Friday, February 24, 2006
Updated current students news for student WH. Sent Julia Firefox links. Updated our standard powerpoint presentation on the shared laptop for Joel. Made live updated schedules for Lucia. Sent student CN logos to use in a presentation. Sent Helene the photo she requested. Updated a listserv for Joel. Graduation lists project work for Lucia. Added a link to the Med Center Portal to our current students page at Mike W's suggestion. Idea box forum troubleshooting. Photo setup for student MB. Installed a cable organizer for Ena. I got it from cyberguys, and it's cheesily called The CORDination Station (cordinationstation.com), a black plastic box with two 5-outlet power strips inside. You hide the cables in the box. There's a switch on the outside which powers both power strips. The box is very sturdy and it includes plastic cable ties and anchors with adhesive backing. I needed to mount it upside down and at first couldn't figure out how to do it because the holes were placed in such a way that you can't install 4 screws and just slide the thing into place. However, even using only two screws I think it would have held in place just fine. I ended up using three. (Install two screws first, then attempt to install the 3rd and 4th screws with the main door open.) I wish it used rubber gaskets instead of plastic doors (a la our Oyster docking station), but the plastic doors work almost as well. The lock/unlock labeling didn't need to be there, and the OFF-RESET switch really ought to say OFF-ON/RESET instead. Not knowing that the RESET side was also the ON side was really confusing to me. RESETting is necessary if the circuit breaker within is tripped. Leena chatted with us for a few minutes when I got home. Dinner at home with Patrick: red beans and rice, corn loaf bread and butter.