Monday, October 16, 2006
Joel brought in scones, fresh fruit, and a quiche to kick off Ena's weeklong going away celebration. Chatted with Esther about Flickr and photography. Troubleshot listserv problems for student AW. Esther e-mail setup followup. Followup with student SY about how long accounts will remain open. Answered questions from student JY about e-mail. Asked Susie clarifying questions about the org chart. Made reservations for Ena's going away lunch. Computer maintenance for Chris. Lunch with Joel in Cole Valley. We got turkey and cranberry sandwiches and salt and pepper chips at a friendly wine and cheese and gourmet foods shop called Say Cheese (856 Cole St), then coffee drinks at Tully's and sat at a table on the sidewalk. Reported SD memory card problem to Kingston: "Camera error message 'Memory card error - Card locked!' appears after recording some photos and a short movie. Unable to play back photos, unable to record new photos. Taking the card to a different camera (PowerShot A610) gives the same problem. Resetting camera to factory defaults does not solve the problem. I don't know how to determine the camera firmware version." They told me to send it in for replacement. Reported to ENS a problem with one of our network ports which had accidentally been deactivated. They came to fix it on the same day which is unusual, and I was thankful. However, after the guy left (he didn't even talk to me) I discovered another port that had been deactivated accidentally, so I'll have to submit another request tomorrow (no more time today). Sent the new first-year class president PT info about how to connect to the class website and e-mail accounts. Updated our staff listing web page. E-mail setup for Esther, provided her training on e-mail and Firefox. Installed network scanning for Esther. Began KeePass updates (1.06). Various other updates. Dinner at home with Patrick: Yan-Kit's pig chow mein. Worked on Corinna's website.