Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Usual oatmeal breakfast. I forgot to mention that my socks arrived yesterday. I bought boys socks on eBay because the listing said they fit mens shoe sizes 3.5 to 8.5 and 8.5 is my shoe size. The socks fit perfectly. Made live minor web updates from yesterday. Staff meeting. Chatted with Susie about a HTML letterhead request from resident MC. Resolved CCSC broken links for Jeff/Bill/Gary, did some research on umask in the process. WebCT administration. Listserv update for PLS (students DS and LN). Lunch with Geordie at Pasquale's: mushroom pizza. Joel gave me a new Cross silver ballpoint pen with the UC seal—we had been talking about how I carry just such a pen everywhere I go in case I need a pen and how he sometimes gets them for free. These things are worth around $20! Unfortunately, the one he gave me didn't work properly. I pulled off the cap and attempted to fix it, but that only revealed some defect with the barrel. To have Cross fix it will cost $10 plus shipping, which I'm willing to do for a free pen. One-on-one meeting with Cindy. Burned a cdrom for Carol, installed Nero BurnRights in the process. Determined that Steaven's computer does indeed have a failed hard drive. Did defrag and disk check optimization for Chris's new laptop. Reviewed new laptop transition with Chris. He reported slowness in file searching and also difficulty in finding files he had had before. Manual PharmAdMIT backup. Attempted to install the new hard drive, but the holes on the green plastic rails that Dell provided with our computer don't line up with the holes on the drive, so I aborted the installation rather than install the drive insecurely. Snack: Panda Express, 2 veggie spring rolls. Dinner at home with Patrick: roasted lemon chicken, Smart Balance and garlic bread. Tried to watch Heroes but the new episode was not yet online. Watched other things instead. Patrick went to bed, I shopped for hotels in San Diego.