Thursday, September 18, 2003
Woke up at 3:00 AM, figured out a way to bypass what turned out to be a DNS problem in accessing Lodestar by using its IP address instead. The site was slow, but at least it was working. Coded the first drama piece for Lodestar. Got the whole piece in and validating but still need to edit and break it up into sections and verify styles. At 6:00 AM I realized I needed to move the car—street cleaning at 7:00 AM—so I did that. The night (morning) was so clear and still—unusual for the Sunset. Snack: oriental flavor ramen ("Just like the Orientals mom used to cook!") Back to sleep at 6:35 AM. Woke up at 8:30 AM. Skipped breakfast. Caught the 9:30 AM bus to work. Discovered 3 students who live on my bus route: Mark, Rachel, and Adrian. We chatted along the way—it was a nice change since usually I have no one to talk to. Voluntary meeting with Cindy and Joel and James. More setting up Mike's computer. Chatted with Mike R about our new offices wiring. Link checking. Download modem drivers for Mike. Leftover noodles for lunch, then later got a sandwich with Joel at Subway because I was still hungry. Faculty edits for Susie. Set up the minorities listserv. Prepared for a review of all the student organization listservs. Chatted with Joel about his needing edits soon to some outreach pages. Got more of Mike's computer set up, then after calling him to keep him updated on the schedule found that he won't be able to pick it up for another week. The 7:30 PM bus 66 didn't show up today at 9th and Judah. I waited from 7:20 PM to 7:40 PM. Took a 44 to Forest Hill, then the L train to home. Dinner at home by myself: leftover lasagna. Patrick went to the Asian Art Museum tonight to see a performance of Beijing Opera. He joined as a member—US$40 for a whole year, which is the student price—and he still didn't get a discount on his Asian noodles (lemongrass chicken over wok noodles) and Xing Vao at the museum cafe. The membership is nonetheless a great bargain, we feel. He even got a complimentary guest membership for me! Finished coding the featured drama piece by Daniel Curzon, sent it back to Patrick for review. Turns out the 5dollarhosting outages were caused by an electrical fire in the data center and firemen required the whole place to be shut down. Fortunately, no one was hurt, and their team and Alabanza's team spent plenty of middle-of-the-night hours ensuring that the servers were as safe and operational as possible. I figured they were on top of things, as they are veritable professionals. Both my faith and my e-mail access have been restored!