
February 2024
NOW UPDATED for YOUTUBE!
AND WITH NARRATION BY … ME!!!
JEOPARDY TECHNOLOGY 2024

ALL STAFF TRAINING
Saturday FEBRUARY 10th!!!

CHD ALL STAFF TRAINING IS BACK! CHD JEOPARDY TECHNOLOGY 2024 EDITION! CART2D2 will be there too! Brand new questions, answers, puns, jokes and PRIZES TOO, including a new CHD Wheel of TECH with better graphics, MORE prizes and completely new Categories! And CHD Training with Jeopardy is even HARDER to get tickets for than … Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour! Be there!!!

There will even be random prizes above the regular Daily Double prizes, scattered throughout! Don’t miss it! Come for the training, stay for Jeopardy ….. and LUNCH!!

And a reminder about the CHD Halloween Jeopardy 2023!!! LOTS OF CANDY AND PRIZES! One of my Faves of ALL my Jeopardy training sessions! Just so much fun and unexpected laughs, spills, chills and thrills!

Come for the training! Stay for the Jeopardy … & of course, the food!

AND, AGAIN, as a BONUS feature, I turned the previous PowerPoint of CHD Jeopardy Mixed Bag into a video and have posted it at YouTube! So you can slowly go through, WATCHING Jeopardy! You can scroll down below or click HERE to go directly to it! YAY CHD JEOPARDY AND SATURDAY STAFF TRAINING!

I have kept the thumbnails (down below) from a previous post about “A Brief History of Time, Space & … JEOPARDY At The Computer Help Desk” but you can always go back a few posts and read more!

I …. encourage that!
& reading ALL previous
CALL Me Bog posts TOO!
(PS: Scroll to very end to see C2D2!)

Jeopardy VIII Triple re-Boot — **Jeopardy VIII Triple re-Bo**

Jeopardy IX Memes "R" Us — **Jeopardy IX Memes “R” Us**

Jeopardy XI Greg's Playlist — **Jeopardy XI Greg’s Playlist**

CHD Jeopardy Greg's Playlist II — **CHD Jeopardy XII Greg’s Playlist II**

Thanks to EVERYONE at CHD for participating and your support too! I can’t make Jeopardy without all of you! Thank you!

TTFN!

CHD All Staff Training Halloween the Thirteenth

CHD All Staff Training
October 2023 – Jeopardy the 13th!
YouTube Video

We just completed our CHD All Staff Training on the weekend and here is the most recent version of Jeopardy: Friday the Thirteenth Halloween Edition! Lots of prizes in the form of Mystery Bags and also some timely and hidden Hiero-GIF-ics too! Lots of fun and looking forward to the next one!

And to show you the very END first, i.e. the Director’s Cut at the end, like Marvel, is the thumbnail to the right! Full YouTube video of the entire PowerPoint slide as a movie is below it and in the title above! The actual slide deck does NOT transfer well to pdf format due to all the transitions, images, text magic and special effects! So if anyone wants to see the ACTUAL slide deck or wants to know how I do some of the effects, let me know! I am always making new ‘special effects’ with each new Jeopardy, to keep learning more about PowerPoint!

And I will leave you with a possible hint to at least one new category for February 2024 Jeopardy – Computer Dad Jokes!

**Why did the PowerPoint Presentation cross the road?**

And what would be a Bog Blog post without some new Star Trek promos! Oh, and I recently watched Foundation too and I was impressed! Plus a couple of non-SF shows I really REALLY LIKE!

I have kept the thumbnails (below) a previous post about “A Brief History of Time, Space & … JEOPARDY At The Computer Help Desk” but you can always go back one post and read more!

I …. encourage that!
& reading ALL previous
CALL Me Bog posts TOO!

Thanks to EVERYONE at CHD for participating and your support too! I can’t make Jeopardy without all of you! Thank you!

TTFN!

CHD Jeopardy All Staff Training OCTOBER 2023

CHD Jeopardy
ALL STAFF TRAINING
OCTOBER 2023
NOW UPDATED for YOUTUBE!

ALL STAFF TRAINING
IS BACK THIS WEEKEND!
Saturday OCTOBER 14th!!!
(Right after Friday the 13th!!)

CHD ALL STAFF TRAINING IS BACK! The Day After Friday the Thirteenth too! CHD JEOPARDY HALLOWEEN EDITION! CART2D2 will be there too! Brand new questions, answers, puns, jokes and PRIZES TOO, including a new CHD Wheel of Terror with better graphics, MORE prizes and completely new Categories!

There will even be random prizes above the regular Daily Double prizes, scattered throughout! And MYSTERY BAGS for prizes too! Don’t miss it! Come for the training

And below is a GIF sneak peek of what is to come!

Come for the training! Stay for the Jeopardy … & of course, the food!

And a bit of what to expect
on the weekend too!

I …. encourage that!
& reading ALL previous
CALL Me Bog posts TOO!
(PS: Scroll to very end to see C2D2!)

Thanks to EVERYONE at CHD for participating and your support too! I can’t make Jeopardy without all of you! Thank you!

TTFN!

ON VACATION! Back on AUGUST 28!!

I AM NOW ON VACATION!

FINALLY August is here!

And I am going to go absolutely nowhere! Well, maybe Cobble Hill for coffee and ratatouille in the forest! Or walks on the beach! Or a longshot is Tofino or Alberta! But anywhere I do go, will be very random and very spur of the moment!

I did scale back my OAC posts this past year (September ’22 to August ’23) but still managed some fun posts and pages, as well as some updates and brand new random posts! And I plan on a few more when I get back in September! Who knows how busy September 2023 will be but .. it WILL be busy! I am already taking bookings for JANUARY OF 2024!!! YAY BOOKINGS!

You can always check out all my CHD Jeopardy training files here including my most recent Jeopardy Double Trouble in .pdf format. AND a YouTube video of Double Jeopardy it here! ENJOY!

AND ANNOUNCING THAT I HAVE FINISHED 99.99% of the NEWEST CHD JEOARDY –HALLOWEEN the 13th!!! In October and for all our new and returning COOPS

Good luck! And even MORE prizes (Chocolate! Gummy Bears and maybe SURPRISE PACKAGES TOO!) to win and new TYPES of questions too!

And I might also have a new shorter version of my CALL Orientation which will be only about 2 minutes long and less than a dozen slides! Okay, that was hard to do, to keep it THAT short, but I will still keep some Star Trek and Easter Egg elements in there … the usual for this Bog Blog! For a quick sneak peek, but only the working/BETA version, you can download it here in PDF format, or watch it at YouTube in video format! I even kept it shorter than the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds trailer ! But it will still probably change and be even better than it is right now! YAY!

Thanks for all the support and reading all my fun Bog Blog posts and pages at UVic! More to come in September! WOOT!

Everyone stay safe and healthy today, tomorrow and for the rest of the year!

Not to worry . . .

Back on August 28th to prep for
. . . Septem . . . PURR !!!!

I will bring Empire Donuts when I return to UVic!

Bogman

CHD Jeopardy All Staff Training JUNE 2023

CHD Jeopardy
ALL STAFF TRAINING
JUNE 2023

ALL STAFF TRAINING
IS BACK THIS WEEKEND!
Saturday June 3rd !!!

Only the FOURTH time since Covid started in March of 2020 (for UVIC remote) that we were able to host an in-person training session, complete with CHD Supers, Co-ops and Consultants and … CHD JEOPARDY! CART2D2 will be there too! Brand new questions, answers, puns, jokes and PRIZES TOO, including the CHD Wheel of Destiny and new types of questions too!

INSTANT PRIZES for answering questions and then whatever is left over (lots and lots!), everyone gets a Toblerone, CLIF bar or a Rice Krispy square! Thank goodness for HIGH QUALITY DOLLAR STORES IN TOWN! And no need for a follow-up over the weekend! INSTANT PLAY AND INSTANT WIN! YAY!

And here is the first ever SNEAK PEEK of the upcoming Double Jeopardy! A teaser trailer JUST before the questions!

And as an EXTRA BONUS, I will include a few ‘Secret GIFs‘ that will be used in the new Double Trouble Jeopardy … at A NEW GIF SITE here! Click and have a sneak peek of Double Trouble GIFs! And a bunch more reposted GIFs from previous Jeopardy sessions are here! Enjoy!
Come for the training! Stay for the Jeopardy … & the food!

I …. encourage that!
& reading ALL previous
CALL Me Bog posts TOO!
(PS: Scroll to very end to see C2D2!)

Thanks to EVERYONE at CHD for participating and your support too! I can’t make Jeopardy without all of you! Thank you!

TTFN!

Sneak Preview of Jeopardy GIFs for June 2023

A SNEAK PEAK of (some) June 2023 Jeopardy GIFs!
(and a whole bunch of previous ones here!)

CHD Jeopardy All Staff Training January 2023

CHD Jeopardy
ALL STAFF TRAINING
JANUARY 2023

ALL STAFF TRAINING
WAS BACK ON THE WEEKEND!
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2023!!!

Only the THIRD time since Covid started in March of 2020 (for UVIC remote) that we were able to host an in-person training session, complete with CHD Supers, Coops and Consultants and … CHD JEOPARDY! CART2D2 was even there! Brand new questions, answers, puns, jokes and PRIZES TOO including the first ever use of the CHD Wheel of Destiny!!!!

This way I could hand out INSTANT PRIZES for answering questions and then whatever was left over (lots and lots!), everyone gets a Toblerone, CLIF bar or a Rice Krispy square! Thank goodness for HIGH QUALITY DOLLAR STORES IN TOWN! And no need for a follow-up over the weekend! INSTANT PLAY AND INSTANT WIN! YAY!

Come for the training…..
stay for the Jeopardy … & the food!

AND, AGAIN, as a BONUS feature, I turned the PowerPoint of CHD Jeopardy Mixed Bag into a video and have posted it at YouTube! So you can slowly go through, WATCHING Jeopardy! You can scroll down below or click HERE to go directly to it! YAY CHD JEOPARDY AND SATURDAY STAFF TRAINING!

I …. encourage that!
& reading ALL previous
CALL Me Bog posts TOO!
(PS: Scroll to very end to see C2D2!)

Let’s go for a walk down … Memory Lane ! Of 1 Domegemegrottebyte Size !!!!

THE LEGENDARY LAB ‘B’ the night before it was … DISASSEMBLED!

Classic CALL Facility Photos – Pre-Flood!

The Great Flood of 2015!

Vintage & Old Photos of CALL 1989!

CALL During Flood Renovations

Behind the Scenes CLTE Renovations!

CALL FUN FAIR – Meet the Team

See everyone in JULY! Come on down to THE CALL FACILITY!

Share this:

SUPER SECRET…. Surprise CALL STUFF ….. Coming in JULY !!!!

But for now, you will have to:

And just have to end on a serious note ….. NOT!

See everyone in JULY! Come on down to THE CALL FACILITY!

Share this:

ON CAMPUS PHOTO SHOOT!

Other OAC photosI have posted are below: Photography Gallery II On Campus Photo Shoot Photography Gallery Photography

Click on the title below the photo for a much larger image.

Mystic Vale Sunrise Bike Ride to CHD

Who doesn’t miss the fountain and the sound of water?

Just sit back and enjoy the sound of moving water!

UVic Cool Sites … Just for fun … when you need them!

ENJOY!

Territory Acknowledgement University of Victoria

UVic Computer Help Desk YOUTUBE CHANNEL!

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CHD Jeopardy ALL STAFF TRAINING February 2024 NOW UPDATED for YOUTUBE! AND WITH NARRATION BY … ME!!! JEOPARDY TECHNOLOGY 2024

ALL STAFF TRAINING Saturday FEBRUARY 10th!!!

I …. encourage that! & reading ALL previous CALL Me Bog posts TOO! (PS: Scroll to very end to see C2D2!)

Thanks to EVERYONE at CHD for participating and your support too! I can’t make Jeopardy without all of you! Thank you!

Share this:

CHD All Staff Training October 2023 – Jeopardy the 13th! YouTube Video

I …. encourage that! & reading ALL previous CALL Me Bog posts TOO!

Thanks to EVERYONE at CHD for participating and your support too! I can’t make Jeopardy without all of you! Thank you!

Share this:

CHD Jeopardy ALL STAFF TRAINING OCTOBER 2023 NOW UPDATED for YOUTUBE! ALL STAFF TRAINING IS BACK THIS WEEKEND! Saturday OCTOBER 14th!!! (Right after Friday the 13th!!)

And a bit of what to expect on the weekend too!

I …. encourage that! & reading ALL previous CALL Me Bog posts TOO! (PS: Scroll to very end to see C2D2!)

Thanks to EVERYONE at CHD for participating and your support too! I can’t make Jeopardy without all of you! Thank you!

Share this:

I AM NOW ON VACATION!

Everyone stay safe and healthy today, tomorrow and for the rest of the year!

Not to worry . . . Back on August 28th to prep for . . . Septem . . . PURR !!!!

I will bring Empire Donuts when I return to UVic!

~~Bogman~~

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CHD Jeopardy ALL STAFF TRAINING JUNE 2023 ALL STAFF TRAINING IS BACK THIS WEEKEND! Saturday June 3rd !!!

I …. encourage that! & reading ALL previous CALL Me Bog posts TOO! (PS: Scroll to very end to see C2D2!)

Thanks to EVERYONE at CHD for participating and your support too! I can’t make Jeopardy without all of you! Thank you!

Share this:

A SNEAK PEAK of (some) June 2023 Jeopardy GIFs! (and a whole bunch of previous ones here!)

Share this:

CHD Jeopardy ALL STAFF TRAINING JANUARY 2023 ALL STAFF TRAINING WAS BACK ON THE WEEKEND! HAPPY NEW YEAR 2023!!!

Come for the training….. stay for the Jeopardy … & the food!

I …. encourage that! & reading ALL previous CALL Me Bog posts TOO! (PS: Scroll to very end to see C2D2!)

Thanks to EVERYONE at CHD for participating and your support too! I can’t make Jeopardy without all of you! Thank you!

Share this:

Let’s go for a walk down …
Memory Lane !
Of 1 Domegemegrottebyte Size !!!!

THE LEGENDARY LAB ‘B’
the night before it was … DISASSEMBLED!

See everyone in JULY!
Come on down to
THE CALL FACILITY!

SUPER SECRET….
Surprise CALL STUFF …..
Coming in JULY !!!!

See everyone in JULY!
Come on down to
THE CALL FACILITY!

ON CAMPUS
PHOTO SHOOT!

Other OAC photosI have posted are below:
Photography Gallery II
On Campus Photo Shoot
Photography Gallery
Photography

Territory Acknowledgement
University of Victoria

UVic Computer Help Desk
YOUTUBE CHANNEL!

CHD Jeopardy
ALL STAFF TRAINING
February 2024
NOW UPDATED for YOUTUBE!
AND WITH NARRATION BY … ME!!!
JEOPARDY TECHNOLOGY 2024

ALL STAFF TRAINING
Saturday FEBRUARY 10th!!!

I …. encourage that!
& reading ALL previous
CALL Me Bog posts TOO!
(PS: Scroll to very end to see C2D2!)

CHD All Staff Training
October 2023 – Jeopardy the 13th!
YouTube Video

I …. encourage that!
& reading ALL previous
CALL Me Bog posts TOO!

CHD Jeopardy
ALL STAFF TRAINING
OCTOBER 2023
NOW UPDATED for YOUTUBE!

ALL STAFF TRAINING
IS BACK THIS WEEKEND!
Saturday OCTOBER 14th!!!
(Right after Friday the 13th!!)

And a bit of what to expect
on the weekend too!

I …. encourage that!
& reading ALL previous
CALL Me Bog posts TOO!
(PS: Scroll to very end to see C2D2!)

Not to worry . . .

Back on August 28th to prep for
. . . Septem . . . PURR !!!!

Bogman

CHD Jeopardy
ALL STAFF TRAINING
JUNE 2023

ALL STAFF TRAINING
IS BACK THIS WEEKEND!
Saturday June 3rd !!!

I …. encourage that!
& reading ALL previous
CALL Me Bog posts TOO!
(PS: Scroll to very end to see C2D2!)

A SNEAK PEAK of (some) June 2023 Jeopardy GIFs!
(and a whole bunch of previous ones here!)

CHD Jeopardy
ALL STAFF TRAINING
JANUARY 2023

ALL STAFF TRAINING
WAS BACK ON THE WEEKEND!
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2023!!!

Come for the training…..
stay for the Jeopardy … & the food!

I …. encourage that!
& reading ALL previous
CALL Me Bog posts TOO!
(PS: Scroll to very end to see C2D2!)