Now we get into the fun stuff. 🙂 You’ve all used Counterculture and/or Cog ‘n Blog – now it’s time to create your own. It’ll only take you a few minutes – and most of that time will be coming up with a username and password.
Mandatory 🙂 – Now go to Blogger. (Or you could try LiveJournal or WordPress – they all do the same basic things but have different extra features. I recommend playing with something you haven’t used before – so I’m going to be trying out WordPress.)
On Blogger, just click the orange arrow to create your blog in three easy steps:
create an account (creating your username and password – this is your name, not your blog’s. If you already have a Gmail account, you can use the same username and password.)
create a blog (creating a title for the blog and the address for it)
choose a template (the look and feel of the blog – pick one out of the many examples they have – you can change it later if you want)
And you have a blog!
Finally, to add a post click the “New post” – type up a test message – and click the “Publish post” button. Then “View Blog” to see what it looks like… and if you’re brave, share the address with us!
The lift’s stuck open on level 3 – won’t close or move anywhere. Phoned Security and talked to Gary about 5:30pm and he’ll get Otis or someone onto it tomorrow. In the meantime have stuck up ‘out of order’ signs on each floor.
The bank of 8 computers nearest the door are all non-functional – probably a fuse blown. I’ve phoned University IT who (after asking if I’d tried rebooting them) have promised to log the problem.
There is a leak where the aircon unit was removed from E4. Rainwater has been leaking onto a computer desk.
An urgent BIEMS request has been placed to fix it.
I have had MANY complaints today about the windows banging in the wind. Part of our window upgrade seems to have involved the removal of the window catches. Students would like this fixed before exams if possible.
I have reassured the students for today…
A student was asking this morning about a ‘full text’ link in Compendex (using the yellow button), which was taking him to another website which in turn had subscription access only.
I asked Deirdre about this and she’s explained that:
“Those yellow full text links go through CrossRef – sometimes we get access, sometimes we don’t, it depends whether we subscribe. I think there may be more connections than refusals so it warrants having it available as well as Article Linker.”
The note reader part of the machine is winging its way to Auckland to get fixed/replaced – it will be back in a week or so. Borrowers can still use the machine to load money on with coins. There is a sign on it to say this.
