Friday, February 10, 2006
Sent Jeff B a minor web edit for one of his pages. Coded a new news story and sent it to Susie for review. Helped Cindy with pasting a logo into a document. Used Sanjay's tip from October 12, 2003 to make Acrobat 6 start faster ("Make Acrobat Reader 6 load faster"). Essentially, you create a folder called Optional at the same level as the plug_ins folder and move all the plug-ins into it. Works. Made live the new news story. Lunch 1: leftovers from yesterday. Defrosted the fridge. Lunch 2: tuna sandwich lunch special from Subway. Met with a student regarding a web forums project. When I got home today I was so tired I climbed into bed and didn't get up for 3 hours. Patrick had a bagel and cream cheese for dinner coz we've been needing to go to the grocery. He came to bed, I got up and had some canned soup. Folded laundry that Patrick had done earlier in the day. Funny headline of the day: "Seattle Police chief resisted probe at first" from seattletimes.com. Submitted this feedback to cyberguys.com after placing an order: "Every time I place an order I am annoyed that you can't save my preference of 'send catalog updates only' as well as my preferred shipping address. I love Cyberguys because you do so many things right, but this seems to be an e-commerce basic you still haven't yet mastered. Other sites (I won't name names) do this so well that it makes your site less than a joy to use. In the paper catalog I really like the index tabs across the top. It's the first print product that I've seen which has been improved from guidelines based on website usability."