Thursday, April 22, 2004
Breakfast: Oatmeal with pumpkin pie spice and brown sugar and rice milk. When the 8:30 AM bus drove up to the bus stop this morning, the electronic sign on the bus said: EMERGENCY and then a second later it changed to PLEASE CALL 911. The driver didn't look panicked or edgy as I boarded, and the people already on the bus seemed sane enough, so I sat down. Eventually, at 19th Avenue, some people got on the bus and asked her about the sign, so she stopped the bus, got out, chatted with some strangers chatting next to the bus, walked around to the left side of the bus, and opened a panel and did something. She got back on the bus and I realized she was doing a system reboot. The electronic sign that tells what stop is coming up lit up anew with presumably the BIOS version (or equivalent). When I got off the bus at the end of the route, the sign was correct again. When I got in to work, the e-mail was server was still unavailable, and I got a voicemail saying that people were working on the resolution. Surprise, surprise. I updated our current students news to indicate the latest status—that people were working to resolve the problem. The problem was resolved around noon. Updated current students page. Worked on the computer security guide. Lunch: Joel, Ena, and I went to the cafeteria. Joel had a turkey sandwich, Ena had the turkey lunch plate special, and I had a cheeseburger with curly fries. Chatted with Susie briefly to catch up. Downloaded and burned CD-ROMs for Office 2003. (It's legal because we have a special UC license agreement with Microsoft.) Windows updates for the server. Home. Moved the car. Watched the Simpsons: Strong Arms O The Ma. Late dinner: gemelli with garlic sage mushroom cream sauce.