Wednesday, October 27, 2004
Cream of wheat with brown sugar and pumpkin pie spice and fresh banana slices. I decided a couple of days ago that the error message "One of the files containing the system's Registry data had to be recovered by use of a log or alternate copy. The recovery was successful." was due to the registry key entry (called DoNotAllowXPSP2 under HKLM\ Software\ Policies\ Microsoft\ Windows\ WindowsUpdate) I had inserted to block the Windows XP SP2 automatic update. This error message seems to no longer occur on computers which have have the key's value set to zero and then the computer is updated to SP2. Installed Firefox for Cindy. Helped Ena resolve a printing problem: when printing to the color printer her documents always came out black and white. I uninstalled the printer, then reinstalled it, and now it's working fine. Chatted with Kraig K about our server upgrade and e-mail migration. He was very helpful. Patrick and I attended a meeting sponsored by UCSF's Center for Gender Equity. Lawyer Linda M. Scaparotti talked about the changes forthcoming on January 1, 2005 when California Assembly Bill 205 takes effect. She said that AB205 will provide essentially all the California-state-conferred benefits of marriage to domestic partners who are registered with the California Secretary of State except it's not called marriage and we're not called spouses. Patrick and I hadn't been following these issues very closely, so were pleasantly surprised. She's a very good speaker; she made everything very clear and had a non-tiring speaking style. Lunch with Patrick at Park Chow. I had fusilli with chicken, sausage, and mushrooms. Patrick had the special: salmon sandwich on burger bun with a side of lentil soup. We both had ice teas. No dessert. $31 after a roughly $4.50 tip. More CSS work. Dinner at home by myself: canned soup, leftover brown spanish rice. I briefly saw tonight's lunar eclipse on the way home. The moon was darkened, but not completely so. When I got home there were too many clouds for me to see it. But when Patrick got home at around 9:45 PM we went outside again and saw the last minutes of it while sharing a kiss.