Chocolate Praise from NB

Appreciated receiving this little surprise of Muddy Bites Waffle Cones Snacks today for my helping another individual get through their SharePoint trials.

The Interrupting Cow

Pausing to ask QS about something today, I was a little taken aback by her tone.  It seems to be increasingly rude.

I started plainly enough with, "Hi QS, I noticed you had created a Teams Channel for the Safety Committe, and I was curious to know ..."

She immediately interrupted, barking back "How do you know about that?"

I responded, "Well, I am the SharePoint Administrator, and we are currently going through the entire platform, cleaning things up.  I was only curious to know your channel is the new home for documents related to that committee. If they are ..."

She interrupted again, "Those are probably old files and don't really matter anyway."

I started over, "COO has a Team for that holding a lot of documents, and I was curious to know if you would like those merged into your channel."

She responded, turning away, "It probably makes no difference."

Praise from JW

gT has gone above and beyond to automate our group and help us build an online data collection and analysis. He is always willing to troubleshoot our issues and educate us! Thanks for making us cool kids!

The Previous and Coming Darkness

Maps and data from the eclipse last year and the coming eclipse this year, as visualized by the folks over at NASA.  The most recent is interactive, enabling a better view into what time to be where.

NASA SVS | The 2023 and 2024 Solar Eclipses: Map and Data

"This map illustrates the paths of the Moon’s shadow across the U.S. during two upcoming solar eclipses. On October 14, 2023, an annular solar eclipse will cross North, Central, and South America creating a path of annularity. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth while at its farthest point from Earth. Because the Moon is farther away from Earth, it does not completely block the Sun. This will create a “ring of fire” effect in the sky for those standing in the path of annularity. On April 8, 2024, a total solar eclipse will cross North and Central America creating a path of totality. During a total solar eclipse, the Moon completely blocks the Sun while it passes between the Sun and Earth. The sky will darken as if it were dawn or dusk and those standing in the path of totality may see the Sun’s outer atmosphere (the corona) if weather permits."

Annoying DisplayLink Update

A recent update to DisplayLink driver (version 10.3.6400.0) causes Dell Docking Station D6000 to completely ignore power settings in Windows 11.

The result is that the docking station no longer connects monitors, not just after locking the screen, but when the device goes to sleep.  This is usually after about 10 minutes.

This forces a person to disconnect and reconnect power to the docking station to get it to recognize the monitors again.  An alternative is to disconnect the docking station from the laptop.

A better alternative, is to change power settings to NOT turn off the screen, when plugged in.