July 2020
Summary: COVID-19 shelter in place continues. Post-Memorial-Day spike continues. Vaccine work so far seems promising, but we are likely still at least a year away from getting it distributed.
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Wed Jul 1, 2020
Ran in place to part of The most beautiful landscapes of the world via Free High-Quality Documentaries then 25 Most Amazing Ancient Ruins of the World via touropia on YouTube. Breakfast at home: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced pear; water. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Siteimprove linkchecking. Responded to a request from John K and Eric G about newly broken links due to the launch of the new it.ucsf.edu. Met with Anne to implement some QBI changes. Lunch at home with Patrick: Patrick's homemade chicken soup to which we added jasmine rice from a pouch, water. QBI quicklink styling work. Prepped a new Mailchimp campaign about a call for proposals for grant money. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Gaspare's via Uber Eats: caesar salad, chicken parmigiana with side of swiss chard, lasagna al forno. Dessert: cannoli. Afterwards we began a game of Scrabble. Patrick's aunt Lucille died today from COVID-19. She was 93. His mom and Lucille were very close, and of all his aunts Patrick said Lucille was his closest. Patrick recently began a subscription to the dead tree edition of The New Yorker. He received his first issue today.
Thu Jul 2, 2020
Ran in place to 25 Top Tourist Attractions in Europe - Travel Video via touropia on YouTube. Breakfast at home: oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, diced ruby plum, diced nectarine. Worked from home. Mailchimp prep. Sprint standup. Sent the faculty and staff morale grants call for proposals Mailchimp campaign for Eric and Liana. Made July 1 orgchart and related changes live. Followup with Joel about content review. Followup with Lucia about removing Darlene from the staff listing. Followup with Cheryl about staff listings on the web and people pages. Lunch in the back yard: leftover lasagne and swiss chard, water. Troubleshot problems with Adobe InDesign hanging while attempting to export or save a publication. More orgchart work: education unit. Siteimprove linkchecking, resolving broken links following the launch of the new it.ucsf.edu. Notified Michael N that orgchart-related changes were live. Followup with owners of a site that had been held ransom by hackers. Edited and posted a QBI event listing for Gina and Carolina. Edited a news story for Levi. Dinner at home with Patrick: veggie cheese burgers with homemade french fries, water. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes.
Fri Jul 3, 2020
Ran in place to most of Moab 240 - 2019 via Wes Plate on YouTube. Breakfast at home: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced white nectarine, diced plum; water. Deep-cleaned the tub and shower then showered. Rested. Today Patrick made Mexican chocolate no-churn ice cream then a buttermilk bananas foster bread pudding. Lunch: Patrick had a black forest ham and heirloom tomato and provolone tartine. I had leftover chicken soup. I washed dishes while Patrick folded laundry he washed earlier. Installed outdoor lighting in the back yard above our bistro table and chair set. We ate slices of the warm bread pudding. Unloaded photos from my phone. Installed updated firmware for our inkjet all-in-one printer. Dinner at home with Patrick: salmon cakes with asparagus and greens salad and remoulade sauce on the side, white wine, water. Dessert: Patrick's Mexican chocolate no-churn ice cream with sable breton. Watched Enjoy a Special Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular! via Disney Parks (warning: audio in left ear only) then Pyrotechnics workers prepare barge for Seattle's 2018 4th of July fireworks show via GeekWire then Schoolhouse Rock - Fireworks via Illinois Policy on YouTube. Installed software and firmware updates for home devices. Resolved a duplicate mount point error on Patrick's laptop.
Sat Jul 4, 2020
Ran in place to the remainder of Moab 240 - 2019 via Wes Plate then part of Intriguing Ancient Ruins of Asia That Will Leave You Speechless and in Awe via DTTV Archaeology Answers then Music From Disneyland: Disneyland Hotel Area Music via MrThemeParkAudios on YouTube. Breakfast: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, blueberries, diced banana; water; half cup of hot coffee with milk. Rewired a picture frame. Did more cleaning in the tub and shower. Lunch at home with Patrick: black forest ham and heirloom tomato and provolone tartines, water. Pulled weeds in the back yard. Rinsed the compost bin, tidied in the front yard, and dried water that had gotten under the mat in the garage. Cleaned in the bathroom. Snack: strawberry lemonade popsicle. Shower. Patrick had some yogurt as a snack. Snack for me: unsweetened banana chips, salted cashews, unsalted pistachios. Cocktails: mezcal margaritas. Dinner from Mahalo via Uber Eats: two half and half plates: I had bbq chicken and bbq beef with white rice and mac salad. Patrick had bbq chicken and fried shrimp with white rice and mac salad. Potstickers appetizer. $52.91 after tax, service fee, delivery fee, 5% off orders over $25, and $7.14 tip. Dessert: Patrick's Mexican chocolate no-churn ice cream with homemade whipped cream. We watched various videos on YouTube: part of Absolutely Fabulous Live! "Jealous" via SF OASIS, part of 2017 03 24 house of dancing water macau via Michael Dihardja, part of Mork and Mindy - Season 1 Episode 1+2 Pilot via Tennis Sport. I washed dishes then joined Patrick for a bit as he went to bed. After I woke a while later I made backups for two home websites and listened to the many illegal fourth of July fireworks including people having a fireworks party on the street in front of our house. I feared an accidental fire, especially since I neglected to remove a lot of dry leaves in the back yard before tonight, but I did not report them. Most unnerving are the loud, bomb-like explosions. I could hear them from our back window just as clearly as if it were in our back yard.
Sun Jul 5, 2020
Ran in place to BRIGHTON BEACH PROMENADE WALK with Crowds Enjoying the Sun, Beach Bars, Stalls, Pier, i360 | England via Watched Walker on YouTube. Breakfast at home: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, blueberries, diced banana; water; quarter cup of hot coffee with milk. Raked leaves and tidied in the back yard. Shower. Light bite: leftover small piece of chicken parmigiana, water. Pantry organization. Made rice. Lunch: rice with leftovers from last night. Sat on the back yard patio, reading and resting. Cocktails on the patio: mezcal margaritas. Dinner at home with Patrick: flank steak nachos with fixins. I washed dishes. Afterwards we watched part of Hannah Gadsby's Douglas on Netflix instant watch, then we watched Pirates of the Caribbean (Full Ride and Queue : HD Front Seat POV) - Disneyland CA via ThemeParkHD then TOP 5 Special Effects at Disneyland via Disneylander on YouTube. Patrick went to bed.
Mon Jul 6, 2020
Ran in place to The WILD SIDE of DOLOMITES - Monte Cridola, Dolomiti Friulane via Bruno Pisani then part of The funniest wild animal encounters caught on camera! via Free High-Quality Documentaries on YouTube. Breakfast at home: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, blueberries, diced banana; water. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Siteimprove linkchecking. Evaluated new content requirements about licensure and certification for Eric and Cindy. Edited the PharmD home page for Joel: dates. Styling work all day: Ahituv Lab People. Lunch: leftover rice with leftovers from Mahalo, water. Research project Plancomm team meeting. Dinner at home with Patrick: mild italian sausage on hot dog buns with grilled vegetables and fixins, white wine, water. Dessert: Petit Pot pot de creme: chocolate for Patrick, salted caramel for me. I washed dishes. Patrick went to bed. Shower. Late snack: one brown rice cake, tortilla chips, water.
Tue Jul 7, 2020
Ran in place to Walking Nice, France at Sunset/Night - Beach Promenade & Restaurant-lined Streets via Watched Walker on YouTube. Breakfast at home: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, blueberries, diced mango; water. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Siteimprove linkchecking. Notified Matt J that his website was down. Notified IT that a website that we link to was down. Redirected a request from Diana to herself. Calendar management. Followup with a broken link report at UCOP. Followup with Ahituv Lab team about a new microsite project. Followup with Anne about social workspaces. 1:1 with Eric in which we created a new team in Teams for Office 356. Lunch: dinner leftovers, side of small order of nachos, water. Completed styling work for four-column people listings on Ahituv Lab People and pushed code live. Calendar management. Implemented new content requirements about licensure and certification for Eric and Cindy. Edited the entering students page for Joel: remove unneeded rows in dates table. Confirmed that links to 2018 and Beyond and Bridges were removed for Eric. Resolved a phone number update for TK for Diana K by doing a manual data pull. Webadmin team meeting: D8 getting to kickoff. Changed references to CLS in our web code to Hitachi ID. Set up D8 local dev. Explored Office 365 apps. Made live a spanning quicklink on the pharmacy home page. Dinner at home with Patrick: smoked tofu salad with asparagus and cilantro-lime dressing. YouTube yoga with Patrick: Monday (7 day yoga challenge) Morning Vinyasa Yoga Routine | Sarah Beth Yoga. We watched a few clips on YouTube: Is Coronavirus More Airborne Than We Thought? Scientists Speak Out | TODAY via TODAY and Emeril Lagasse Tours His Favorite New Orleans Food Spots I Condé Nast Traveler via Condé Nast Traveler. Late meal by myself: Nona Lim ramen noodles in a roasted chicken broth with spinach, alba clamshell mushrooms, brown clamshell mushrooms, sliced shallot, ground garlic, seaweed, egg. Removed a largeish black spider using our spider catcher. Later I ran in place to Seaside Florida Virtual Run via Treadmill TV on YouTube.
Wed Jul 8, 2020
Ran in place to Didn't Know TEL AVIV PRIDE Was This Crazy + Street Food Tour via JASON BILLAM TRAVEL on YouTube. Breakfast at home: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, blueberries, diced pear; water. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Followup with Nicole F about changing a talks feed on BP. Siteimprove linkchecking. Personas meeting for research pages with Anne on Zoom. Department web editor training with Cheryl C on Zoom. Troubleshot beach ball of death with InDesign when quitting or when saving a publication. Confirmed that I have no new pcard filing to do. Lunch: leftover mild italian sausage on hot dog buns with grilled vegetables and fixins, tortilla chips and hummus, a tiny order of tomato-fennel soup, water. Dean's Office social issues discussion Zoom meeting. Began migrating 80 GB of files from Box to Teams aka Sharepoint. Dinner at home with Patrick: vegan mushroom risotto, water, and for me only: white wine. The Group With No Name Zoom chat. Patrick washed dishes. Day 2 of a 7-day yoga challenge with Patrick: we did yoga to 10 minute Relaxing Stretch Yoga for Bedtime | Sarah Beth Yoga on YouTube. I watched various clips on YouTube including part of 2017 03 24 house of dancing water macau via Michael Dihardja. Patrick went to bed and I joined him. Late snack: flax and chia bread toast with medium white cheddar and everything but the bagel seasoning. 80 GB transfer successful with ignorable warnings.
Thu Jul 9, 2020
Ran in place to Nuremberg, Germany Walking Tour (4k Ultra HD 60fps) via BookingHunterTV on YouTube. Breakfast at home: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, blueberries, diced pear; water. Worked from home. Siteimprove linkchecking. Sprint standup. Troubleshot problems with Standard Notes errors saving files and creating conflicting copies. I resolved the problem by logging out and clearing local data then deleting all cookies related to standardnotes.org then logging in again. Followup with Ahituv Lab People page: notify live. Met with Anne to remove references to our program with Tsinghua. Lunch at home: leftovers from taco night with tortilla chips, shredded mozzarella, and mixed greens; water. Began culling and migrating files from Google Drive and Box to Teams aka SharePoint and OneDrive. Dinner at home with Patrick: Mexican black bean stew. Day 3 of a 7-day yoga challenge with Patrick: we did yoga to 10 minute Bedtime Yoga for Stress & Anxiety | Sarah Beth Yoga on YouTube. I watched assorted clips on YouTube. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes.
Fri Jul 10, 2020
Ran in place to more of Nuremberg, Germany Walking Tour (4k Ultra HD 60fps) via BookingHunterTV on YouTube. Breakfast at home: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, blueberries, diced banana; water. Worked from home. Siteimprove linkchecking. Sprint standup. Redirected a request about FlowVella from Saifee S to Alexa T and Stephen B. D8 meeting with webadmin team. Resolved content issues in the Arkin Lab microsite. Edited a news story for Grant. Lunch at home by myself: Nona Lim ramen with leftover miso broth, spinach, ground garlic, lime juice, sliced shallot, diced parsley, sliced yellow onion, egg, seaweed, sesame seeds. Began editing PC intranet draft content. UCSF town hall via Zoom. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Sushi Suki via Grubhub: vegetable tempura, agedashi tofu, miso soup, seaweed salad, futomaki, inari, kappa, kampyo, dragon maki roll, deep-fried spicy tuna roll. Dessert coffee for me: half cup of hot coffee with milk and a dash of orgeat Torani. Day 4 of a 7-day yoga challenge with Patrick: we did yoga to Yoga for Digestion | Yoga for After a Big Meal | Yoga with Maria. Patrick washed dishes then went to bed. I continued a redesign of the Recharge Medical website in Drupal 8.
Sat Jul 11, 2020
Ran in place to the remainder to Nuremberg, Germany Walking Tour (4k Ultra HD 60fps) via BookingHunterTV then part of Walking in the ALHAMBRA Partal Garden - GRANADA / Spain 🇪🇸- 4K 60fps (UHD) via POPtravel then revisited part of South Beach Miami Virtual Run - Awesome Beach Treadmill Scenery for Running & Walking via Treadily on YouTube. Breakfast at home: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced pear; half cup of coffee with milk; water. Washed my orthotics. Cleaned the tub and shower. Cut my hair, showered. Rested in bed. Lunch at home with Patrick: leftovers from last night. Almost took a walk but it was too cold for sandals and my orthotics were still drying. Instead I continued reading from James Hamblin's If Our Bodies Could Talk in the sun in the back yard. Ate one coffee and condensed milk popsicle. Washed some windows. Watched part of The Art of Self Defense on Netflix DVD with Patrick. Dinner at home with Patrick: zucchini and spinach vegan lasagna, water. I washed dishes. Patrick did today's yoga on his own then went to bed. I watched Antman and the Wasp on Netflix instant watch.
Sun Jul 12, 2020
Ran in place to the remainder of Walking Nice, France at Sunset/Night - Beach Promenade & Restaurant-lined Streets via Watched Walker then to part of SAN FRANCISCO TRAVEL - USA, WALKING TOUR, 3 HRS.(Full Version), Downtown Commercial District, 4K UHD via THE TABLE on YouTube. Breakfast at home: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced banana; half cup of coffee with milk; water. Organized under the bathroom sink. Deep-cleaned a vegetable brush. Walked in the neighborhood with a mask on. Shower. Late lunch at home: leftover risotto with leftover italian sausage, leftover seaweed salad, water. Patrick took a bath. I continued a redesign of the Recharge Medical website in Drupal 8. Afternoon snack: salted cashews, tortilla chips, pretzel sticks, water. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftover vegan lasagne, water. Dessert for me only: one macadamia nut cookie, heated in the microwave. Afterwards we finished watching The Art of Self Defense on Netflix DVD. I took the ProProfs Quiz: What U.S. City Should You Live In? and got Manhattan (which is not a city). Continued Recharge Medical site build.
Mon Jul 13, 2020
Ran in place to Open Air Bus Tour Through New Orleans - Episode 262 via TravelwithRick on YouTube. Breakfast at home: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced plum, diced banana; water. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Siteimprove linkchecking and misspelled words work. Sent two suggestions to the editorial team. Did some tidying my Proofpoint blocked senders list. Followup with IT about broken urls following the launch of the redesigned IT website. Edited a draft of a new About page for Calpoison for Eric. Read NNGroup's email news. Lunch: tacos, water. Editorial style meeting with Levi, Grant, Eric. Dinner at home with Patrick: vegetable masala curry with brown rice, water, and for me only: white wine. Afterwards we played two games of Uno. The first was very quick and I won. The second was very long and we quit playing because Patrick had other things he wanted to finish doing tonight. We did yoga on YouTube: 10 minute CALMING Yoga for Anger & Frustration via SarahBethYoga. I continued a redesign of the Recharge Medical website in Drupal 8. Troubleshot problems with OneDrive syncing by executing ResetOneDriveAppStandalone.command. Performed a block oil treatment on our butcher block. Late snack: five bites of Patrick's no-churn Mexican chocolate ice cream, a handful of pretzel sticks. Changed the AA battery in the mantel clock.
Tue Jul 14, 2020
Ran in place to part of Bat Yam, Israel 4K - City Walking Tour - Cities of the World via 4K Urban Life then part of 🌁Copenhagen City Walk - Slow TV - Summer 2019 - 4K 60fps (DJI Ronin SC) via Tokyo Explorer then part of Copenhagen via Rick Steves' Europe on YouTube. Breakfast at home: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced plum; water. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Siteimprove linkchecking and misspelled words work. Got rid of the Outlook for mobile ad by adding the following filter to uBlock Origin in Chrome: outlook.office.com##._26XWegs8I3XMBd_CixGHw0 . Updated the editorial style guide with guidance on using times (a.m. and p.m.). Weeded Mailchimp subscribers for Liana. Continued migrating files from Box to either OneDrive or Teams. Lunch: black forest ham and mozzarella tartine, lentil chips, water. Walked to the mailbox to mail the Netflix DVD. Edited CPCS About page draft again then sent it to Paul D for review. Followup with Eric and Grant about a problem Mary Anne reported in the automated news. Followup with Liana and others about email forwarding protocol and procedure. Lots of troubleshooting with OneDrive being stuck or crashing or "OneDrive Files On-Demand Didn't Start" error. Siteimprove linkcheck followup after Eric G resolved some issues. Uninstalled Box Drive. More OneDrive sync troubleshooting. Dinner at home with Patrick: vegan cauliflower and kale quesadillas with ranchero sauce and black beans, water, and for me only: white wine. Dessert for Patrick only: the remainder of the no-churn Mexican chocolate ice cream. Restarted the router because wifi went out, wifi was restored after a few minutes. Cousins Zoom chat. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Grocery shopped online with Good Eggs. Late snack: two cashews, some pretzel sticks, water.
Wed Jul 15, 2020
Ran in place to the remainder of Copenhagen and then part of Stockholm via Rick Steves' Europe on YouTube. Breakfast at home: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced plum; water. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Created Siteimprove policies to watch for potentially racist language. Lunch: leftover black bean soup and italian sausage and leftover brown rice and curry, water. Walked in the neighborhood, mailed the Netflix DVD. Met with Eric and Anne about Administration and Leadership terminology issues. Continued troubleshooting OneDrive sync problems. Exploring anti-racism meeting with the team. Continued reading CSS Layout News 258. Read 259. Dinner at home with Patrick: pork schnitzel with german potato salad, water, white wine. Afterwards we played a game of Exploding Kittens, our first game using a deck that Patrick purchased. Then we watched The Dark Crystal s1:e6 on Netflix instant watch. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Late snack: one nectarine, pretzel sticks.
Thu Jul 16, 2020
Ran in place to the remainder of Stockholm and then Oslo via Rick Steves' Europe on YouTube. Breakfast at home: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced plum; water. Worked from home. Sprint standup. All day: continued editing the Pharmchem intranet draft content. Lunch at home: leftover pork schnitzel, mixed greens with potato salad, water. Spent 32 minutes on hold and talking to Sodastream Support to resolve a problem. Snack: pretzel sticks, cashews, water. Dinner at home with Patrick: sun-dried tomato and asparagus risotto, water, white wine. Dessert: one sable breton cookie each, previously frozen; water. Afterwards we watched Urzila Carlson: Overqualified Loser on Netflix instant watch—hilarious! Showers each. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Spice inventory. Partly removed a label from a finished spice jar. Late snack: toasted black forest ham and mild white cheddar tartine topped with mixed greens, water. Washed dishes. Dessert: some dried tart cherries.
Fri Jul 17, 2020
Ran in place to the remainder of of Hannah Gadsby's Douglas on Netflix instant watch. Breakfast at home: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, blueberries, diced half pear; water; one third cup of hot coffee with milk. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Reported a lab site down to its owner: Ian S. Continued migrating documents from Box to SharePoint (e.g., pcard). Lunch: from-leftovers black bean tacos with grilled onions, grilled cauliflower, mixed greens, white cheddar, cilantro-lime sauce, and corn tortillas; water. Walked to the nearest UPS drop point (Sodastream empty). Afternoon snack with Patrick: one small banana fritter (previously frozen) each, topped with superfine sugar. Responded to a Cloudflare outage with a notice to site editors, owners, and stakeholders. Performed a strategy analysis for Liana and Eric regarding the email forwarding of content. Dinner at home with Patrick: five-spice cashew tofu with volcano rice, water, white wine. After dinner I washed dishes then we watched Day of Gluttony: 24 San Francisco Restaurants in 24 Hours on YouTube then rewatched Wallace and Gromit in A Grand Day Out on Amazon Prime. Patrick went to bed. I showered. Late snack: one nectarine, a few extra dark pretzels, one brown rice cake, water.
Sat Jul 18, 2020
Ran in place to Minimalism on Netflix instant watch. Breakfast at home: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced peach, diced banana; water; half cup of hot coffee with milk. I continued a redesign of the Recharge Medical website in Drupal 8. Lunch at home with Patrick: toasted tartines with mixed greens, tomato, avocado; side of potato salad; side of multigrain tortilla chips with avocado. My tartine also included a slice of white medium cheddar. Water to drink. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Enjoy Vegetarian Restaurant via Uber Eats: wonton noodle soup (udon noodles), basil soy chicken with mixed green vegetables, broccoli beef, fried spring roll, house special chow mein, steamed rice; water. Patrick made us aperol spritzes. They gave us fried rice instead of the chow mein we had ordered, and the driver left the bag in the wrong location, but otherwise no problems. Food was delicious. Afterwards we watched Wallace and Gromit: The Wrong Trousers on Amazon Prime. For some reason the Roku app for Amazon Prime failed to load any images, so we watched on the Roku but from a computer source instead. Patrick washed most of the dishes then went to bed. I continued a redesign of the Recharge Medical website in Drupal 8.
Sun Jul 19, 2020
Ran in place to more of Minimalism on Netflix instant watch. Breakfast at home: oatmeal with milk, diced mango, diced banana; water; half cup of hot coffee with milk. Walked in the neighborhood. All day: I continued a redesign of the Recharge Medical website in Drupal 8. Lunch at home: leftover potato salad, leftover wonton noodle soup, water. Weeded in the front of the house. Afternoon snack with Patrick: banana fritters, previously frozen, served with a dipping sauce of sweetened condensed milk. Dinner at home with Patrick: Galatoire's trout meunière amandine with mixed roasted veggies: zucchini, carrots, squash. Dessert: Patrick's no-churn cinnamon ice cream. I added a maraschino cherry to mine. Patrick added slivered almonds to his. Afterwards we watched The Dark Crystal s1:e7 on Netflix instant watch. Finished watching Minimalism on Netflix instant watch. Late meal: chicken pot pie soup from a can.
Mon Jul 20, 2020
Ran in place to most of Abstract: The Art of Design: Season 1: Ilse Crawford: Interior Design on Netflix instant watch. Breakfast at home: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, blueberries, diced peach, diced banana; half cup of hot coffee with milk. Worked from home. Slack sprint standup. Followup with Seiple Group re: their website server migration causing their site to be hidden behind the firewall; they are resolving the issue. Followup with Angela about an editing help request; she was able to complete the task on her own with some guidance. Followup with Marley about a question about Tina B whose status I discovered is WOS. Followup with Katherine K and Cheryl C about adding historical references to our Tsinghua partnership to the history microsites for BTS and PC. Investigated and resolved an error in our Mailchimp database that had been introduced by erroneous imported data from UDAR. Worked through the issue queue, keeping tasks moving along and closing others that needed to be closed. Lunch at home: leftover volcano rice with tofu, water. Edited a news story for Levi. Edited and posted two event listings for Caroline L. Added a new, small table of statistics to a page only super admins can edit for Nicole F. Read NNGroup's email newsletter. Removed the ability for png files to be uploaded to some of our sites. Followup with Angela and Marley about missing joint faculty on the CP website. Edited a page for Rebecca B. Converted many previously uploaded png files to jpg. Dinner at home with Patrick: mozzarella, tomato, and zucchini hot tartines on homemade sesame semolina bread with a side of buttered corn on the cob, white wine, water. Dessert: banana fritter with Patrick's no-churn cinnamon ice cream. Afterwards we watched Wallace and Gromit: A Close Shave on Amazon Prime Video, troubleshooting a variety of video playing problems in the process. Troubleshot missing iTunes movies. I connected with Apple Support Chat but eventually on the call I found the answer on my own in the iTunes User Guide: "To see purchases you’ve hidden, choose Account then View My Account, sign in, then click Manage to the right of Hidden Purchases (below iTunes in the Cloud). To make a hidden item visible again, click the item’s Unhide button." It's not intuitive to find hidden purchases under something called "View My Account." I don't even know how they got hidden. I have no reason to hide them, and I know Patrick had no reason to, either. So strange.
Tue Jul 21, 2020
Ran in place to most of Abstract: The Art of Design: Season 1: Tinker Hatfield: Footwear Design on Netflix instant watch. Breakfast at home: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced nectarine, diced peach; water. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Siteimprove linkchecking. Read CSS Layout News 260. 1:1 with Eric. PC intranet build all day. Pre-lunch snack: pretzels. Lunch: leftovers from Enjoy. Edited a news story by Nicholas W for Levi. Dinner at home with Patrick: lo-mein style buckwheat noodles with tofu and veggies, water, white wine. For music with the meal, I played Temple of Low Men by Crowded House. Dessert: warmed banana bread pudding, previously frozen, with hot coconut syrup. Afterwards we watched Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death on Amazon Prime Video. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Finished watching Abstract: The Art of Design: Season 1: Tinker Hatfield: Footwear Design then Es Devlin: Stage Design on Netflix instant watch.
Wed Jul 22, 2020
Ran in place to most of Abstract: The Art of Design: Season 1: Bjarke Ingels: Architecture on Netflix instant watch. Breakfast at home: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced nectarine, diced peach; water. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Siteimprove linkchecking. Changed School Organizational Chart Archive to Administration History. Follow work for Eric regarding automated mailing list setup with Andrei M. Met with Katherine T and Mattice H and our webadmin team about people data. Lunch at home: leftover Chinese food, water. Walked in the neighborhood. Responded to a question from Joel about SOP logos which had recently moved from Box to Teams/SharePoint. Followup with Jill W about a question about autoemailed a11y reports. D8 kickoff meeting with Eric, James, and Anne. Afternoon snack: three cashews, some pretzels, water. Initiated dialogue with Liana and Shalimar about removing the Word and PDF requirements in the seed award process. Followup with IT because they did not respond to my help request from a week ago. Followup with grad programs admins about preferred titles. Asana task cleanup. Dinner at home with Patrick: gluten-free spaghetti aglio e olio with spinach and sun-dried tomatoes, water, peach spritz cocktails. TGWNN Zoom chat. Afterwards we watched The Dark Crystal s1:e9 on Netflix instant watch. I continued a redesign of the Recharge Medical website in Drupal 8. Today I found and removed an ant that had found its way inside. We have lived here a long time and the only ant infestation we have seen was in the back yard.
Thu Jul 23, 2020
Ran in place to most of Abstract: The Art of Design: Season 1: Ralph Gilles: Automotive Design on Netflix instant watch. Breakfast at home: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced mango; water. Worked from home. Siteimprove linkchecking. Sprint standup. Converted png images to jpg. PC intranet build. Task followup. Redirected the Smart Diaphragm site to obgyn. Late morning snack: pretzels. Responded to a request from Sara H about web editing for the PharmD schedules page. Troubleshot OneDrive sync problems with David N and Vincent M from IT. Helped Marissa L with a web edit. Dinner at home with Patrick: tuna rice with saffron using homemade fish stock, water. Afterwards we watched The Dark Crystal s1:e10 then half of Taylor Tomlinson: Quarter-life Crisis on Netflix instant watch. Today I finished reading James Hamblin's If Our Bodies Could Talk.
Fri Jul 24, 2020
Ran in place to the remainder of Abstract: The Art of Design: Season 1: Ralph Gilles: Automotive Design and part of Paula Scher: Graphic Design on Netflix instant watch. Breakfast at home: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced peach; water. Started over reading Daring Greatly by Brené Brown. I had started it long ago and got only halfway through, so I figured I forgot everything I had read and need to start over. Worked from home. Siteimprove linkchecking. Sprint standup. Meeting to discuss packing for the move from Laurel Heights to the Valley Center for Vision at Mission Bay. Followup with Sara H, Alexa T, and Cynthia Z about the class schedules page. Chatted with Joel via email. Responded to a logo request from DD. Posted a curriculum-related policy update for Cindy. Watched the UCSF town hall while folding laundry that Patrick had washed earlier. Dinner at home with Patrick: lentil stew with eggs over instant rice from a pouch, water. Patrick went to bed and I joined him for a little while. Got out of bed, washed dishes. Afterwards we played iOS games: QuizUp (then deleted) then Trivia Crack (then deleted) then Mindsweeper (which we enjoyed). I continued a redesign of the Recharge Medical website in Drupal 8. Late snack: salt-free pistachios, seaweed snack, water. Resolved a problem in which I received warnings that my iCloud storage space was nearly full because when I signed out of and signed to iCloud in a few days ago the sign-in automatically turned on sync for iPhotos. Late meal: toasted herb-roasted deli turkey with white cheddar on 21-grain-and-seed bread with mixed greens and avocado, water.
Sat Jul 25, 2020
Ran in place to the remainder of Abstract: The Art of Design: Season 1: Paula Scher: Graphic Design and started Platon on Netflix instant watch. Breakfast at home: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced nectarine; water. Vacuumed. Cut my hair, cleaned the bathroom and tub, showered. Rested. Made repairs to the tub grout. Spent a long time trying and failing to remove epoxy (repair putty) from my hands with Goo Gone, Goof Off, and mineral spirits (of these three mineral spirits worked the best) until I learned from YouTube that vinegar does the trick with a lot of rubbing. Dinner at home with Patrick: burgers from Calibur. We had thought we had made an order in the past in which the burgers came with fries but we realized that they really didn't. Watched Rocketman on Netflix DVD with Patrick and buttered popcorn. Patrick added brewer's yeast to his. Continued repairs to the bathroom tub, this time with caulk. Today Patrick baked three layers of German chocolate cake solely to be frozen and later diced to be dropped into a homemade ice cream.
Sun Jul 26, 2020
Ran in place to the remainder of Abstract: The Art of Design: Season 1: Platon then began watching Circus of Books on Netflix instant watch. Breakfast at home: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced nectarine; water. I continued a redesign of the Recharge Medical website in Drupal 8: began metatag config. Troubleshot error "Failed to get available update data" in Drupal 8. I resolved it by stopping fin, restarting Docksal, then restarting fin. Lunch at home: toasted herb-roasted turkey and white cheddar sandwich with mixed greens, water. Shower. Edited the first 12 pages of Patrick's 40-page first draft of a new novel of a mythical figure in New Orleans. Began a game of Uno with Patrick, then paused. Afternoon snack with Patrick: warmed pita with hummus with sundried tomatoes and sundried tomato oil and sliced green onions, water. Linkchecking for the Recharge website. Napped with Patrick. I prepared steamed white rice. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftover lentils with rice, side of cornbread which Patrick baked today from scratch. For dessert, Patrick had mini chocolate chips. I had a white chocolate macadamia cookie from a package. Finished the Uno game; I won. I washed dishes. We finished watching Taylor Tomlinson: Quarter-life Crisis on Netflix instant watch. Second dessert for me: cherries. Continued a redesign of the Recharge Medical website in Drupal 8.
Mon Jul 27, 2020
Ran in place to more of Circus of Books on Netflix instant watch. Breakfast at home: half order of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced pluot; small bowl of granola with milk and diced pluot; water; half cup of hot coffee with milk. Worked from home. Followup with website owners whose websites are unavailable. Sprint standup. D8 prep work: max layout widths, column sizing. Curriculum chart PDF and web edits for Cindy. The landlord stopped by to check on a problem with our range and announced he will simply buy a new range for us. Followup with IT about OneDrive and Sharepoint sync problems. Chatted with Joel in email. D8 team meeting: early display support prep. Edited the QBC Journal Club page for Rebecca and Terran: reverse order. Chatted with Jayson about Layout Builder, Paragraphs, and theming, then set up a Zoom meeting. More OneDrive and SharePoint troubleshooting with Zane from IT. Began installing macOS 10.15.5 Catalina at Zane's direction. It took over 4 hours, so I read from the new UCSF Magazine and followed up on email and Asana tasks as best I could to stay busy. Dinner at home with Patrick: torta espanola with mozzarella and a side salad with homemade garlic dressing, water. Dessert for me only: cherries. After dinner we listened to Margaret Cho's I'm The One That I Want on Spotify. Logged in to my laptop now with macOS 10.15.5 Catalina. Troubleshot problems with my iTunes (now Music) library on the entertainment MacBook Air. Somehow I had duplicates of every song. For each song one would give an error like "file not found" and the other would play. I resolve this by selecting all songs, deleting them but keeping the files (how confusing), then readding the files to the library. Late snack: warmed pita, pretzel sticks, hummus, water.
Tue Jul 28, 2020
Ran in place to the remainder of Circus of Books on Netflix instant watch. Breakfast at home: half order of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced pluot, diced white nectarine, blueberries; small bowl of granola with milk, diced pluot, diced white nectarine, blueberries; water; half cup of hot coffee with milk. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Siteimprove linkchecking. More curriculum chart edits for Cindy. Followup with Zane B about OneDrive sync problems. Handled a mailing list management request from Liana. 1:1 with Eric. Calendar management. Reviewed the review inbox and cleared items that could be cleared. Read CSS Layout News 261. Lunch at home: I prepared for myself Nona Lim ramen noodles with roasted beef broth, sliced bok choy, sliced mushrooms, chopped cilantro, fresh lemon juice, seaweed, egg. D8 early display support meeting. Team operational plan meeting. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Underdog via Uber Eats: San Francisco burritos (Patrick had chicken, I had carne asada), chips and salsa, elote con queso, two salsas, agua fresca for Patrick, water for me. Patrick included pickled carrots that he made today as well as a homemade mild salsa that was too spicy for me. We both enjoyed our meal, and there were no problems with our order. Finished watching Rocketman on Netflix DVD with Patrick. I walked in place while we watched. Dessert: Patrick had yogurt with shredded coconut, mini chocolate chips, ginger syrup. I had cherries.
Wed Jul 29, 2020
Ran in place to part of Blackfish on Netflix instant watch. Breakfast at home: half order of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced pluot, diced white nectarine, blueberries; small bowl of granola with milk, diced pluot, diced white nectarine, blueberries; water; half cup of hot coffee with milk. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Watched the Q&A from Getting Started With Layout Builder for Drupal 8. Altered a menu item for Julia M on BioI. Followup with IT about OneDrive sync problems. Zoom chat with Joanna. Lunch at home: I prepared for myself Nona Lim ramen noodles in a roasted chicken and red miso broth with bok choy, spinach, chopped garlic, lime juice, sliced tofu, sliced green onion, sliced mushrooms, chopped parsley, seaweed, sesame seeds, egg. Posted an event for Carolina L at QBI. Followup tasks regarding Joanna. Curriculum chart edits for Cindy. Followup with Darnell about web edits for Desai Lab. Followup with QBC team about data feeds. Troubleshot and resolved a problem with our eyecatching style not working for only one page. Answer: the url was missing the microsite name. Afternoon snack with Patrick: he baked a pineapple upside-down cake with cherries and we each had a slice. PC Intranet bild: new hire welcome page. Completed pcard paperwork. Dinner at home with Patrick: I prepared for us ricotta and spinach ravioli with basil pesto and sauteed mushrooms, water. Zoom chat with The Group With No Name, and we celebrated a birthday. Afterwards we listened to Jack Johnson and watched Peaceful Forest Walk through Iron Horse State Park - 4K Nature Walk with Piano Misic [sic] via 4K Relaxation Channel on YouTube. Late snack: pretzel sticks, water. Walked in the apartment listening to Brené Brown's Unlocking Us, June 3, 2020, with Ibram X. Kendi on How to Be an Antiracist.
Thu Jul 30, 2020
Ran in place to more of Blackfish on Netflix instant watch. Breakfast at home: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced pluot, diced banana, blueberries; water; half cup of hot coffee with milk. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Mailchimp town hall reminder finalize and send. Siteimprove linkchecking. PC intranet build. Various email followup. Curriculum chart update for Cindy. OneDrive sync problem troubleshooting. Letterhead build for Nevan and Jacqueline. Lunch at home: leftover asparagus and sundried tomato risotto, leftover tortilla chips, water. Walked to the mailbox and returned. School town hall. Rescheduled a meeting. Met with Eric, James, and Anne about photos of people wearing masks. OneDrive sync problem followup. More letterhead build edits. Another letterhead build request. Posted an event for Carolina L for QBI. Dinner at home with Patrick: paneer and sweet pepper kabobs with coconut rice, water. Afterwards we watched Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics on Netflix instant watch with Patrick. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Late snack: some unsalted pistachios, water. Listened to The Untold Story of Lyndie B. Hawkins on NPR's Hidden Brain podcast on the Podcast app on my iPhone X while walking in the apartment.
Fri Jul 31, 2020
Ran in place to the remainder of Blackfish on Netflix instant watch. Breakfast at home: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, blueberries; water. Worked from home. Siteimprove linkchecking. Sprint standup. Letterhead build for Jacqueline. PC intranet build. Met with Marissa L to go over some web editing tasks and chatted with Teaster about home internet. Letterhead build for Andrew A. Lunch at home: I prepared for myself stir-fried mushrooms, bok choy, and spinach and ate that on a bed of leftover rice mixed with roasted chicken broth. Followup with a logo use request. More PC intranet build. D8 sprint recap meeting with Eric and James. Team social meeting wherein Eric introduced us to a fun online game called skribbl. Continued OneDrive sync troubleshooting now with instructions from Microsoft. Dinner at home with Patrick: crab cakes with asparagus, bacon, spinach, and boiled egg salad and honey mustard dressing; side of corn-mozzarella biscuit; water. I washed dishes. Patrick went to bed. Continued OneDrive sync problem troubleshooting. It now is mostly resolved. Late snack: a bowl of cherries.