Wednesday, March 30, 2005
Usual breakfast at the cafeteria. Helped Mike L over the phone with PDF issues. Copied some presentations to the shared office laptop for Cindy. Archived a paper document to PDF. Filed a reimbursement request with Ena for the interest-free loan I gave the university on my credit card. Made live curriculum web page changes after reviews said OK. Copied a cdrom of photos to send to Susie. Lunch at Palio with Joel: he had a half sandwich which he liked and a bowl of broccoli soup which he didn't like. I had a half sandwich and a bowl of pasta salad with mushrooms and broccoli, both of which I liked. Announced to faculty, staff, and students of forthcoming changes to our mailing list configurations. Updated e-mail migration web pages, got OK from Mark B, made them live. Prepared for having two student organizations migrate their websites from one server to another. Set up a passwords database for James, helped him synch it to his USB drive. Updated a listserv for Chris. Confirmed an appointment time with a student for Friday. Home. Short nap. Another pleasant and delicious dinner at Banana Island (650-756-6868, 311 Lake Merced Blvd, Daly City) with Patrick: roti telur, sizzling beef, aromatic chicken, singapore fried rice, 1 thai iced tea: about $44 after a $6 tip. At the end of the dinner, the bill was accompanied by two mints, each with a wrapped depicting a modern, stylized American stars and stripes design. We flipped it over, and on the back was this phrase in big, bold letters: "Made in the USA." We laughed at that, and I wish it instead had said "Made in Japan." Grocery shopping at Trader Joe's. We got there 5 minutes before closing, so it felt like a TV game show where we had to grab everything we wanted before the time ran out. We spent about $7 per minute. Actually, it was more than that since we didn't use all our 5 minutes. Viewed Brian and Kelly's photos of their visit to Tokyo—they take such great photos, I'm very impressed. Online shopping.