In where I actually get to do more of the “systems” part of my job…
Friday
7:15 am – bike to work, clean up, boot computer, start making jasmine tea
7:30 am – launched tweetdeck, Pandora, read gmail, feeds, and other things. Minions either on vacation or at work
7:35 am – the computer is very slow today
7:40 am – started tea consumption. Minion letting me know that there’s another 250 or so books coming our way for receipt cataloging
7:48 am – checked and backed up wiki
7:54 am – checked work email and calendar
8:08 am – time to start on the monthly report
8:27 am – finished monthly report. Time for blueberry muffins
8:43 am – successfully invaded Information Services department and acquired blueberry muffins. Also had the chance to look over the second edition of Who’s Who in Hell. Back to emails
9:09 am – Worked on OhioLINK errors report
9:13 am – EGL-IUG proposal due today. Need to start refining program proposal
9:23 am – the interwebz are slow today. Checked to see if there are any system outages or problems that the dept should know about
9:37 am – looks like IT is updating Windows stuff. Probably why things are slow right now. Sent proposal to EGL –IUG. Look over weekly stats…
9:41 am – Need to figure out a way to rework stats SQL queries. Previous databases are not updating and current databases are not displaying the correct information. Crack open Filezilla, phpMyAdmin and notepad++
9:54 am – w00t! I have one major SQL query pulling the right information. Now to work on the other 15 or so
10:00 am – banana and 15 min mandatory break
10:15 am – back from break. Checked feeds and then back to SQL hacking
10:15 am – printer refused to print. Smacked printer, now works
11:44 am – have the first php stats page fixed. Cleaning up records that have missing CAT DATE dates
12:00 pm – lunch!
12:57 pm – back early from lunch. Futzing with re-tooled stats and SQL
2:23 pm – almost done with the futzing. Switched Pandora to “Tek-no” radio
2:30 pm – employee has mysterious pop-up asking for her password. Trying to figure out what’s going on…
2:49 pm – login to another database is broken. Fun times on a Friday afternoon…
3:05 pm – fixed stats problem the best I could. 15 min mandatory break
3:17 pm – back from break. Checked feeds and email
3:43 pm – last challenge for the day – broken logins. Switch Pandora to Power Metal station
3:56 pm – requested access to former co-worker’s server space. The file that is causing the login problem lives there, and I need access to it. Going back to emails to clean out the inbox before I go home for the weekend
4:25 pm – Oh look a book… going through professional lit books piled high on my shelf…
4:50 pm –get items around for next week
5:00 pm – out to dinner with some library peeps :c)
~fin~