Monday, October 7, 2013
I dreamt last night that I had somehow inserted two contact lenses into each eye and was frustrated to discovered the problem. Troubleshot Apple Time Machine stuck on "Looking for backup disk" on my iMac. Restarted my iMac and Apple Time Capsule—did not work. Removed and reselected the backup disk—did not work. The problem then changed to "The Backup disk image ... sparsebundle ... is already in use." Discovered Pondini's C12 which said that a 7.6.4 firmware update for Apple Time Capsule resolves the problem. Discovered that I have 7.6.3. Attempted to apply the update. Encountered an error: "There was an error connecting to the update server. Check your network settings and try again." Tried bluecorner's solution of deleting the folder at ~/Library/Application Support/Apple/Airport but this did not work for me. I resolved this by using a different solution from bluecorner—creating a new admin account then applying the update using that admin account then deleting the admin account. Back to Time Machine, removed the backup drive, reselected the backup drive. Time Machine now says "Oldest backup: None" and a new backup began running but is now stuck with message "Backing up: 30.0 MB of 97.9 MB." I will let it run. Rode my bike to UCSF Parnassus. Calendar management. Deleted unneeded items from /sw and /hw on the network, resolving broken permissions with ITS in the process. Helped student DT resolve a problem with AD credentials. Don brought a quiche and bacon to share. Documented then announced Acrobat Pro site license for students. Computer maintenance. Helped student KK with crashes in Windows 8. Tried and failed resolving flattening plug-in install for Joel. Updated the associate deans page for Susie and Sharon Y. Chatted with Lisa S about names in telephone displays. Ordered a gigabit Thunderbolt Ethernet adapter for my MacBook Air. ICRD work for Rodney. Realized today that Courtyard Cafe is permanently closed and has been since June this year. Lunch from the cafeteria: vietnamese noodle salad with various sauces, ate in Saunders Court. Redirected a wiki issue from student JK to Zach S. Calendar management. Posted an updated P3 schedule for Lucia. Reset my Adobe ID password. Updated a link to the Phi Delta Chi website. Lisa stopped by my desk and asked me to send her something funny, so I sent her a link to Scarlett Johansson Falling Down. Staged new content for Cindy about graduation and placement info. Followup with Karl M about his request for a new website on our new platform. Pushed live the self-study website for Joe, Mitra, and Sue. Updated pages explaining how the spam firewall works to reveal that tagging is disabled. Linkchecking, kiosk work. Rode Muni home. Dinner: leftover indian food while finishing Cloud Atlas on Netflix DVD with Patrick. Weight training: wrist curl, bench dip.