Yesterday I spent the entire day in my office, where it was a toasty 84 degrees. Today, thus far it’s gotten up to “only” 82, but it’s early and the building has a tendency to warm up a few degrees as the day progresses. Obviously, there’s a problem with the heat in this part of the building. What I wouldn’t give for a shorts and t-shirt dress policy right about now!
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Interesting little article about dealing with end-users, full of stories about miscommunication between end-users and IT folks. I would have to agree with the conclusion: “Often, end users blame IT for network or computer problems, simply because they don’t know what goes on behind the scene and what causes problems. But sometimes, miscommunication on the…
According to Lessig that’s exactly what may happen in Mexico: “The Mexican Congress is about to consider a revision to its copyright law. Among it many changes, the law will extend the term of copyright from life-plus-70 to life-plus-100. (And no doubt thus beginning yet another cycle of “harmonization” around the world.) Worse, at the…
We had someone leave our office this week. He ended his employment here effective Dec. 1. Before he left, he decided to clean up his files and stuff and deleted a bunch of stuff that he figured no one would need once he was gone. This morning, a couple of the women I work with…
Since Angela was working a pre-game event on campus today, and had asked me to come and maybe take some photos during the event, and since the event didn’t occur until after the College Game Day show ended, I took advantage of the opportunity to check out the crowd for College Game Day. I got…