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On Thursday, I left a floppy in a machine at UT's main library, PCL, and remembered it as I was walking home. I more or less forgot about it until this morning when I received this email:

To: Christopher Lee McConnell
From: Kenneth McFarland, PCL Circulation Services

January 18, 2003

Dear Mr. McConnell: It appears that we may have a computer disk belonging to you in our Lost & Found at the PCL Circulation Desk, PCL 2.122. If you would like to claim this item, please come to our desk anytime we are open with your UT ID and be prepared to provide a description of the lost item.

Best,
Kenneth McFarland
PCL Circulation Services

Finished with my workout at the gym, I decided to walk across the street to PCL to check email and blog. As I passed the circ desk, I remembered my lost disk and went to claim it. One of the student workers complemented me on the my wisdom in writing my name on my floppy. I said, "I worked in computer labs long enough to know the lost disk routine."
At OU, we just kept a box of stuff that had been left in the labs, but UT has a whole set of policies and procedures that require workers to report lost items to the campus police and attempt to track down the owners. I actually had to sign a UTPD release form for item "Christopher Lee McConnell - floppy" . I wondered if it was two days before someone turned my disk in or if the red tape accounted for the time lag.