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Jun. 16th, 2008 01:57 amI am a Jenga god.
It occurred to me to double-check whether we'd entered all of the special scheduling requests into the database correctly, because I wasn't seeing any conflicts in the reports, and it seemed odd. (Other types of conflicts, such as panelists inadvertantly being double-scheduled, we're catching with no problems. Requests not to be scheduled against particular programme items, we're catching. I just wasn't sure if requests not to be scheduled at certain times were entered correctly.)
So I went through and identified all of the panels that would be affected by these special requests, then checked to see if any panels were scheduled at times when they shouldn't have been. There were 15 (out of roughly 250 panels).
Oops.
Two hours later... all of the conflicts are cleared, on the first try. Well, except for one - I'm sorry, but when one person asks not to be scheduled before 7pm, another is only going to be at the con on Saturday and two others want to be in the Masquerade, which starts at 8:30, someone is going to have to be disappointed, because I'm not putting the Doctor Who Series 4 panel at midnight or 1 in the morning.
Okay, the Saturday Morning TV panel is going to have to be on Sunday afternoon, but that's a small price to pay.
I also got my kitchen and bathroom floors mopped (yes, I finally replaced my mop head) and gave my dining room floor a once-over with the cleaner I bought a couple of months ago (it's going to need about five more go-overs, I fear, probably with the on-hands-and-knees-with-brush approach), plus I finally got around to replacing the hall light that burned out about three months ago. (I had to go out and buy lightbulbs - I got one of those mercury bulbs that only uses 13 watts to generate 60 watts worth of light, and is supposed to last seven years - I'm not sure that it really gives off that much light, though it's sufficient.)
I'm going to have to get the super up here at some point to do something about the damaged parquet, though - Friday night's storm blew through my air conditioner and I had about an inch of water on my dining room floor. Fortunately I accidentally stepped in it before it trickled across to where the power bar that my computer is plugged into plugs into the extension cord which, in turn, plugs into the dining room outlet, so I was able to grab some bath towels and mop it up before I had an electrical fire to deal with.
(Before anyone asks why I don't have the computer plugged in someplace closer... the nearest outlet has my TV, VCR, DVD player and stereo plugged into it, and the next closest one can only accommodate a two-pronged plug.)
I wanted to put away the laundry I did last weekend, but that's going to have to wait, I guess. Oh, well. Being neatly folded in the laundry basket for two weeks never caused clothes any damage.
(I think I need a manservant to take care of these mundane household chores for me...)
It occurred to me to double-check whether we'd entered all of the special scheduling requests into the database correctly, because I wasn't seeing any conflicts in the reports, and it seemed odd. (Other types of conflicts, such as panelists inadvertantly being double-scheduled, we're catching with no problems. Requests not to be scheduled against particular programme items, we're catching. I just wasn't sure if requests not to be scheduled at certain times were entered correctly.)
So I went through and identified all of the panels that would be affected by these special requests, then checked to see if any panels were scheduled at times when they shouldn't have been. There were 15 (out of roughly 250 panels).
Oops.
Two hours later... all of the conflicts are cleared, on the first try. Well, except for one - I'm sorry, but when one person asks not to be scheduled before 7pm, another is only going to be at the con on Saturday and two others want to be in the Masquerade, which starts at 8:30, someone is going to have to be disappointed, because I'm not putting the Doctor Who Series 4 panel at midnight or 1 in the morning.
Okay, the Saturday Morning TV panel is going to have to be on Sunday afternoon, but that's a small price to pay.
I also got my kitchen and bathroom floors mopped (yes, I finally replaced my mop head) and gave my dining room floor a once-over with the cleaner I bought a couple of months ago (it's going to need about five more go-overs, I fear, probably with the on-hands-and-knees-with-brush approach), plus I finally got around to replacing the hall light that burned out about three months ago. (I had to go out and buy lightbulbs - I got one of those mercury bulbs that only uses 13 watts to generate 60 watts worth of light, and is supposed to last seven years - I'm not sure that it really gives off that much light, though it's sufficient.)
I'm going to have to get the super up here at some point to do something about the damaged parquet, though - Friday night's storm blew through my air conditioner and I had about an inch of water on my dining room floor. Fortunately I accidentally stepped in it before it trickled across to where the power bar that my computer is plugged into plugs into the extension cord which, in turn, plugs into the dining room outlet, so I was able to grab some bath towels and mop it up before I had an electrical fire to deal with.
(Before anyone asks why I don't have the computer plugged in someplace closer... the nearest outlet has my TV, VCR, DVD player and stereo plugged into it, and the next closest one can only accommodate a two-pronged plug.)
I wanted to put away the laundry I did last weekend, but that's going to have to wait, I guess. Oh, well. Being neatly folded in the laundry basket for two weeks never caused clothes any damage.
(I think I need a manservant to take care of these mundane household chores for me...)
