Friday, September 9, 2005
Usual breakfast at the cafeteria. I forgot to mention yesterday Mom Ryan found out from Aunt Maryann who found out from another patient in Tommy's nursing home that there was looting going on in Tommy's nursing home. (This is in Kenner, Louisiana.) Mom Ryan is worried that the looters will go in to her building across the street and steal or damage the urn which contains the ashes of her first son, Perry. Breakfast: a banana. Chatted with Carlos about disk space issues. He got the server down to about 83%, I think. Super. He also noted I had some large files on a different server, which I got rid of right away. Fixed PageMaker for Joel. We had the problem described by Adobe Knowledgebase document 328519 ("Cannot find PageMaker's registry settings"). Solution 3 did not work for me. I used solution #1 instead. Set up the laptop for a presentation (Stacey and James). Reported an Outlook problem to Taylor K at Microsoft regarding Outlook 2003 for Windows (part of Office 2003 for Windows): "Cannot perform the requested operation. The command selected is not valid for this recipient. The operation failed." and "The operation failed." and "Cannot perform the requested operation. The command selected is not valid for this recipient. The list was not fully expanded." and "There was an error while expanding the list. The list was not fully expanded." The cause of these error messages is unknown. The solution to these error messages is unknown. Workarounds: If the distribution list is one that you created (rather than one that appears in the global address list), recreate the distribution list using a new name, ensuring that you have the most current valid e-mail address for each person in the list. If the distribution list is not one that you created and it appears in the global address list, recreate the distribution list locally using a new name, ensuring that you have the most current valid e-mail address for each person in the list. To determine the members of the list, choose Tools > Address Book, right-click the distribution list, then select Properties. Additional Information: One user reported in a web forum that clearing Outlook's nickname cache resolved it for him. To clear Outlook's nickname cache, see "How to reset the nickname and the automatic completion caches in Outlook" at: http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=287623 . However this is known to not solve the problem for some people.—Helped Ena create a local distribution list to work around the problem we encountered. Made photocopies needed for Tuesday. Spoke with student JP about door codes. Checked in with a student who had filed a name change. Checked in with Chris about our presentation on Tuesday. Checked in with one of our web hosting providers about how to insert a renewed SSL certificate. I guess I wasn't supposed to insert it on my own—I gave them the info and they installed it. Archived a FedexKinko's brochure which offered 15% off services to faculty and staff. Informed the Student Computing Committee about my talk with Doug S and the staff portal and e-mail addresses. Installed Google Desktop for Cindy. Followed up with students building websites about the server running out of disk space. I forgot to write that yesterday on the bus home a man boarded with a beautiful male Rhodesian ridgeback. I had never seen one before and found the ridged back of it fascinating. A ridge runs along the back and hair grows in the opposite direction as the rest of its coat. It reminded me of Stacey and Tim's dog Emerson whom I had never met. Mom Ryan had an incredible day today. Linda, the social worker from the retirement home Patrick and Mom Ryan visited yesterday picked her up at our place and took her to the social security office and together they explained her situation, completed some paperwork, and now Mom Ryan is getting a lot more money than she was in New Orleans due to the increased cost of living in San Francisco. Before they left, the social security agent felt so sorry for Mom Ryan that she reached into her purse, and handed her a little white crocheted angel because Mom Ryan feared that her angel collection at home was lost. She also got set up with Medi-Cal, so now all her medical care is free. After that, Linda took her to the local Red Cross office and Red Cross gave her a $360 credit card and a $20 Goodwill voucher! Linda also said the home is buying her new linens, towels, bed sheets, and more from Pottery Barn! Mom Ryan chatted with cousin ex-Brother Tony late to relay her good news. I chatted with Sneeper and Tony A today. Did work for Corinna: shipping labels round 1.