Tuesday, April 2, 2002
Met with Susie and Andy at Palio to discuss Phase 2 in our Web redesign strategy. Defragged Ena's and Chris's computers. Uninstalled Office XP for James and Melissa because it seems the letters feature in PharmAdMIT 4.0 is not compatible with it. Updated virus definitions. Cindy gave my my 6-month performance review (2 months late). She didn't have anything bad to say, so I was pleased. (But see tomorrow.) After work, Patrick and I checked out a place at 72A 28th Street. The landlords, a man and woman, seemed pleasant and laid back. I think we impressed the woman with our letter of introduction, as she commented that it was the best thing she's seen all day. The place was about 500 square feet, but was a 1 bedroom. Consequently, the ceilings were very low and the bedroom was really small—too small even for our queen bed. They were asking $1200 (which included all utilities and free, new washer and dryer down the hall), but Patrick and I agreed it wasn't worth more than $800 to us. I would have felt comfortable with the managers, however, if the unit and the price were different. At 9:00 P.M. tonight, I was working on Tina's Web site and Patrick was mixing music on MixMeister when some woman ran north down our street screaming in Spanish and waving a flashlight wildly. Several seconds later, a police car rushed down the street in her direction, and a heavyset policeman (is that redundant in San Francisco?) followed shortly thereafter on foot.