Sunday, February 24, 2008
Daily Journal 2/25/08
Today I did more of yesterday. In other words I got to play! The dotnetnuke modules that we are playing with are still giving us a little trouble, but I think that I can have them beat within a few days. Right now the only real problem is making it so anyone can access the command "add new announcement", but like I said this should be able to be fixed. I also am having a bit of problems with the calender module, but that should be even easier to fix than the announcements. I have already put in the full years schedule for ODNR but I'm working on how to make it so that anyone can update it...so more of the same problems. hopefully I will be able to move on to the next few pages next week.
Daily Journal 2/24/08
Today I used dotnetnuke for the first time. To say the least I was impressed with it. I, who has 0 experience making websites, have already made a complete web page with a spot for announcements, a survey, and a planning calendar where I am going to be putting the events for ODNR. The webpage also has some very specific special features. For example I have allowed a group of people (who I picked) has excess to modification privileges. This way I don’t have to do all the work and others can put up there own announcements, and put stuff into the calendar themselves. And to top all this off…I managed (again with no prior experience) to do all this in about an hour!
I have also found a couple of other pages that I’m experimenting on, but those are still in the works. So far though I am planning to make a forums page were I can put the monthly reports for the entire state! Now my only problem is creating an extra level of classification for the forums. I think I may have found a way but I need to do some experimenting.
If my experience keeps going as it is I very well may work on making my own website, because it’s that awesome. On the other hand I might have to do a bit of programming. I should be safe as long as I don’t want to spend the time to make anything custom (hurray for free programs worth thousands!).
I have also found a couple of other pages that I’m experimenting on, but those are still in the works. So far though I am planning to make a forums page were I can put the monthly reports for the entire state! Now my only problem is creating an extra level of classification for the forums. I think I may have found a way but I need to do some experimenting.
If my experience keeps going as it is I very well may work on making my own website, because it’s that awesome. On the other hand I might have to do a bit of programming. I should be safe as long as I don’t want to spend the time to make anything custom (hurray for free programs worth thousands!).
Daily Journal 2/22/08
This is also going to be short, I had to try out the dotnetnuke but it didn't work right away, or we had problems getting it to let me edit anything. This turned out to be our problem due to trying to set up a new level of authority. In the end I did get it to work but I didn't relay get to use it. However I did get to see some potential problems.
Daily Journal 2/18/08
So ya, this is going to be short. I didn't do much today because I had to fight with the computer. the server was having problems to, so all in all I didn't do much of anything new.
Friday, February 15, 2008
Daily Journal 2/15
Yesterday I was sick so I missed out on a goon opportunity to do some work. It seems that that was the reason that I worked so slowly. After getting out of ODNR I went to my work and promptly (within 10 minutes) upon my arrival became so close to vomiting that I had to go home. I got back home and immediately went to sleep. This is at 4:30 PM I never do that! What’s more is that I slept till noon the next day! Of course my parents (and mentor) thought that I should take the next day of so I did…I got to do work on both my sick days (oh joy).
When I got to work today I managed to get all my real work (you know filling out forms and taking inventory), I got to go to my new task. I was introduced to www.dotnetnuke.com which is a wonderful program that I think should be worth a couple hundred dollars but is offered free! I spent the rest of the day watching some homemade videos of people using the system to build a website, and another to make new additions for the website. Prity soon I might be able to post a timetable that I’ve been making to show what ive been doing at ODNR by the ½ hour.
When I got to work today I managed to get all my real work (you know filling out forms and taking inventory), I got to go to my new task. I was introduced to www.dotnetnuke.com which is a wonderful program that I think should be worth a couple hundred dollars but is offered free! I spent the rest of the day watching some homemade videos of people using the system to build a website, and another to make new additions for the website. Prity soon I might be able to post a timetable that I’ve been making to show what ive been doing at ODNR by the ½ hour.
Daily journal 2/12
Today I was working on finishing up the floppies. There were some that were “writing protected”. I made sure to dispose of those extremely well.
After that was done I had to go over to another building to test out a live video web cast program which was sent out through the ODNR intranet. The web cast was a test to see weather It was a viable option to have on a 1 way talking meeting. This may eventually be used to do training sessions and other things.
After I was done with the web cast I went back to my office and began formatting one of our old Gateway 2000 computers full of sensitive information. The computer was like my old one complete with the 4 gig hard drive.
While I waited for the computer to format I worked on filling out triplicate forms for the computers in my office. With the exception of the computer I use the computers are all going to be moved and I am stuck doing the paperwork. On the bright side I will be able to get to my window.
After that was done I had to go over to another building to test out a live video web cast program which was sent out through the ODNR intranet. The web cast was a test to see weather It was a viable option to have on a 1 way talking meeting. This may eventually be used to do training sessions and other things.
After I was done with the web cast I went back to my office and began formatting one of our old Gateway 2000 computers full of sensitive information. The computer was like my old one complete with the 4 gig hard drive.
While I waited for the computer to format I worked on filling out triplicate forms for the computers in my office. With the exception of the computer I use the computers are all going to be moved and I am stuck doing the paperwork. On the bright side I will be able to get to my window.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Daily journal 2/11
Today I got to see my new office. I am in a small room with a window (that I can’t get to), a nice computer with windows 2000 on it, and 40 computers. I am normally going to be left in there all day and do my own thing with only occasional contact with the outside world.
Today I was working with 244 floppies which needed to be formatted and then destroyed. Needless to say I had a very boring day. The floppies however did need to be formatted and destroyed because they contained sensitive information.
Sensitive information is information, like your social security information, and credit card number. In the floppies that I destroyed were the arrest records from the past 14 years or so. That means that if a hacker got his hands on this stuff than he/she could steal the identities of everyone who has gotten arrested since 1994 (it was probably more than this but that’s the oldest label which I saw).
Today I was working with 244 floppies which needed to be formatted and then destroyed. Needless to say I had a very boring day. The floppies however did need to be formatted and destroyed because they contained sensitive information.
Sensitive information is information, like your social security information, and credit card number. In the floppies that I destroyed were the arrest records from the past 14 years or so. That means that if a hacker got his hands on this stuff than he/she could steal the identities of everyone who has gotten arrested since 1994 (it was probably more than this but that’s the oldest label which I saw).
Daily journal 2/7
On my first day of work for my new site I was sent to a park a good two ours away. I was sent with my mentor Phil Hoffman and another worker in the teck department I know only as mike. We went to this particular park to test a new Wi-Fi system that we are putting in the parks.
Upon our arrival to the park we were greeted by the empty computer room. It was inside another building (I’m not going to say which one incase someone tries to break in). Luckily for us the people in there last were kind enough to leave a small electric heater on for us. The Wi-Fi system wasn’t working for some reason on the new windows vista. In effect anyone with a new computer or anyone trying to use this in 2 years wouldn’t be able to use the internet.
We couldn’t figure out what was wrong with the system and when the company that installed it came they had to take 5 hours to work with the code to fix the problem. The simplified version of the problem was that there was an extra prompt that vista didn’t have, but earlier versions did have.
Upon our arrival to the park we were greeted by the empty computer room. It was inside another building (I’m not going to say which one incase someone tries to break in). Luckily for us the people in there last were kind enough to leave a small electric heater on for us. The Wi-Fi system wasn’t working for some reason on the new windows vista. In effect anyone with a new computer or anyone trying to use this in 2 years wouldn’t be able to use the internet.
We couldn’t figure out what was wrong with the system and when the company that installed it came they had to take 5 hours to work with the code to fix the problem. The simplified version of the problem was that there was an extra prompt that vista didn’t have, but earlier versions did have.
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