Friday, March 18, 2005
Breakfast at the cafeteria. Did some listserv testing to address a concern about non-subscribers posting to our lists. Updated a link on our home page—Lloyd Y found that one word wasn't quite right. Reannounced in e-mail new computer security measures to all staff. Finished with that student's laptop—it was the first time I found Microsoft Antispyware beta catch some stuff that neither Spybot Search and Destroy 1.3 nor AdAware caught. Some of the spyware on her computer was very pernicious and could only be removed by running all 3 tools in Safe Mode and some hand registry hacking. Met with Rodney and Chris to discuss security group policies. We came to a number of good decisions which should increase computer security a great deal in our two units. Lunch at desk: leftover lasagna. Made all the computer hardware purchases for Chris we had decided upon. Made live the P1 schedule change that Cindy told me about, sent out an announcement. Change of Schedule web page updates for James—we made the page semi-automatically update by itself year-round using some simple PHP code. Helped James troubleshoot a PharmAdMIT issue with lost data. Installed Sygate Security Agent and KeePass 0.98a for all workstations. Reconfigured password icons for all staff. Created individual password databases for all staff. Near closing, our cleaning woman was doing her rounds emptying trash cans and cleaning, and she accidentally dropped the remainder of yesterday's quarter sheet of cake on the carpet. I helped her clean it up—it looked awful at first, but now it doesn't look so bad. It's been a very productive day. Met Patrick at Starbuck's. Dinner with Patrick at Park Chow to celebrate (a) Patrick's being done with finals, (b) Patrick's completion of his first draft of his second novel, and (c) we received our lowest credit card bill yesterday! Small green salad with vinaigrette and wontons for me, mahi mahi special with mashed potatoes and veggies for Patrick. The wontons turned out to include a spicy ginger sauce (not mentioned on the menu), so I had to send it back to the kitchen. Hilary was our server, and she was friendly and efficient despite the problem about the wontons. There were about 7 wontons, and later I realized that 7 or even 8 wontons for $6 is not that great a deal, but I didn't want anything else on the menu tonight. We shared a coconut cream pie for dessert; it was good but we've certainly tasted better. I had an iced tea; Patrick brought a tea he had from Starbuck's. About $41 after a $6.25 tip. Park Chow does not accept American Express—we keep forgetting that. Home. Coded Lodestar reviews.