Monday, August 4, 2003
Oatmeal for breakfast. Link checking. Tweaked the user agent detection script to resolve a tiny problem I inadvertently introduced on Friday. Made several new floorplans of possibilities for James's new office space. Cindy, Kristina, and I went up to 9th Medical Sciences to do more measurements for our new office space. Chatted with Robert Weinberg about wireless options for our student lounge. Installed the past 3 versions of PharmAdMIT on Joel's computer. Upgraded James's computer to Windows XP after making a backup of his primary partition with PartitionMagic. Updated Melissa's emergency backup disk. Changed James's graphics card from his temporary analog one to digital. Took the 7:00 PM bus home today. Sharon was at the stop, so I chatted with her a bit. It's our favorite driver today. We got his badge number—1952—so that she could send in a commendation for him. After we got off the bus, I asked Sharon what his name was. She didn't know, either! I'll ask next time I see him. Another try at setting up Robin Keir's K9 spam filter. This time I'm using a different computer than my regular computer, and I'm using Outlook instead of Eudora. I eventually figured out that no e-mail client would work on my regular computer—must be something messed up at the OS level. It's Win 98 SE so I'm not surprised. So now e-mail is coming in to Outlook and being filtered by K9. I gotta teach it, though, so it'll be a little while before it's completely useful. But I've gotten farther than I did in my first attempt. Dinner at home with Patrick: spinach salad with heirloom tomatoes; angel hair in olive oil with zucchini, shrimp, yellow squash, tomatoes, sliced olives, and chunky basil, garnished with parmesan and a sage leaf.