[Katrina-IT-Volunteers] Helpful Websites

[Dale Thompson]

Message1) I've copied a couple of folks at AMD who may be able to answer the technical question below.  

2) Ask someone in IT control before borrowing any of the kids area laptops.  I don't know who put them there.  Could be a Dell project since they're all Dells.  Whoever it is, we don't want them angry at us. 

3)  I don't know what happened to the volunteers that were helping keep the keyboards wiped down but hope to track them down tomorrow.  Meanwhile, I think it's up to us.  I ordered extra anti-bacterial wipes and some latex gloves from supplies.  They're on and under the volunteers' table.  

4)  Oscar was trying to run down a PC for the volunteer desk tonight from a rather copious supply in the IT Control area.  Our tech manager was sick today and I was tied up at an all day conference, so we didn't get to check out our supply at Free-Net.  We brought down the Free-Net portable printer (it's in an Office Depot box marked as a Free-Net portable printer) to the volunteer desk and we can retrieve it from IT Control anytime we want it.  We need to take it back to them at the close of the last shift each evening so it doesn't walk off.  It's so old it doesn't have a USB port, so we needed a computer with a parallel port.  

5)  The Convention Center was down to under 1,000 evacuees tonight.  

Dale Thompson 
Austin Free-Net
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: mail at markramsey.com 
  To: katrina-it-volunteers at soaustin.net 
  Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 2:47 AM
  Subject: [Katrina-IT-Volunteers] Helpful Websites


  The following URL, seemed to be helpful.

  http://www.ldol.state.la.us

  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  I added this one to the FAQ in the notebook today.


  Which had a nice link to the actual login page on the laworks.net site.

  http://lavos.laworks.net/loginintro.asp?action=la_unemployment


  Maybe someone could grab one of the laptops in the kids computer area (possibly non-win ce), which seemed empty, to help folks log into the unemployment site.

  -
  Mark S. Ramsey
  mail at markramsey.com
  http://markramsey.com



  -----Original Message-----
  From: Piyush Mehta [mailto:piyush.mehta at gmail.com] 
  Sent: Wednesday, September 14, 2005 12:19 AM
  To: katrina-it-volunteers at soaustin.net
  Subject: Re: [Katrina-IT-Volunteers] Monday notes - 9/13


    Another issue ... if you all could help.

    I was trying to help one Mr. Joseph file his LA unemployment claim
    on www.laworks.net as required by LA Works Deptt of Labor as well
    as Texas Workforce Commission.

    I could not log him in.

    Out of curiosity I tried to do from a regular computer at home (a Mac OSX using
    Firefox) and it worked.

    Is there something about the OS on the PICs that would not allow a cookie
    to be set or to be able to log in ?  From its behaviour (instantaneous page not
    found), it seems that it never made the round trip to the server.

    Comments ?

    If he comes around tomorrow and one of us has the privilege of helping him,
    and being not successful, please consider trying from a non-WinCE computer.

    Thanks.

    Piyush


    On 9/14/05, Piyush Mehta <piyush.mehta at gmail.com> wrote: 


        I'm concerned that in the past a Red Cross volunteer would periodically 
        wipe down (with disinfectant wipes) the work areas, and that doesn't seem 
        to be happening anymore. (It wasn't tonight or Sunday.)  If they don't
        do it, I'm thinking it might be a good idea if we do.

      I guess I was both today.

      I wiped several computers when they were unoccupied.
      I could not do all.  Maybe we can do it periodically on random computers as they
      become free.  What do you guys think of the disinfectant spray ?  Could a thin
      spray of it on keyboards potentially damage them ?  A thin spray dries off pretty
      quick.


      On my first day at ACCB, I must remark ... this is a fantastic setup.  Kudos to all
      involved.


      Piyush





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