Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Networks are funny things

We've still been working through some unusual network problems, and haven't really figured out what is coincidence and what isn't. It probably doesn't matter as long as everything works!

But consider:

1. The anti-virus program hasn't updated on the public computers since the new website went live.

2. The problem of a computer not accessing any webpage (although it still had an internet connection, and was resolved by restarting) disappeared with the launch of the new website.

Now that #1 is fixed, we have #2 back again. Coincidence? I'm starting to think not.

But we can always blame Daylight Savings Time: many of our radio-frequency clocks forgot to change, and the phone system didn't go along, either.

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Important things

We're still working on a few glitches with our new website, mostly database access and how to send newsletters, etc. Minor things. Especially since this morning there was an incredible explosion and the power went out. It wasn't the library (although it felt like it could have been!) but a building several blocks away. The structure is just gone. Not much news is available yet but it's a mess and is still burning.

So our website issues are not so critical just now.