Sunday, July 27, 2014
Blame It On Microsoft...........Partly, At Least
Ever since the summer of 2005 our automated circulation, cataloging, web opac system at the library and the computers we use for it have worked very well. No problems to speak of. Suddenly last Saturday I discovered that the WebOpac program wasn't working. The webopac.exe file had gone missing. Strange. In reinstalling it I found that Avast Anti-Virus was blocking it. Easy enough to fix...just uninstall Avast and install AVG in it's place. It should all be good now, right?? Well, it would have been except I couldn't enter the license and activation numbers. After fiddling with it on Monday and Thursday, calling tech support, only to find out they wanted five years worth of maintenance fees to bring us "up to date", I finally solved the problem yesterday, Saturday. MICROSOFT INTERNET EXPLORER had to be set as the default browser!!!! A week's worth of frustration!!! All that stress and aggravation because of Avast, Microsoft and the automation software company who wrote the software to only use Internet Explorer.......and didn't say so in the instructions.
This weekend is our local annual celebration. The parade was this afternoon and I opted out. De-papered string blocks instead. Hubby went to watch and came back and said it was a long, drawn-out, tedious affair. So I guess my intuition was telling me it was better to stay home where it's cool and out of the wind to get something done instead of being downtown getting a good sunburn.
This coming Thursday is the last Story Time for the summer at the library. I've had fun planning crafts and picking out books, making posters, etc. I really thought we would have better attendance than we did, since there are quite a few kids in the right age group in town. We started out with five kids each of the first two weeks and this past week were down to two. I don't have much hope for this last one. If parents won't see that their kids get to the library it doesn't happen. It's a good thing I enjoyed the getting ready part.
Hope everyone's enjoyed their weekend and that you all have a good week ahead.
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We have Wild Wednesdays here at the refuge that are geared for three to seven year olds. A book is read (about nature of course) and then there is an activity for the kids to do. We've had a pretty good turnout each week considering that we're in the middle of nowhere. It does seem though that most of the kids are brought by grandparents.
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