Monday, August 7, 2006
Usual oatmeal breakfast. Updated a listserv. Helped James print to a printer. Installed updates for Acrobat 6.00 to 6.01. Installed updates for Acrobat 6.0.1 to 6.0.2/6.0.3. Installed updates for Acrobat 6.0.2/6.0.3 to 6.0.4. Installed updates for Acrobat 6.0.4 to 6.0.5. (Grrr!) Installed a new DVD±RW drive. Removed restored files I didn't need. Defragged. Lunch with Joel at Pasta Pomodoro. New news for review for Susie. Attempted to set up the new Avocent SwitchView PC KVM that I received, but discovered that the ports are of the opposite gender on it than the Belkin KVM setup I had before. Quickly researched the least expensive way to make it work. I'll try using VGA male-male gender adapters. New cables are unnecessary and much more expensive. Placed the order online. Retrieved my overnight order of a USB ethernet adapter from Natasha. Tested the USB ethernet adapter. It still failed. Tested the ethernet connection with a known-working laptop. Still failed, so I know now the connection went dead. I report the problem to ENS. Made new news live for Susie after receiving her okay. Tested the DVD±RW drive. Burning failed. Uninstalled Roxio, restarted. Installed Nero. Tested again. Burning failed with InCD, but Nero works. Began archiving. Maynard from ENS arrived and fixed the ethernet problem in James's office. He says construction on the 8th floor must have accidentally disabled his connection. Returned James's keyboard to his computer. Moved the temporary keyboard to Cindy's computer. Left a message for James that his computer was working now. Encountered the error message "The security log on this system is full" and quickly found the resolution to this problem on microsoft.com. Dinner at home with Patrick: chicken cacciatore over pasta. We reviewed photos from Jamie's memorial, and then I uploaded them. Weight training: tricep kickback. Late meal: yogurt, leftover pasta.