Yesterday I helped liz4jc4ever and flutterbyefred finish moving out of their apartment so it could be cleaned so they can move back in. Thankfully a co-worker was nice enough to let us use her full-size truck (F-250) to move some things like beds. We’re going to do something for her.
flutterbyefred brought along her boyfriend. He’s a really nice guy and I’m very happy for her. I think her being alone has really bothered me. I hope that he can be there for her. One thing that was a little odd is that he’s 6ft 7 …and I’m not really used to looking up at people that much. 
I look forward to getting to know him better … we’re all going to see Blast! at the Ordway on Oct 4th. It should be a blast (pun intended).
Today was spent in St Paul. We swung by the apartment to clean some stuff out from under then sink, then headed to Maplewood Mall so Liz could get some shoes. I got my watch fixed there too (back wasn’t on) … had to replace the battery even though it was nearly brand new. I suspect the battery got shorted while it was in the baggie with the watch. Anyway, it’s working again, and my wrist no longer feels empty. I also got a start on my Christmas shopping!!! Have stuff for my older sister and my mother. We then went to Har Mar Mall, where I got a cookbook that Jake and Brandy had recommended when we visited them a few weeks ago. From there we went to JCPenney in Rosedale Mall, where I finally found jeans that fit me, so I bought 5 pairs.
On the way home, we stopped in Hudson at Papa Murphy’s so Liz could update her phone number since she won’t be in her apt for 2 weeks. Lo and behold the owner was there and had tried calling her today. Now she has a job!! Yay! We grabbed a pizza, then some groceries, then headed home. 
Archive for August 17th, 2003
Well, I promised a post relating to work stuff not going so well … and while this is late, better late than never I think.
One of my summer projects has been to upgrade the core Macintosh labs and the Educational Technology Center to Mac OS X. This required basically re-working everything that makes the Mac labs work, including rebuilding the servers that the software is stored on. I had to learn a new software package called ‘radmind’ that was developed by the Univ. of Michigan. I built a development server so I could start building things. I wanted the production server ready-to-go by Aug 1st … this was something the networking staff had to do. Well, it’s Aug 17th and the server isn’t done. The person who has primary responsibility for it is on vacation this week, so it falls to one of the other already horribly overworked staff to deal with (mn). I did have a chance to talk to her about it and indicated that I really did need it real soon because I couldn’t start doing software upgrades until it was in place. Anyway, it is looking like I will be working next weekend since I won’t have the chance to start anything this week due to server non-readiness. Installing Mac OS X on 80 computers isn’t my idea of fun.
In other work news, the faculty/staff file server was upgraded last weekend. Unfortunately, not all the data was transferred to the new server correctly, so I’ve had to spend time working with networking staff to figure out how we can fix it. I have a good idea of how to do it, but it will take a little while and I need to upgrade the machine that will be doing the copying ‘cuz 10mbits/sec ain’t gonna cut it for this task.
I do have some good work-related news. I finally got my KVM switch so I could re-arrange my office. I need to get hold of tech support ‘cuz my keyboard isn’t working real reliably with it, but I like my new office arrangement. I need to finish tidying up in there of course.
