Thursday, August 28, 2008
I haven't updated the journal in a long time because my computer crashed on September 1, right after I returned from a trip to Seattle. I had to get the computer fixed (hard drive failure), and I had recorded journal entries offline. Now I am backpopulating those entries—it will take some time. Helped Aaron by email with computer trouble. Recently I had to decide how to implement a replacement for formmail from Matt's Script Archives. One site affiliated with the School had previously used a web host that provided it, and now they're with us but no formmail. I contacted the authors of nms to determine if it was still current, still trustworthy—the last updates to the code were, I believe, in 2004. The response I received from Greg McC gave me an indication that although the code still worked it was probably at least a little out of date and could be improved. I thought for a while that I would use nms temporarily while seeking another solution, but we decided instead to use Tectite's formmail script, which Eric D found, as well as reCAPTCHA for additional security. Staff meeting. Followup trying to find out who was responsible for the PharmD/PhD program in our School. Helped student SL with passwords. Followup with Garrett about advertising computer bundles. Followup with Terry McC about wireless. Coded and published new update from the dean. Saved my link to the Sweetcron download. (No time to install it soon.) Posted holiday closure notice. MyAccess followup. Link update for financial aid office. Cardkey sign and troubleshooting steps followup. Podcast page followup. Can't remember any meals for today. In the evening, I packed for our Seattle trip.