Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Helped a student with e-mail. Updated a listserv e-mail address for Chris. At today's staff meeting, Cindy told us we'll soon be hearing news that the university will be taking money out of our paychecks in order to fund part of the retirement plan. This news did not go over very well with the staff or with me. It was mentioned that this will be seen by many as a pay cut, and it is for people who don't plan to spend the rest of their lives working below market wages for the university. I discover today, when I want/need it, that Chris Heilmann's Unobtrusive JavaScript article is no longer available. Eek! The entire domain, www.onlinetools.org, on which that article was stored is running, but there appears to be no content there anymore. Same for another domain related to him: wait-till-i.com. I've been coding a web form and needed to hide and show different fields based on selections chosen in the form. I weventually got my answers from webmonkey.com, alexking.org, bobbyvandersluis.com, haugland.ca, and others, but I would still liked to have had access to that article. Something funny I found today is the table of contents on howstuffworks.com for the article called "How Internet Cookies Work." Here it is: Cookie Basics, How Does Cookie Data Move?, How Do Web Sites Use Cookies?, Problems with Cookies, Why the Fury Around Cookies?, Lots More Information, Compare Prices for Internet Cookies. Now I know the next time I need some Internet cookies I can go to howstuffworks.com to shop for them! I just can't tell you how so very convenient that is! Joel and I attempted to have a lateish lunch at You See Sushi today, but it was really crowded and there was a screaming baby within as well, so we ate instead at Pomelo. When we entered, Pomelo was empty. When we left, our stomachs were full. Home. Dinner at home with Patrick: turkey burgers, soup. I started stapling speaker wire to the ceiling. Updated my address with a bunch of places online. Purchased a wireless router (U.S. Robotics Wireless MAXg Router USR5461). We don't really need the MAXg-ness of this router, but my buying decision was based on this router's support of WPA2 for better security. Yes, WPA2 is probably overkill for what we need, but I like keeping things secure nonetheless. From the reviews I've read, this router doesn't seem to have great range, but that won't be a problem for us. We're just going a few dozen feet or so.