The Redheaded Penguin

Must be the day after finals… LBJ is all alone on campus…

Just another random construction photo for the week…

My new office mate that appeared while I was straightening my office at work… unfortunately the camera on my phone decided to focus on the background… but I think you get the idea…

One of the oldest Universities in San Antonio, Our Lady of the Lake University, is currently experiencing a horrible fire in their main building. Built in the 1890s, it is reportedly the oldest building on their campus. Because of the age of the building, it is primarily a wood and stone building. The first call came in a little before 8PM and by 9PM it was already at 4-alarm. Although it appears they are starting to get things under control, it still has a long way to go. And so far, the fire fighters have not been able to actually go inside because of the potential of the building collapsing. Most of the buildings in this area of campus are either connected or in close proximity to each other. This means there is a potential for the fire to spread to other buildings before it is over. Also, looking at some of the video coming in live from the scene, the fire appears to be working it’s way down inside the building. So, even though they are getting it under control on the roof of the building, the inside is still a huge unknown. I probably won’t update this post, but a search of the major SA news sites (and likely beyond) will probably have more of the story as it develops…

I’ve been trying to straighten my office at home… here’s some of the books I discovered that I need to take back to my office at work…

I think the birds are wanting me to put more water in the pool so they don’t have to reach down as far to get a drink…

Okay, a few days ago a mentioned that Google now knows where I am… via the GPS in my phone… well, I thought I was at home, but I just checked and I’m apparently in a field somewhere west of Helotes now… it’s good to know that Google knows where I am or else I’d be really lost…

Okay, I have to admit that I’ve grown attached to using outlook… I think it has to do more with exchange than outlook itself though. Basically, since we have the exchange server at work, I can easily keep an electronic calendar with me at all times and not have to worry about forgetting things as much. Had I not switched cell phones, I probably wouldn’t be as excited about it though. So, really it’s the combination of the new phone and outlook that has made things better I guess. And also, for the first time in years, my in box at work is EMPTY! Yes, completely empty. I used to leave emails in the inbox if they had details about an upcoming meeting or something as a reminder, but since I can easily switch over and put them on my calendar, the need to do that has gone away. Also, I’m not sure why, but it seems like I’ve been able to respond to emails faster since making the switch. I don’t know why that would be and don’t really want to attribute it to Outlook, but things did seem to fall in place about the time I made the switch. I still haven’t been able to connect to the exchange server at work from home (I’m thinking there’s some port blocking going on somewhere) and am having to depend on my phone and outlook web access… well, actually, I’ve started using remote desktop to connect to my office machine from home and use outlook from there sometimes as well… anyway, I’ll eventually get the exchange issue sorted out at home, but that’ll happen after I finish getting papers and projects graded…

Well, I finally got a chance to upgrade my WP install to the newest version… I generally try to do this as soon as the new version is out, but in some ways I’m glad I waited this time. The patch from 2.5.0 to 2.5.1 seemed to come out pretty quickly, so I only had to do one upgrade instead of 2. Now I just have to get used to the new layout of the admin screens. Looks like my theme and plug-ins are working though, which is good news… but I can already tell there are somethings I’m not going to like… for example, the box to indicate the category of a post is way down on the write screen now… think I’m going to look around for some of those fancy admin plug-ins to see if I can find one that creates a layout I like better…

What would a week be without another construction update photo?