Thursday, October 1, 2009
Usual oatmeal breakfast. Student JY reported a problem accessing Barracuda from off campus. I was unable to confirm (because we voluntarily turned off the modem data line in my office a long time ago). I gave the student a workaround and reported the problem to OAAIS. Met with Eric D to do Drupal work—updated modules then core then documented our process. Made live some changes and announced The Kiosk—a 32-inch display in our elevator lobby that displays announcements and reminders to elevatorgoers. We use Flickr to store, moderate, and deliver our announcements. We use Slickr to display them. So far feedback has been overwhelmingly positive; only one person said she hated it (and, just fyi, she isn't part of the School of Pharmacy). Followup with JWG who is testing instructions for letting our students know how to get to web archives of our LISTSERV mailing lists. Followup with a student about ID card access—solved. Cindy asked me to create a large sign for this afternoon's celebration, so I did. I didn't really have a proper lunch today—just grabbed a bagel and cream cheese and some fresh cut fruit from the free food table in the work room. ICRD work for Rodney. Chatted with student DY about email woes due to system problems on our end, continued followup with Registrar and OAAIS. Followup with Shawn H about "Enable the ActiveSync" login screen problems. Management activities. Special reception for Chris C at the FA House. Management activities. Dinner at home with Patrick: Patrick had leftover tamale, we both had steamed dumplings with soy sauce mixture (soy sauce, water, crushed garlic, dash of ground ginger, red vinegar, a few drops of sesame oil). More troubleshooting of "The backup volume is read only" error with Time Machine on Patrick's computer—still unsuccessful. Stretches. Weight training: superslow one-arm dumbbell row, superslow shrug, wrist curl, crunch. More maintenance for Patrick's computer.