Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Breakfast at home: warmed caribbean banana bread, one sliced green apple. Rode the bus to work. Supp app project work in Drupal: /tmp 100% full. Weekly meeting with Michael W and Eric D. Lunch at L'Avenida, sitting on the sidewalk in the warm sun: veggie tostada with black beans and mild salsa, water. Supp app project work in Drupal: handoff followup, status report. Listserv management. Followup on CP downtime. Followup with Susie and Darius about Abate lab website. OE Help Desk meeting. On my bike ride home I stopped at a gas station to fill my bike tires with more air but I realized that I have unusual connectors on my tire that would not work with the gas station air machine. Stopped at Everybody Bikes, tried the free bike pump just outside the front door but I was unfamiliar with how to make it work with my connector (which I later learned is called a Presta valve). After a minute or two of waiting for other customers to finish, someone helped me with the pump but it was still either too difficult to get it to connect because of the size of the pump connector's head or the tightness of the space where my wheel's connector was or perhaps their pump's head just didn't fit well even after switching it to the Presta side. My tire went completely flat while we tried this. He took my bike inside and resolved this with a different pump. I also bought a compatible pump: Lezyne Pressure Drive M silver/hi-gloss for $40. While in the store I realized that this is the same location that Roaring Mouse used to be. Service was friendly, accommodating, fast. The dog in this store is named Ramona, friendly. Dinner at home: organic hearts of romaine salad with cabbage, mushrooms, ranch dressing. Dessert: one scoop of strawberry ice cream on a bed of pitted cherries. Today I received spam from Colorful Marking eamsion.com at the email address i gave to AT&T. Late meal: TJ's organic shells and cheese with organic vegetarian chili, hot water.