Thursday, July 3, 2008
Last night I dreamt about 2 different things. One was that someone had given me and Patrick a chihuahua and we liked it. The other was that I looked at the supplemental application changes that Joel gave me and although he said there were very little changes the layout of the page was completely different and meant a lot of work for me and I felt exasperated. After waking up, I felt better. Joel gave me the changes a few days ago, but I know it won't be as difficult as in the dream. Chatted with Nick M in the hallway on the way in to work. Helped Ena install anti-virus on her new laptop and do a few other tweaks—it was quick. Printing problems in the computer lab. I investigated but could not resolve them all. Posted signs saying printing was unavailable. Helped Chris with a variety of small computer issues and with questions about poster production. Lunch: Ena dropped off a burrito for me. I was so busy today I didn't even get to see her! Listserv maintenance. Shared some Google docs with Nick. Gathered feedback from resident Terrill T about what kind of computing support they receive. (Answer: the computers are managed, but beyond that no support is offered.) Learned from Danica by way of a question from Joyce A that @itssrv1.ucsf.edu will stop working after July 2008 and that people should use @listsrv.ucsf.edu or @listserv.ucsf.edu instead. I've been telling everyone @listsrv.ucsf.edu because I believe that's the name of the actual server now and that @listserv.ucsf.edu is merely an alias (which is expected to work indefinitely). Web updates: org chart, Installed OS 10.5.4 for me. Home. Napped. Dinner at Osha Thai (819 Valencia Street, San Francisco, California, USA) with Patrick. Someone told me about Yoox recently, so I checked out the site today and was disappointed. Why can't I search on a particular waist size for pants? They think I'm going to wade through 239 items to pick out the ones that match my waist size. It's also quirky due to language or regional differences—I don't know what "Turn search results into a Première" means, and "8,5" is not a shoe size in my country. Stretches. Weight training: superslow one-arm dumbbell row, superslow front raise. Late meal: leftover pad thai. Weight training: tricep kickback, wrist curl. Stretches. Looked for the equivalent of Workrave for OS X (aka Workrave for Mac or Workrave for a Mac) and only found AntiRSI but I'm rather not install 2.5-year-old software on my computer, thanks. Especially when the download page doesn't list the system requirements.