Thursday, August 11, 2005
Met with Nancy, Heather, and Sarah to discuss databases and listservs and mailing lists. Charles shared with the office a yellow rose from his garden that smelled faintly but distinctly of lemon—interesting. Lunch: Joel, Ena, and I got takeout from the cafeteria. I had roast turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy, side salad. Helped Ena with some calendaring for a few minutes when we realized we needed a new distribution list, so I put in a ticket with ITS. Installed a new Dell 1100 black and white laser printer for Joel. Setup was very simple. Joel is a little disappointed he no longer has a separate tray for letterhead or envelopes. I'm disappointed that the quality is only 600 dpi, which is the same level of quality as common laser printers from over 10 years ago. But the thing is inexpensive—gotta give it that. We'll get burned on the toner cartridges, I know. That's how it all works. Installed Microsoft Update and other updates for nearly all office computers. Spent a lot of time today rebuilding Chris's laptop. Snack: dos bananas. Dinner at home with Patrick: pork chops stuffed with stuffing, steamed broccoli.