Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Breakfast at home: 2 slices of bread with spreadable butter, one pink lady apple. To work. Small web edit for Cindy. Laptop maintenance for student BS. Followup with Tran L about a network problem that I could no longer reproduce. Forwarded a problem report from student JD to CLE. Asked David K about a disappearing news story (Lovotti). Listserv management. Began work on a new congratulations poster for the hallway for Cindy. Restocked paper in the IRC, could not find new toner cartridges. Lunch: Panda Express: mixed vegetables, honey walnut shrimp, chow mein. My fortune: You will travel to many exotic places. Prepared and sent Scott N new connection information for his website. Followup with ITS on the creation of a new email address for the supp app project. Began troubleshooting a listserv web archives problem with graduate Catherine T. Met with Eric to discuss technology improvements to the dean's conference room. He asked how we got stuck with doing this, and I gave him an answer that seemed to satisfy him. Troubleshot a lost leading zeroes problem with CSV files in Excel for Claire. Dinner at home: teriyaki noodles from a package with the package's sauce, extra firm tofu, cabbage, basil, organic garlic, organic ginger, soy sauce. Weight training: door pull ups. Read chapter 6 from Patrick's draft of a new novel. On January 12, I sent feedback through a form on zara.com: "your website makes it look as though you have online shopping but there is no BUY button - i can't figure out how to buy your clothes online. is it possible? if yes, how?" and I received this response today: "Dear Mr. Frank Farm, We would like to thank you for the interest shown in our company and for contacting us through our web site. Regarding your message, we must inform you that Zara has gradually started to introduce our Online Shop to all the markets where Zara is present; however, the purchase online (or other similar option) is no possible in your country for the moment. Kind regards." Read chapter 7 from Patrick's draft of a new novel.