Boxes

Both FedEx and the post office did a fine job this morning, notably by delivering all my packages in the morning (rather than having me sit around until 4:58 p.m.)

The magic smoke came in four boxes, which are waiting for cattitude to get home. The FedEx man also brought an unrelated delivery, which has been stowed away until needed. And the post office brought a box from Cattitude's younger brother and his partner, both of whom I like: that one held a small box addressed to me, which I opened to find a rather nice dichroic glass pendant, and a larger package to Cattitude that he has not unwrapped but that looks very like a book. And, of course, the usual quantity of styrofoam peanuts.

Boxes

Both FedEx and the post office did a fine job this morning, notably by delivering all my packages in the morning (rather than having me sit around until 4:58 p.m.)

The magic smoke came in four boxes, which are waiting for cattitude to get home. The FedEx man also brought an unrelated delivery, which has been stowed away until needed. And the post office brought a box from Cattitude's younger brother and his partner, both of whom I like: that one held a small box addressed to me, which I opened to find a rather nice dichroic glass pendant, and a larger package to Cattitude that he has not unwrapped but that looks very like a book. And, of course, the usual quantity of styrofoam peanuts.

usernames

For a freelance project, I've needed accounts on two new systems today. On neither did I get to choose my own username. For one, I entered my email address, and it generated a username, which I'm guessing is sequential and possibly sorts users into categories: the letter p followed by a string of digits. It emailed me that and a thoroughly random-looking password; I can change the password but not the username.

For the other, the person running the project set up a username, supposedly my first initial and last name. Except she mis-typed my name, though she got it right in the user info. I've asked her to change it, either to the correct spelling of my name, or to "vicki" or "vr", so I don't have to remember what will feel like a typo to both my conscious mind and my fingers.

(I will also be getting to deal with a new Wiki markup language, which seems to be an interesting combination of old-fashioned email _emphasis_ *markup* and an overfondness for CamelCaps; not everyone uses the MediaWiki software I've learned on Wikipedia.)

usernames

For a freelance project, I've needed accounts on two new systems today. On neither did I get to choose my own username. For one, I entered my email address, and it generated a username, which I'm guessing is sequential and possibly sorts users into categories: the letter p followed by a string of digits. It emailed me that and a thoroughly random-looking password; I can change the password but not the username.

For the other, the person running the project set up a username, supposedly my first initial and last name. Except she mis-typed my name, though she got it right in the user info. I've asked her to change it, either to the correct spelling of my name, or to "vicki" or "vr", so I don't have to remember what will feel like a typo to both my conscious mind and my fingers.

(I will also be getting to deal with a new Wiki markup language, which seems to be an interesting combination of old-fashioned email _emphasis_ *markup* and an overfondness for CamelCaps; not everyone uses the MediaWiki software I've learned on Wikipedia.)