Thursday, February 5, 2009
Usual oatmeal breakfast. CCD working meeting. 1-on-1 working lunch with Susie: BTS photos. 1-on-1 with Eric D. Met with student MK who needed advice on backup solutions. Troubleshot problems with the white MacBook connecting to an external monitor. I found settings that were incorrect both in OS X and in Windows XP, made adjustments, showed JWG what was wrong and how to resolve it if he sees it again. Began rewriting the web page that tells students how to set up email. It needs a rewrite because we get a lot of questions of how to set up email on devices we don't officially support. A long time ago our page listed only the ones we support and nothing else. Then at some point I added information about how to use the unofficial, unrecommended way of connecting using POP or IMAP, but it wasn't very prominent and the links weren't using the right terminology. My new design removes a lot of information that is no longer necessary and just gets them to the answer they need more quickly and with better, bigger visuals. Dinner at home with Patrick: pizza, hot water. Watched Grindhouse: Death Proof (2007) on Netflix DVD with Patrick. Loved it. Two days ago I said that I was embarrassed that I hadn't seen The Celluloid Closet (1995) sooner, but after that I learned that Steve M says we saw it together when it came out—I must have forgotten. Tomorrow I don't work but I work on Saturday instead—helping JWG and Scott E with admissions interviews. Late meal: ramen noodles with shrimp flavoring, egg, dumplings, mushrooms.