Wednesday, December 10, 2003
Link checking. Helped James disconnect then reconnect his computer as his desk was replaced today—One Workplace had gotten his desk size incorrect by 2 inches and consequently his door wouldn't open all the way. His office feels much bigger than before now. Investigated unhandled exception errors when sending e-mail from Eudora 5.2. I suspect corrupted messages, but we don't have time to resolve it completely since he leaves for Hong Kong. Installed Eudora 6.0 for Chris on 2 laptops. Created a graphic banner in Photoshop for Bill Soller for the Center for Consumer Self Care e-mails he plans to send out. Lunch with Joel at Park Chow. I treated coz I didn't get to leave for lunch as early as I'd hoped—an inconvenience for him. We each had a cup of minestrone soup, then shared Joel's Cobb salad and my tomato and basil pizza. Yum! On our way back to the office, we saw a man walking a bunny rabbit on a leash. Joel stopped and stared and wanted to stay a while to watch it, thinking it was weird. I took a glance and kept walking, stopping eventually after seeing that Joel was fixed to the sidewalk for a few minutes. Helped Joel set up a wish list on Amazon. Upgraded him from Spinner to Radio@Netscape. Pinged the color laser printer and it now responds, so ENS finally got that port working—the one they were supposed to have activated when we moved in 6 weeks ago. Tested printing on almost everyone's computer, then sent e-mail to staff saying it was available. Installed QuickCam 8.1.1 on my computer to help Chris test videoconferencing software he's reviewing. Placed an order for James's monitor arm and a bunch of other computer equipment. Upgraded Debrah from Spinner to Radio@Netscape. Dinner at home with Patrick: green salad, fish sticks. Early to bed for Patrick. I stayed up and copyedited more fiction for Lodestar.