January 2021
Summary: Third surge of COVID-19 pandemic continues then falls, U.K. and other variants spread, Trump is impeached again, U.S. Capitol breached, Biden is inaugurated.
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Fri Jan 1, 2021
Vacation day 14 of 16 during COVID-19 shelter in place. Ran in place to various podcasts on Apple Podcasts via Apple TV and TED Talks on my laptop and on YouTube on the Roku TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, sliced banana; water. All day: continued working on Patrick's new website in Grav. Submitted my timesheet for work. Lunch: leftover ravioli from last night, water. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, sliced banana; water. Snack: blue corn tortilla chips. Dinner at home with Patrick: DiGiorno pepperoni pizza to which Patrick added some other toppings. Dessert for me: a few bites of Christopher Elbow holiday chocolate. I washed dishes. Afterwards we watched What We Do in the Shadows s2:e6 on Hulu then Warrior s1:e9 on SFPL DVD then various clips on YouTube. Patrick went to bed. I washed more dishes. Finished work on print stylesheets for Patrick's forthcoming new website. It's almost ready to go. Posted a comment on Adrian Roselli's blog post about a script for print stylesheets. Late snack: toasted havarti on sourdough slice with herbes de provence, water.
Sat Jan 2, 2021
Vacation day 15 of 16 during COVID-19 shelter in place. Ran in place to various podcasts on Apple Podcasts via Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, blueberries; water. Part of the day: continued working on Patrick's new website in Grav. Trash management. Did some weeding in the front of the house. Updated copyright year for Mailchimp templates for work. Updates for home websites. Lunch at home: tonkatsu ramen with vegetables and egg, water. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, raspberries; water. Nap. Watched Warrior s1:e10 on SFPL DVD with Patrick. Dinner at home with Patrick: I prepared red bell pepper and cheese enchiladas with flour tortillas and enchilada sauce from a package. To drink: water and tequila cocktails. Dessert: we shared a chocolate-covered caramel something from Christopher Elbow. We watched What We Do in the Shadows s2:e7 on Hulu. Patrick went to bed. Late snack: no-oil, no-salt popcorn from the silicone microwave popcorn popper, water.
Sun Jan 3, 2021
Vacation day 16 of 16 during COVID-19 shelter in place. Ran in place to various podcasts on Apple Podcasts via Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, sliced banana; water. Troubleshot a slow drip in the bathroom but could find nothing I knew I could easily fix, so I punted the issue to the landlord. Unpackaged and washed new silverware. Lunch at home: tonkatsu ramen with tofu, vegetables, and egg; water. Cleaned the bathroom and tub. Cut my hair, showered. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, raspberries; water. Dinner at home with Patrick: mushroom risotto, mezcal margaritas. We watched What We Do in the Shadows s2:e8 on Hulu then various standup comedy clips on YouTube. Patrick went to bed. I washed more dishes. Late snack: sourdough toast with peanut butter, water.
Mon Jan 4, 2021
Ran in place to various podcasts on Apple Podcasts via Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, sliced banana; water. Return to working from home following 16 days off. Caught up on email. Read two NNGroup email newsletters. Siteimprove policy work. Read CSS Layout News 282. Read WDRL 286. Lunch: half enchilada, one satsuma, water. Content changes for Jacobson to Arkin PC chair transition. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, raspberries; water. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Calibur via Uber Eats: Patrick had a single burger and tallow fries and a chocolate shake. I had a veggie burger and side salad with ranch and water. I washed dishes. Afterwards we watched What We Do in the Shadows s2:e9 and s2:e10 on Hulu then various standup comedy clips on YouTube. Patrick went to bed. Backed up iOS devices to multiple computers. Troubleshot problems with my email rules which had gotten corrupted somehow so I had to rebuild them almost from scratch. Late snack: no-oil, no-salt popcorn from the silicone microwave popcorn popper, water. Recharge Medical work: edited a TB info sheet.
Tue Jan 5, 2021
Ran in place to various podcasts on Apple Podcasts via Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, sliced banana; water. Sprint standup. D8 sprint start. Twitter embed work for Arkin Lab. Lunch at home: half enchilada, water. 1:1 with Anne. Styling work: resolve Vimeo sizing problems. Read CSS Layout News 284. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, raspberries; water. Mailing list updates: PhD students, HR. Dinner at home with Patrick: Guerra's crab cakes with tartar sauce, deli tuscan kale and quinoa salad with garbanzos and ranch dressing, water. Patrick also had the remainder of his fries from last night. Afterwards we watched part of Saturday Night Fever on Netflix DVD. I realize that I had never seen this film before. Late snack: seaweed. Listened to a New York Times article by Gabrielle Hamilton.
Wed Jan 6, 2021
Ran in place to various podcasts on Apple Podcasts via Apple TV. Sprint standup. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, sliced banana; water. Met with Anne to discuss ACDRS. Lunch at home: one satsuma, half an enchilada, water. Nap during lunch break. HR content (working titles) followup with PC. Letterhead work. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, raspberries; water. AZ list work. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Enjoy Vegetarian (everything is vegetarian using fake meats) via Uber Eats: steamed dumplings, bean curd pouch with napa cabbage and green vegetables, soy sauce chicken with bok choy, house special chow mein (udon), veggie sticky rice dumplings. Complimentary dessert: sesame balls. Patrick liked everything. I liked only the steamed dumplings and the sesame balls. After dinner we shared a mini bottle of champagne in light of today's positive news regarding Democratic control of the U.S. senate. I washed dishes. Afterwards we finished watching Saturday Night Fever on Netflix DVD then some of the DVD extras. Patrick went to bed. Stretched to various podcasts on Apple Podcasts via Apple TV. Late snack: banana chips.
Thu Jan 7, 2021
Ran in place to various podcasts on Apple Podcasts via Apple TV. Listening to news today made me realize I didn't know about or understand the scale of yesterday's insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, sliced banana; water. Sprint standup. Mailing list updates. Various task followup. Responded to Cheryl C about a request for two new site migrations to pharm. Meeting with Anne B and Jaime K. Lunch at home: leftover chow mein, two satsumas, water. AZ list work. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, blueberries; water. Cocktails with Patrick: Patrick had a mezcal margarita. I had a daiquiri. Dinner at home with Patrick: falafel in pita with fixins, water. I washed dishes. Afterwards we watched Star Trek: Discovery s3:e13 then clips on Comedy Central on YouTube. Patrick went to bed. Late snack: two satsumas. Later snack: seaweed, water.
Fri Jan 8, 2021
Ran in place to various podcasts on Apple Podcasts via Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced pear; water. Sprint standup. Followup with Arkin letterhead and web titles work. Patrick and I rotated the dining table 90 degrees to a configuration we have previously used so that Joan Jett (nickname for our leather rocking chair aka leather rocker) could be moved from the small bedroom to the living room to make more space in the smaller room. Small meal: leftover half enchilada, water. Small meal: leftover Chinese food with steamed white rice, water. Nap during lunch break. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, diced pear; water. Chat with Eric and Anne about PSPG DEI meeting minutes. D8 sprint recap meeting with Eric and James. UCSF Town Hall. Dinner at home with Patrick: quesadillas with beans, cheese, and mixed greens; water. Patrick made watermelon margarita jello shots earlier today, and we had some after dinner. I washed dishes. Afterwards we watched Onward on Disney+. Patrick had snacks with the film. Patrick went to bed. Late snack: two satsumas, one of which had a seed, so they aren't always seedless as we were led to believe. Listened to various podcasts on Apple Podcasts via Apple TV. Later snack: banana chips; no-oil, no-salt popcorn; water.
Sat Jan 9, 2021
Ran in place to various podcasts on Apple Podcasts via Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, blueberries; water. Today Patrick baked a croissant bourbon bread pudding with bourbon hard sauce using a recipe found on the internet. We ate some, and it was yummy. Lunch: leftover half quesadilla, water. Nap. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, blueberries; water. Helped Patrick record two seven-minute videos of him reading from his book. Installed a new ceiling hook for a lamp above the dining table with Patrick helping. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftovers. Dessert: bread pudding and hard sauce. Afterwards we watched Mulan on Disney+. Cocktails: watermelon margarita jello shots. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Late small meal: leftover baby bok choy with leftover steamed white rice, water. I washed dishes.
Sun Jan 10, 2021
Ran in place to various podcasts on Apple Podcasts via Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, sliced banana; water. Migrated some mail rules in Apple Mail to the server after identifying some local-server conflicts. Cleaned and organized a kitchen drawer. Lunch at home: tonkatsu ramen with vegetables and egg, water. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, sliced banana; water. Installed Loupe and the Flickr app for Apple TV for more slideshow screensaver options. Recharge Medical work for Drew: document prep: TB result. Dinner at home with Patrick: Patrick prepared mac and cheese not from a box using macaroni, mixed cheeses, green bell pepper, breadcrumbs, butter, and topped with breadcrumbs started on the stove and finished in the oven. To drink: water and red wine. Dessert: watermelon margarita jello shots. I also had a TJ's mini chocolate peanut butter cup. I washed dishes. We watched acts one and two of A.I. Artificial Intelligence on Amazon Prime Video. Patrick went to bed. I washed more dishes. Backed up my phone then upgraded iOS to 14.3.
Mon Jan 11, 2021
Ran in place to various podcasts on Apple Podcasts via Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, sliced banana; water. Sprint standup. New year greeting html email build all day in mjml. Cleaned and organized a kitchen drawer. Lunch at home: two large soft tacos, water. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, blueberries; water. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftover mac and cheese to which Patrick added sauteed prawns. To drink: water and red wine. We finished watching A.I. Artificial Intelligence on Amazon Prime Video then we watched Sci-Phi: Science Fiction as Philosophy: Westworld and A.I. Artificial Intelligence on Kanopy. Patrick went to bed. A large, gift shipment of wines arrived today from Corinna—sweet! Late snack: two satsumas.
Tue Jan 12, 2021
Ran in place to various podcasts on Apple Podcasts via Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, sliced banana; two satsumas; water. Sprint standup. Mailing list updates. Published events for Carolina L. New year greeting html email build all day in mjml. Event work for Carolina L. Followup with Josh and Jon: alumni data. Followup with Shanthi: missing degrees. Helped Patrick record a video of him reading from his book. Lunch at home: leftover mac and cheese with prawns, water. Met 1:1 with Anne. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, blueberries; water. Read CSS Layout News 285. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Gentilly via Uber Eats: bacon maple glazed fried chicken (serves two, comes with mac and cheese and cajun green beans), fish and chips, Abita root beer for Patrick, beignets. The fries were seasoned—a bit spicy after eating many, but I was able to cope. The root beer was missing from the delivery. The beignets were chewier than they should have been. The fried chicken was a bit dry in parts, but otherwise very delicious. All the rest of the food was delicious. Also red wine for both. I washed dishes. We watched Vir Das: For India on Netflix instant watch. We didn't understand a lot of it due to cultural differences, but we enjoyed what we did. Afterwards we watched The Twilight Zone (Original Series): Season 1: "A World of His Own" on Netflix instant watch. Patrick went to bed. Troubleshot problems with the Time Capsule password not working. It seems like a cold restart or possibly a soft reset fixed it. Finally found a command line with which to repair my automount script from long ago.
Wed Jan 13, 2021
Ran in place to various podcasts on Apple Podcasts via Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, sliced banana; two satsumas; water. Sprint standup. Mailing list updates. New year greeting html email build all day in mjml. Lunch at home with Patrick: leftovers from last night. Helped Patrick record a video of him reading from his book. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, golden raisins; water. Dinner at home with Patrick: Patrick prepared TJ's Greek spiral (phyllo) with roasted cauliflower with cheese. He ate his but I didn't eat much of mine because he didn't realize that both contained cheese from sheep which I cannot eat. Instead I ate three satsumas. I washed dishes. Afterwards we watched about half of Tenet on Netflix DVD. Patrick went to bed. Resolved error code 31 in Creative Cloud desktop app for macOS by pressing Command+Option+P when Creative Cloud desktop app was open and in focus then restarting the app. Late meal: leftover steamed white rice with leftover garlic prawns. Chopping block oil treatment. Late snack: warmed Pepperidge Farms Santa Cruz oatmeal raisin cookie, milk. Troubleshot problems installing MAMP PRO 6.3.
Thu Jan 14, 2021
Ran in place to various podcasts on Apple Podcasts via Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, sliced banana; water. Sprint standup. New year greeting html email send. Orgchart work all day. Met with Anne about ACDRS links. Lunch at home with Patrick: leftovers. Met with Cheryl and Emma to review web pages they built for their intranet. Intranet followup and html email newsletter template work and build. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, golden raisins; water. Met with Eric, James, and Anne about news content type strategy. Dinner at home with Patrick: roasted chicken breast with lentils, potatoes, and broccolini; water. Dessert: Patrick had PB N Fudge vegan ice cream, I had a Pepperidge Farms Santa Cruz oatmeal raisin cookie. Afterwards we finished watching Tenet on Netflix DVD. Did some html email template work for work because I didn't want to lose my train of thought in resolving a problem—successful. Late snack: one orange.
Fri Jan 15, 2021
Ran in place to various podcasts on Apple Podcasts via Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, blackberries; water. Sprint standup. PC Quarterly News html email template work and build all day. Switched the build to MJML after encountering some difficulty resolving certain issues. Lunch at home: mixed greens with leftovers. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, golden raisins; water. Dinner at home with Patrick. Patrick had leftovers. I had ramen with prawn-saffron broth, broccolini, parsley, egg, green onions; water. Cocktails: mango margaritas. Afterwards we watched Superstore s6:e5 then various videos on YouTube explaining Tenet. Patrick went to bed. Did more html email template work for work because I didn't want to lose my train of thought in resolving a problem. I washed dishes.
Sat Jan 16, 2021
Ran in place to various podcasts on Apple Podcasts via Apple TV and clips on YouTube. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced pear; water. Worked on Patrick's website: add image credit for Palm Orleans. (Thanks, Beetle!) Today Patrick prepared spaghetti from scratch. I prepared lunch: one corn dog each from frozen, sweet potato fries from frozen, ketchup, mustard, water. We also ate some of the fresh pasta with butter and pepper—delicious! Recharge Medical web work. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, blackberries; water. Cut my hair, showered. Dinner at home with Patrick: homemade spaghetti with homemade mushroom marinara, red wine, water. I washed dishes. The spaghetti turned out noticeably thinner than we had expected on the KitchenAid pasta attachment #6 setting. The flavor and texture were perfect. He used a recipe from The Italian Grandma. Dessert: Patrick had PB N Fudge vegan ice cream. I had a Pepperidge Farms Santa Cruz oatmeal raisin cookie and one TJ's dark chocolate mint cream. Afterwards we watched Wandavision s1:e1 and s1:e2 on Disney+. Patrick went to bed. More Recharge Medical web work. Updates for sites in development. Late snacks: one orange, banana chips, cinnamon cashews, Beanfield's nacho bean chips, water. Upgraded MAMP PRO.
Sun Jan 17, 2021
Ran in place to various podcasts on Apple Podcasts via Apple TV and clips on YouTube. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced banana; water. House chores: washed dishes, vacuumed including air purifier prefilters, trash management. Lunch at home with Patrick: yesterday's homemade spaghetti with truffle pesto, broccolini, and parsley; water. More updates for home websites. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, blackberries; water. Dinner at home with Patrick: we prepared together: cow burgers with cheddar slice, grilled yellow onions, tomato slice, mixed greens, mayo, and mild bbq sauce on everything-ciabatta rolls; water; red wine. Afterwards we both in turn washed some dishes then watched at my suggestion Spenser Confidential on Netflix instant watch. It was so disappointing that at the end I apologized to Patrick for choosing it. My biggest problem with it was the unbelievable plot and denouement. Patrick went to bed. I washed more dishes. Late snacks: banana chips, one cinnamon cashew.
Mon Jan 18, 2021
MLK Jr holiday. Ran in place to various podcasts on Apple Podcasts via Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced banana; water. Lunch: large salad with sliced mushrooms and tomato, blue cheese dressing, water. Walked to the beach and back, eating a small energy bar along the way. A lot of people were enjoying the beach. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, golden raisins; water. Nap. Dinner at home with Patrick: black bean tamale with fixins and side salad, water. I washed dishes. Afterwards we watched Oh, Hello on Broadway which was hilarious. I ran in place while we watched. Patrick went to bed. Late snacks: seaweed; no-oil, no-salt popcorn.
Tue Jan 19, 2021
Ran in place to various podcasts on Apple Podcasts via Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced banana; water. Troubleshot problems with home internet. Eventually restarting the ONT and the router seemed to fix it, but it took a lot longer than I had expected. Virtual sprint standup. PC Quarterly News html email template work and build in MJML. 1:1 with Eric. Lunch at home with Patrick: delivery from Lemonade via Uber Eats: el tijuana sandwich for Patrick, purple kale salad and broccoli ricotta salad for me. PC Quarterly News is approved and sent. 1:1 with Anne. Orgchart work. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, golden raisins; water. Planning meeting with Eric, Grant, and Anne about meetings with liaisons and editors. Dinner at home with Patrick: rigatoni with marinara, focaccia slice, water, red wine. I washed dishes. Chatted by voice over Facebook Messenger with Will who is starting a new technology project. Dessert: Patrick had previously frozen warmed bread pudding with hard sauce; I had just a bite. We watched clips on YouTube including part of an interview with Christopher Nolan about Tenet. I washed more dishes. Late snack: no-oil, no-salt popcorn; water. Again troubleshot problems with the Time Capsule password not working. Cold restart fixed it, just like a week ago. Continued troubleshooting problems with mounting servers across the local network. Using fixed IP addresses instead of device names seems to provide more stability.
Wed Jan 20, 2021
Ran in place to various podcasts on Apple Podcasts via Apple TV and clips on YouTube. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced banana; water. Sprint standup. Orgchart work. Watched the Biden-Harris inauguration on Vox on YouTube. Mailchimp audience management. Siteimprove policy work. Read two of NNGroup's email newsletters. Lunch: beets, leftover spaghetti, water. Short nap. AZ list work. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, blueberries; water. MJML work. Read CSS Layout News 286. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftover pastas, warmed focaccia slice, water. I washed dishes. Dessert for Patrick only: previously frozen bread pudding with hard sauce. Watched Anthony Jeselnik: Fire in the Maternity Ward then Big Mouth s1:e1 on Netflix instant watch. Patrick went to bed. I washed more dishes. Troubleshot problems with Time Machine over the network. The Time Capsule seems to be dying, so I researched what we'll do if it does die. Late small meal: leftover rigatoni with marinara, water.
Thu Jan 21, 2021
Ran in place to various podcasts on Apple Podcasts via Apple TV and clips on YouTube. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced banana; water. Sprint standup. Read WDRL 287. Lunch: beets and black bean tamale with fixins, water. MJML work. Patrick drove me in a Getaround car to a doctor appointment. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Boudin Bakery Stonestown: chinese chicken salad for Patrick, chicken caesar salad and glass of red wine for me. Water for both. Dessert for me only: one Pepperidge Farms oatmeal raisin cookie. Afterwards we watched most of Jumanji (1995). I washed dishes. Patrick went to bed. Troubleshot network and backup config problems and problems with the Time Capsule dying.
Fri Jan 22, 2021
Troubleshot network and backup config and duplicate mount point problems. Ran in place to various podcasts on Apple Podcasts via Apple TV and clips on YouTube. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced banana; water. Sprint standup. Met with Anne about a Calpoison project. MJML work all day. Lunch: leftover salad from last night. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, blueberries; water. D8 meeting with Eric and James. UCSF town hall. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Old Mandarin Islamic: sauteed napa cabbage and dried shrimp, cashew chicken, snow peas shrimp, steamed rice, three-flavor dumplings, hot oolong tea. I washed dishes. Afterwards we finished watching Jumanji (1995) on Netflix DVD then WandaVision s1:e3 on Disney+ then Superstore s6:e6 on Hulu Basic Plan then various short clips on YouTube and Netflix. Dessert for Patrick only: previously frozen bread pudding with hard sauce. Patrick went to bed. I washed more dishes. Troubleshot iDrive local backup running out of disk space. Troubleshot duplicate mount point problems.
Sat Jan 23, 2021
Ran in place to various podcasts on Apple Podcasts via Apple TV and clips on YouTube. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, blueberries; water. Mailchimp html email template work all day for an announcement for Patrick to his mailing list. I had completely built the campaign in MJML before realizing that his account is a free account and Mailchimp required $15 a month to use a custom template, so I rebuilt the campaign entirely using Mailchimp's basic builder and it turned out fine. Late lunch: leftover Chinese food. Replaced ear pads for Patrick's Denon AH-MM400 headphones using new ones bought online. Continued troubleshooting out of disk space on a local backup with iDrive. Dinner at home with Patrick: veggie and tofu soba soup with sauteed trumpet mushrooms, bok choy, green onions, roast chicken broth, ginger, kombu, furikake; water. I washed dishes. Afterwards we watched The Clone Wars s1:e1 on Disney+. Patrick prepared and we ate Martha Stewart's movie theater style popcorn while rewatching Legion s1:e1 on Hulu Basic Plan. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes then continued troubleshooting network issues. This time: "Selected destination volume doesn't have proper permission. Please choose another destination volume. (OK)" which was resolved by opening Get Info on the affected volume, removing permissions list items that say either Custom or Fetching, then ensuring that individuals who should have access are added or readded and set to Read and Write permissions. Troubleshot kernel panic in iDrive.
Sun Jan 24, 2021
Ran in place to various podcasts on Apple Podcasts via Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, blueberries; water. Earthquakeproofed a portable hard drive serving as Time Machine backup for my work laptop and gave it a USB extension cord so I could move it off my desk. Recharge Medical web work most of the day. Lunch at home: Patrick had Chinese food leftovers with leftover buckwheat noodles. I had a large salad. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, diced pear; water. Began reading Clean by James Hamblin which Patrick borrowed from SFPL on Kindle. Began upgrading Grav sites from 1.6 to 1.7. I encountered an out of memory error then resolved it (set php.ini memory_limit to 512M). I encountered a problem with php-zip not enabled and resolved it (add extension=zip.so to php.ini). I encountered a problem with flex-objects not installed and resolved it (bin/gpm install flex-objects). Then 1.7 worked and was fine. Dinner at home with Patrick: roasted chicken breast, wild rice, and baked yams. I washed dishes. Dessert: Patrick made fudge cookies from The Good Book of Southern Cooking. He added dark chocolate chips and roasted hazelnuts to the recipe. They turned out well. Afterwards we had cookies and milk while playing FRAMED for iPadOS on my iPad Air. We both like it. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Edited for Patrick the Martin Pousson transcript from Patrick's interview with him and new content for his forthcoming website: songs from the stories. More Grav updates: Tina's site.
Mon Jan 25, 2021
Ran in place to various podcasts on Apple Podcasts via Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, blueberries; water. Sprint standup. Asana task followup. Answered a question about partner logos for Shanthi. New ssh key gen. Lunch: large salad, water. Lots of Docker and Docksal updates and other work with D8. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, blueberries; water. Read NNGroup's email newsletter. Dinner at home with Patrick: corn soft tacos with sliced chicken breast and fixins, water. I washed dishes. Dessert: fudge cookies. Afterwards we watched Legion s1:e2 on Hulu Basic Plan then Tom Papa: You're Doing Great! on Netflix instant watch. Chatted with Akshay V at iDrive from whom I learned that with iDrive for Mac they do not guarantee that "non-regular files" will be successfully backed up after encountering and troubleshooting "Some files / folders could not be backed up due to an unexpected error." Akshay said that it might work, or it might not. (???) I asked about a refund and they said they would forward my ticket to the billing department. So now I'm looking for a new cloud backup solution. Recharge Medical web work: hours change for Drew and posted IV Therapy changes. More work on Patrick's forthcoming website: add summary content for interviews then markup adjust and style. Late snack: an orange, seaweed, water.
Tue Jan 26, 2021
Ran in place to various podcasts on Apple Podcasts via Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, blueberries; water. Sprint standup. Various task followup. D8 gallery view mode work all day. Read Mailchimp's 2020 Annual Report, which was amazing. Read CSS Layout News 287. 1:1 with Eric. Lunch: leftover wild rice with leftover sauteed napa cabbage and dried shrimp, water. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, golden raisins; water. Snack with Patrick: one corndog each. Dinner at home with Patrick: corn tortilla veggie enchiladas with mixed greens and cherry tomatoes and side of refried black beans, water. Dessert: fudge cookies. White wine. Patrick made Martha Stewart's movie theater style popcorn which we ate while watching Amelie on CBS All Access.
Wed Jan 27, 2021
Ran in place to various podcasts on Apple Podcasts via Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, sliced banana; water. Sprint standup. D8 Docker and Docksal rebuild. Answered some branding questions for Lisa C. Lunch: leftover wild rice with leftover sauteed napa cabbage and dried shrimp, water. Town hall Mailchimp campaign template work and build. Dean's Office meeting. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, golden raisins; water. Resolved a credit card problem. Dinner at home with Patrick: veggie and tofu stir-fry over steamed brown rice, water. Afterwards white wine while finishing Amelie on CBS All Access then warmed cookies while we watched The Clone Wars s1:e2 on Disney+ then finished watching Tom Papa: You're Doing Great! on Netflix instant watch then Pixar Popcorn s1 episodes 1 through 4 on Disney+.
Thu Jan 28, 2021
Ran in place to various podcasts on Apple Podcasts via Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, sliced banana; water. Sprint standup. D8 dev work: gallery view modes all day. Lunch: soba noodle soup using leftover soba noodle soup, water. Calpoison work for Anne. Prep for adding a new web editor for Desiree K. School town hall. Dinner at home with Patrick: veggie burgers with cheddar and bbq sauce and fixins, water. I washed dishes. Afterwards we drank mezcal margaritas and watched clips on YouTube including Nico Santos on the Rachael Ray Show then Legion s1:e3 on Hulu Basic Plan, more clips on YouTube, a bunch of Pixar Popcorn episodes on Disney+, and The Simpsons s31:e11 on Disney+. Patrick went to bed. Continued work on Patrick's forthcoming new website: the songs page. Resolved a problem with Adrian R's getlinks.js script. Patrick's brother and mother received their first COVID-19 vaccine doses today.
Fri Jan 29, 2021
Ran in place to various podcasts on Apple Podcasts via Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, sliced banana; water. Sprint standup. Followup on web editor permissions. Orgchart work: Nordberg, Joves. Lunch: large salad with ranch dressing, water. Vacuumed the kitchen. Completed training: UCSF Foundations of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. UCSF antiracism town hall. Completed performance evaluation self-evaluation. D8 sprint recap. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Perilla Haight via Uber Eats: papaya salad with beef, shrimp rolls, pork and rice with imperial rolls, for Patrick only: Thai iced tea with soy, water, and for me only: white wine. I washed dishes. We watched WandaVision s1:e4 on Disney+ then Superstore s6:e7 on Hulu Basic Plan then standup comedy on YouTube. Patrick went to bed. Updates and manual backups for home devices. Upgraded the iPad Air from iPadOS 14.3 to 14.4. Late snack: tabbouli, water.
Sat Jan 30, 2021
Ran in place to various podcasts on Apple Podcasts via Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, sliced banana; water. Researched backup solutions to replace iDrive. Chose Duplicati. Lunch: I prepared for myself a soba noodle soup partially using leftovers from a previous soba noodle soup. Installed Duplicati then Mono. Attempted to configure a backup across the home network but it offered no option for network drives even after I manually mounted one. I think it was possible but I didn't want to deal with figuring out smb pathnames especially since I have frequently encountered duplicate mount point issues in the past, so I gave up on Duplicati and uninstalled it and Mono. Weeded files. Dinner at home with Patrick: white beans with ham hock over wild rice, water, red wine. I washed dishes then did a few house chores. Afterwards we watched clips on YouTube including Zoltan Kaszas: Modern Male—very funny. Patrick baked chocolate chip cookies for himself from packaged frozen dough.
Sun Jan 31, 2021
Ran in place to various podcasts on Apple Podcasts via Apple TV and clips on YouTube. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced mango, unsweetened shredded coconut; water. Edited a new blog post written by Benny for Drew for Recharge. Edited an excerpt from a new novel for Patrick to send to a writing contest. Lunch: large salad, a small piece of souffle that Sam had made, water. Nap. Initiated return of an old iPhone 8 in poor condition that we had given to Sam a while ago and he gave back to us for recycling. Cut my hair, showered. Packaged the old iPhone 8. Cocktails with Patrick: French martini but with cherry liqueur instead of raspberry liqueur. Dinner at home with Patrick: veggie stir-fry over quinoa-brown-rice spaghetti with hoisin and vegetarian oyster sauce. I washed dishes. Dessert: I had a Pepperidge Farms oatmeal-raisin cookie, Patrick had chocolate chip cookies baked from packaged frozen dough. Afterwards we watched Legion s1:e4 on Hulu Basic Plan then standup comedy on YouTube. Patrick went to bed. I washed more dishes. Late snack: tabbouli, water. Later snack: small salad.