Had to work yesterday. Had to work today. That's weekend rotation for you. Still, I sometimes don't mind it much… the pace of the day is different from the weekdays and I can often pursue projects that I can't during the week. This weekend I spent a lot of my time working out the last kinks in our new public computer print management system. We were supposed to be able to offer printing services to visitors who bring their own notebook computers with them. As we finished up the system installation we hit a snag… the visiting notebook module wouldn't print through our system. After a lot of troubleshooting we determined it was some component apparently missing from our server. I spent several hours Saturday working on the problem. Today I discovered the problem and how to resolve it. Years ago, when I originally set up the server for work in the Internet, I had made a number of changes for security's sake. Unfortunately, I hadn't documented them! Today I rediscovered what I had done {geek alert} I had set the hidden device NetBIOS to Disabled which, in turn, shut off Windows File and Printer Sharing — the service critical to success of the notebook project. Yeah… the HIDDEN device! So, after closing and a server reboot, success at last! Visitors will now, with great ease, bring their notebook computers to our facility and, with a lightweight and temporary software download, print to our networked printers! Just a couple of tweaks remain to the network setup so that wired as well as wireless users can access the system and we're all set. Are you still awake?
Newsy Bits: I think my efforts (above) were aided by finally getting a full and restful night's sleep — the first I've had in about a week! She and I braved temperatures in the teens, strong winds, and blowing snow to go out to breakfast and grocery shopping this morning before I had to go to work. She is recovering after a week-long fight with a cold virus. Very nasty. Tonight She's feeling much better and, so far, I'm showing no signs of infection. Tasha has been throwing up which had me worried. I'm hoping the fix is as simple as this: she really dislikes some new litter box filler we've tried to switch to and I suspect she's not been using it. I think she's been holding back (if cats can do that) and it's been making her regurgitate. We'll see. I cooked dinner (pesto pasta and corn) and baked cookies (chocolate chip) tonight. Temperature has fallen to the low single-digits (+3.6 degrees F right now). Good thing the sky is cloudy: keeps it from getting even colder and saves me the guilty feelings of not going out under a clear sky and freezing my stuff off. And it's approaching 11 PM and time, soon, for bed. Still reading this? Hmmm. Are you still awake?
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