Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Installed scanner drivers on the computer where the printer-scanner is now. Replaced a keyboard for a very apologetic Ena. Prepared a bunch of old equipment for surplus. Prepared updating the intern jobs listserv. Met with four students today, fixed laptops up with wireless, VPN, and Outlook. James introduced me to the camera feature in Excel—you make a cell selection then press the camera button and it takes a snapshot of what you selected for pasting. I'm not sure how it's different than the copy button except perhaps that it copies an image rather than the data itself. A kind of Copy Special command (the inverse of the Paste Special command). Helped Mike L resolve a problem with a distribution list he created in Outlook Web Access. Tried to find a replacement fan for an ATI Radeon 9100—unsuccessful. If I need to use this card again, I'll just set up a fan next to it like item 148-0532 from cyberguys. Mission Bay update meeting with Chris, Cindy, Todd McG, and a handful of students to discuss problems related to their move-in to the new campus housing there. Dinner with Chris at Panda Express. My fortune: You are heading for a land of sunshine and relaxation. His fortune: something like You will travel far and wide. Went to Skit Night, chatted with Steve K about where he can host a course website, sat with James who had never been before. Each year the students put on a show of silliness and craziness to welcome everyone back to school. This year Bob Day sang a song while Don Kishi, Martin Shetlar, and Betty-ann Hoener played backup music on (I think it was) combs. First-year students were filmed while being asked to explain what a dildo is used for in pharmacy practice (condom demonstrations). Tonight is the first night Mom Ryan spent in her new apartment. She spent 4 hours in Ikea today.