Monday, April 23, 2007
Skipped breakfast. Home page update. Student computing committee wireless survey prep and current students news prep. Helped Cindy with an Excel problem. Helped student KT with Flickr. Annotated and finished my Flickr photoset of how to open the Office 2007 product box. Laptop setup for student PK. Student computing committee wireless survey followup. Helped student KT with a PowerPoint to PDF conversion. We tried printing to Adobe PDF from PowerPoint 2007. This failed because his poster was 36 x 48 inches and the resulting PDF was 8.5 x 11 inches even though I selected 36 x 48 inch output during printing. The solution was to save as PDF using the Microsoft Save as PDF plug-in—this worked perfectly. Unpacked new computer supplies. Organized a cabinet in the work room. More laptop setup for student PK. Continued editing the student awards presentation using PowerPoint 2007. Of all the Office 2007 applications, PowerPoint 2007 is the one that I find easiest to use. It's also the one I have used the least in the past. Error when installing Winamp 5.3.4: Winamp: winamp.exe - Unable To Locate Component. This application has failed to start because MSVCP71.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem. (OK) (this dialog appears twice) I tried installing .NET 2.0 and all updates for it—this did not resolve the problem. Solution: Copy MSVCP71.DLL and MSVCR71.DLL from a computer which obtained it from a legitimate source and paste it into c:\windows\system32. Removed and reinstalled Windows Defender. Java 6 Update 1 installs. Started coding a new update from the dean. Home. Drove to Phil, Drew, and Danny's place for dinner. Shrimp with noodles, cow and carrot soup. Helped them fix and evaluate computers. Late meal by myself at Orphan Andy's: oatmeal, french toast, hot water. Overheard while eating: Man 1 says, "How many pairs of shoes do you own?" Man 2 says, "You mean here in the city? . . . 34."