We continue to slog along as our Millennium LIS remains down for the 5th straight day. The UofL's technicians continue to work on the problem, but we are getting conflicting messages. We were initially informed that the problem was with the LIS's operating system, and later that it was a combination of hardware and software; however, their website suggests that it has to do with renovations being done in the server rooms. Whether one caused the other is unclear at this time. What we know is that this all began on Friday, July 13th.
I am not superstitious, but if Friday the 13ths cause such a flap amongst the populace, then perhaps we should do away with it - not unlike how some buildings omit the 13 from their elevator buttons and floor numbering scheme. What would we use in place of the 13? Perhaps 12a, 12th -the-Sequel, 14th-the-Prequel, Pre-14th. Perhaps we should just omit the number - 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, etc.; so months having 30 days will end on the 31st, while months with 31 days will end on the 32nd.
In the meantime I was able to perform some administrative tasks, Web work, and AV shopping with Barb. Shopping for AV equipment is not as much fun as I hoped. You have to try and keep the technology "cutting edge", accessible enough for students and staff to use, as well as cost effective. The fun really starts as you haggle with sales people and shop around for the best prices. Once you have have the products picked out, then you have to arrange for Finance to create purchase order number for the selected vendor. Yes, shopping really can be work; but I still get to play with cool new toys in the process - things that I could not afford otherwise.
Admittedly, Barb and I took a detour through Tim Horton's [the drive through was on the road we were traveling] for an Ice Cap - after all, we have to beat these mid-30°C temperatures somehow. I think we were the envy of the college's Center Core as people salivated and inquired where we got them from - in the past Tim Horton's has served coffee on campus. We were not without hardship though, the vehicle we were driving in did not have cup holders. What auto manufacturer builds a vehicle without cup holders? I will not say the name of the company, but honestly, what were they thinking? Or is that not thinking?
Time to get back to working on Relais. We are making some headway in developing the online self-registration pages, and updated pages will be posted by the end of this week - I hope.
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