November 2021
Summary: I get a Moderna COVID-19 booster shot slightly ahead of FDA and CDC approval. Our landlord stops by with some important news. Thanksgiving at home with Patrick and Sam. Omicron variant of COVID-19 announced.
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Mon Nov 1, 2021
Walked in place to Apple News Today and Total SF podcasts on Apple TV then to various YouTube videos. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced banana, water. Orgchart work: OSACA, BTS. For a midmorning small meal, Patrick made us pumpkin pancakes with smoked cinnamon maple syrup. Water to drink. Letterhead work: Sourav B. Began style work: change all occurrences of co-director to codirector. Took this month's security awareness quiz. Read NNGroup's email newsletter. People page work: Jon R. Hardware purchase research. Reviewed a new telework guidance draft. Dinner at home with Patrick: DiGiorno supreme pizza, water. We watched Foundation s1:e7 on Apple TV+.
Tue Nov 2, 2021
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced banana, water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Got a Moderna booster for COVID-19 from UCSF in Millberry Union. 1:1 with Eric. Met with Nicole F to walk through how to use the new test listserv and Email on Acid account I set up for her. Style resolution content work: replaced occurrences of co-director with codirector. Very late lunch: taco salad from Carmelina's with refried beans and carnitas. I ate in front of Kalmanovitz Library. Water from my water bottle. Researched hardware purchases for hotel workspaces. Closed unneeded EOA accounts. Resolved a markup issue reported by Mandy B. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: zucchini and feta fritatta, water. Patrick washed dishes. Afterwards we watched Rick Steves Europe s7:e3 then National Parks Exploration Series: Yellowstone on Amazon Prime Video. Patrick went to bed. Did some weeding of my work address book. Discovered that Barrett had found me on Instagram (after I was unsuccessful finding him on various social media), and we chatted a bit in the messaging system there.
Wed Nov 3, 2021
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced banana, water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Reported a fire extinguisher which needed recharging to Karen G. More research for hardware purchases for hotel workspaces, including taking inventory of the old hardware. Walked to a dentist appointment to pick up new Invisalign trays and returned. Late lunch: one navel orange, water from my water bottle. Rewatched Adobe MAX session Walgreens: Reimagining the Creative Process in a Global Pandemic - S202. D8 frontend work. Eric dropped off some hardware from Mission Bay, and I met him at the hospital circle with a cart for the pickup. Rode Muni to Duboce Park. Walked to Hi Tops to meet Patrick for dinner. We shared a fried chicken sandwich with fries and a half order of nachos. We forgot to ask for no jalapenos, but it was easy to move them aside. The fried chicken sandwich was spicier than we remember. The spiciness might have been in the slaw dressing—hard to tell. Water for both. No-salt margarita for Patrick, Mad Bum for me. Rode UberX home.
Thu Nov 4, 2021
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced banana, water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Email address change for Julia D. Troubleshot Smart Date formats failing to retain leading and trailing space characters in separator strings. Followup on various tasks. D8 frontend work. Met with Eric and James while they did VBO work so that we can easily change owner and liaison metadata. Lunch: one navel orange then enchiladas a la carte from Carmelina's. Water from my water bottle. D8 meeting with James and Eric. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Chaiya Thai: BOGO crispy spring rolls, shrimp pad thai, fried rice with fried chicken, thai iced teas. Patrick washed dishes. Afterwards we watched Sex Education s3:e6 on Netflix instant watch then the Book of Boba Fett trailer on YouTube. Weight training: prone leg curl. Patrick went to bed. Worked on D8 styling since it appears I lost work somehow during the day. Troubleshot and resolved problems with CCC backup.
Fri Nov 5, 2021
Walked in place to Apple News Today and Fifth and Mission podcasts on Apple TV then to various YouTube videos. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, diced dried plums, water. Followup with automated listserv problem and learned that it can take 10 days for new hires to be added. Helped Julia M with some markup issues on her site. Followup with Julia D email address change which didn't go as smoothly as expected. Styling work: zebra-striped tables for Anne for Calpoison. Lunch at home: leftovers from Chaiya Thai. Read CSS Layout News 327. Encountered more problems with BetterTouchTool and secure input activated. I was unable to resolve them even after a restart and even after setting it to use the old keyboard implementation, so I'm temporarily not using BetterTouchTool. UCSF town hall while strengthening with leg weights. Dinner at home with Patrick: tofu and broccoli curry over coconut brown rice. Dessert: dark chocolate Petit Pot. We watched YouTube videos then Foundation s1:e8 on Apple TV+ then Sex Education s3:e7 on Netflix instant watch while I walked in place to part of it. Patrick went to bed. Late meal: leftovers from Chaiya Thai. Dessert: one chocolate-covered macadamia nut, warm milk.
Sat Nov 6, 2021
Walked in place while watching John Mulaney: New in Town on Netflix instant watch. Cleaned a little in the bathroom. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, diced dried plums, diced dried mango, water. Resolved a problem with the bathroom sink stopper not staying up with help from a YouTube video. Discovered that the bathroom sink was leaking a tiny bit of water and began drying and troubleshooting that. Patrick returned from practice and errands with Sam, had a light meal, then took a nap. I reattempted the errands I failed completing on Sunday. The package drop-off was successful. The unused medications drop-off was not—locked again. Late lunch: a few bites of deli chicken salad, leftover fritatta, a cup of deli broccoli cheddar soup, water. Uploaded photos and videos to Flickr. Resolved a difficult permissions problem on a recently new external hard drive by cding to /Volumes and executing this command: sudo chmod -R +a "[username] allow read,write,append,execute,delete,readattr,writeattr,readextattr,writeextattr,readsecurity,writesecurity,chown,list,search,add_file,add_subdirectory,delete_child,file_inherit,directory_inherit" [volumename] where [username] and [volumename] are replaced with the correct info. Edited new zoom backgrounds: scenes from UCSF Parnassus. Rode UberX with Patrick to 15th Avenue House for dinner with Romy, Drew, and Phil. Gerard and Tai were invited to join us.
Sun Nov 7, 2021
Daylight saving time: fall back. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, blueberries; water to drink. Confirmed no leak below the bathroom sink. Removed the fan and drip pan I had installed yesterday to test, then replaced the contents that were removed. Lunch: I prepared for myself tonkatsu-flavored ramen with shrimp from frozen, cabbage, and furikake; water to drink. Long nap. Dinner at home with Patrick: TJ's breaded tilapia (from frozen) tacos with cabbage, sour cream, mixed grated cheeses; water to drink. Patrick had his with Tapatio hot sauce. I washed dishes. Afterwards we watched Sex Education s3:e8 (season finale) on Netflix instant watch and a few YouTube videos. Continued troubleshooting the integrity problems I have been having with a Toshiba Canvio Slim external hard drive. Computer updates. Installed iOS 15 on my iPad Air.
Mon Nov 8, 2021
Walked in place to John Mulaney: The Comeback Kid on Netflix instant watch. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, blueberries; water to drink. Followup with Marissa about an authoring issue. Various task followup. Reported a problem to the identity team about missing images in WebDAM. Responded to a request from Katherine about news and media coverage items. Read NNGroup's email newsletter. Built a sign for Lucia using our sign template. Lunch at home: I prepared for myself a soft taco with various leftovers as filling, small side of corn chips, water. D8 work: resolve issues with composer update clobbering theme folders. D7 styling: resolve problem with -webkit-appearance: none causing missing checkboxes. Dinner at home with Patrick: The Blue Zones Kitchen kritharaki (Ikarian tomato pasta soup) and warm pita, water. Afterwards we watched the Stranger Things 4 teaser, the Being the Ricardos trailer, Pete Davidson on Jon Stewart, Rick Steves' Europe European Festivals II, and Sam Morril: Up on the Roof on YouTube. While watching: weight training: prone leg curl. Patrick went to bed. Rain.
Tue Nov 9, 2021
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, blueberries, sliced banana; water to drink. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. D8 frontend work. Installed software for a laser printer. There was a false positive malware warning that I had to resolve, but otherwise it was problem-free. Printed and posted a sign for Lucia. 1:1 with Eric: we enabled multiple 2FA for our shared YouTube account. Content work: Julia D's person page and resolving multiple, identical content owners. Sabrina and David rang our doorbell to see if we could help with the S118 conference room. I looked but found nothing I could fix. They got IT to send someone. At home the power went out for a little over an hour. Lunch to go from Moffitt Cafe: cajun catfish (accidental—I thought today's fish was lemon peppercorn tilapia), grilled vegetables, steamed white rice: $7.47. Ate in the office. Water from my water bottle. Denetra stopped by to drop off some hardware. More D8 frontend work. Rode Muni home. It took me 78 minutes to get home because I had just missed the bus and then for the next one it disappeared from the map and so I thought it wasn't going to appear but then it reappeared and I was too late in catching it. Dinner at home with Patrick: trader joe’s naples style pepperoni pizza with a cup of minestrone, water. Dessert: Patrick baked Greek finikia cookies today. We ate them with peppermint hot cocoa. Patrick went to bed. Installed iOS 14.8.1 then 15.1 on my iPhone 12 mini. Washed dishes.
Wed Nov 10, 2021
Weight training: bridge, leg lifts. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, blueberries, sliced banana; water to drink. Listened to Apple News Today and Fifth and Mission podcasts on Apple TV while weight training and eating breakfast. D8 frontend work all day. Helped Pam, Josh, and Julia with an IT issue. Lunch at home: leftover tomato soup, indian-italian burrito, water. Found a spelling mistake in a UI element in Outlook Web. When editing a scheduled send, the popup menu that appears says "modifiy email" instead of "modify email." Uploaded a private screenshot to Flickr. Very expensive UberX ride to Outer Orbit for dinner. Patrick had chicken katsu curry and agua de piedra sparkling water. I had yakisoba and pinot noir. Dessert: passionfruit malasadas. We considered playing pinball but didn't. Walked to Mitchell's for ice cream. Patrick had grasshopper pie in a cup. I had espresso toffee crunch in a wafer cone. Rode UberX home. Opened a gift package from Tina containing a lot of food items and bathroom hardware.
Thu Nov 11, 2021
Slept in. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced banana; water to drink. Walked and rode Muni to Golden Gate Park. Walked in the park. Stopped for lunch at Palm City. I arrived a few minutes before 12:30 p.m. and found a short line and waited. They checked vaccine cards for indoor and outdoor dining. I sat outside in the sun. Garlic roast pork hoagie, sparkling rose (Vermentino Nero-Caniolo "Lunalies" Castel del Piano 2020 Toscano). About $40 after tip. The garlic roast pork hoagie is slightly spicy, but I was able to eat it. The sandwich is quite large. I could have been fine eating only half, but they don't sell half sizes. My sparkling wine was served in an elegant Schott Zwiesel glass—so fancy. Walked in Golden Gate Park. Grocery shopping at Andronico's. Rode UberX home. Dinner at home with Patrick: Yan-Kit's beef fried rice, water. While watching Deutschland 83 s1:e1 on Hulu Basic Plan the power went out around 6:20 p.m. We lit electric and flame candles then cuddled in bed. The outage lasted about 40 minutes. We finished watching then watched various YouTube videos. Patrick went to bed. The power went out again at 8:30 p.m. I washed dishes by electric candlelight. The power returned at 8:56 p.m. I installed computer updates and troubleshot problems with backups and network.
Fri Nov 12, 2021
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, blackberries; water to drink. OSACA server access followup. D8 front end work all day. D8 meeting with Eric and James. Lunch at home: leftover tomato soup, Uncle Sam cereal with milk, blackberries, water. Pulled some weeds in the back yard. Worked in the back yard in the sun for a while. Some D7 work: admin menu font size for Eric. Dinner at home with Patrick: Martha Stewart's salmon shiitake jasmine rice bowls, water. Dessert for me: Greek finikia cookie, mocha hot chocolate (from packet). I washed dishes. We watched various YouTube videos then one hour of Beasts of the Southern Wild on Netflix DVD. Patrick went to bed. Packaged for return another carbon crystal panel heater that failed to perform as expected due to faulty wiring.
Sat Nov 13, 2021
Slept in a bit. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, blackberries; water to drink. Cleaned in the bathroom. Cut my hair, showered. Cleaned in the bathroom. Late lunch: leftovers from dinner, water. Patrick napped. Walked to the nearest UPS drop-off point to return a purchase. Stopped at Walgreens on the return. Light snack: Triscuit triangles with Point Reyes Farmstead Original Blue cheese, water. Rode UberX to Mom Ryan's. We ordered Chinese food delivery from Big Lantern: cashew chicken, vegetable fried rice, pan-fried pork bun, honey walnut shrimp, crab cheese puff, bottled water for Mom Ryan, Coca-Cola for Patrick, tap water for me. We watched historical game shows while chatting and eating. Afterwards Patrick and I walked to and walked in the Castro before stopping at Toad Hall for a drink. We met Corey and Michael who were recently married in Waikiki and who recently moved to the Castro. We talked about San Jose, Sacramento, Oasis, Uber, and their friend Richie.
Sun Nov 14, 2021
Weight training and walking while watching various YouTube videos. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced banana; water to drink. Degunked the electric toothbrush with Goof Off. Lunch at home with Patrick: sandwiches and chips to go from Lou's: Italian special and chips with sea salt for Patrick, bbq chicken and chips with sour cream and onion flavoring for me. My sandwich was not too spicy for me. Water to drink. Finished watching Beasts of the Southern Wild, which we both liked a lot. Watched various YouTube clips. Patrick made Martha Stewart’s Movie-Theater-Style Popcorn. Watched Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings on Disney+ in IMAX Expanded. I walked in place during the entire film. We couldn't tell anything special occurred with IMAX Expanded. I washed dishes. Patrick prepared cocktails: orange blossom with our first time having Aviation gin. Dinner at home with Patrick: Blue Zone Kitchen's Jose Guevara's gallo pinto. Dessert for Patrick only: spicy Mexican hot chocolate. We watched Shang-Chi extras on YouTube. Patrick went to bed.
Mon Nov 15, 2021
Walked in place while listening to Apple News Today and Fifth and Mission podcasts via Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced banana; water to drink. Followup with Angelie K about adding her listing to the Office of Admin page. Read NNGroup's email newsletter. Read CSS Layout News 328. Small web edit for Phillip B for faculty academic affairs. Updated mailing lists with HR data. D8 work all day: mostly feed importing. Lunch at home: leftover tomato soup. I also prepared for myself a bacon and egg breakfast burrito. Siteimprove work: linkchecking. Granted permissions to four student web editors for Alexa. UFD email prep. Began rereading Reimagining Collaboration by Phil Simon while taking more notes. Dinner at home with Patrick: quinoa with caramelized corn and scallions, water. Dessert: one chocolate-covered macadamia nut each. Second dessert: cocoa frosty. We watched Foundation s1:e9, pausing partway through to Facetime with Tina. Patrick went to bed. Web work for Recharge: add a Spanish version of a blog post. Had a lot of trouble with getting jQuery UI tabs widget to do what I wanted partly due to incorrect documentation for the load method. On Stack Exchange Nikhil VJ pointed me in the right direction with option active.
Tue Nov 16, 2021
Weight training (prone leg curl) while listening to Apple News Today and Fifth and Mission and Life Kit podcasts via Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced dried plums; water to drink. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. D8 feed importing and front-end work all day. Lunch to go from Cafe Bellini: chicken burger. Ate in the office. Chatted briefly with Denetra who had an issue with Pulse VPN. Orgchart work: add Angelie K to Office of Administration. Continued rereading Reimagining Collaboration. Zoomed briefly with Levi to show him how to obtain an original image of any image on our site. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: focaccia with caramelized onions, blue cheese, and bacon with a side salad, water. Cocktails: Aviation gin with pineapple juice and vermouth. We watched part of Red Notice on Netflix instant watch. Patrick went to bed. Late snack: unsalted cashews, Triscuit triangles, water.
Wed Nov 17, 2021
Weight training (leg press) while listening to Apple News Today and Fifth and Mission and Life Kit podcasts via Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced dried plums; water to drink. D8 front-end work. UFD email build. UFD edit all day. Also built a digital letterhead for Johannes M and published an event edit by Carolina L. Lunch at home: breakfast burrito similar to last time recently. Dinner at home with Patrick: Martha Stewart's lemony pesto chicken soup, water. Finished watching Red Notice on Netflix instant watch with Patrick followed by various YouTube videos and one glass of white wine each. Red Notice was a lot of fun. Late snack: half cup of Uncle Sam cereal with milk, one chocolate-covered cherry.
Thu Nov 18, 2021
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced dried plums; water to drink. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Today I shared the office with Dean Joe, whom I hadn't seen in person in over a year. It was good to see him, and it's always a pleasure to be in his company. UFD prep and send all day. Test sends were received as expected at EOA but not to other accounts. Realized that DKIM was not yet configured. Attempted DKIM config but after following the CM instructions I found the existing credentials failing. Turns out our credentials were changed after our first account was successfully configured, so the error messages were correct. I put in the new credentials and the delivery problem went away. Then I encountered a pay-as-you-go credits problem. CM doesn't notice that you have insufficient credits in your account—it just wants you to pay for the whole campaign rather than just the difference you need to send. I manually calculated the difference, made the separate purchase, and the delivery was successful. Or so we thought. Turns out we missed an allowlist step because IT had never clarified this part of the process. Followup will continue tomorrow. For lunch today I ate at Perilla: vietnamese hot coffee, rare beef with brisket pho, water. I stopped for a few groceries at 828 Irving Market. The cashier accidentally charged me $10 more than my bill. I showed him the transaction receipt on my phone, and he gave me the overcharge back in cash with an apology and an excuse: trying to do too many things at once. I hope it was unintentional and did not give him grief. Rode Muni home. Today Patrick made chocolate-dipped coconut macaroons, egg yolk brioche, a mendiant, and chocolate-covered almonds. Dinner at home with Patrick: chicken and mushroom rigatoni, water. Afterwards we each ate one macaroon and watched Foundation s1:e10 season finale. Mind exploded.
Fri Nov 19, 2021
Walked in place and did weight training (leg lift) while listening to Apple News Today and Fifth and Mission podcasts via Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, diced dried plum; water to drink. UFD followup all day. Lunch at home: leftover lemon orzo soup, leftover quinoa, water. Read CSS Layout News 329. D7 styling: hide replace file fields for Eric. UCSF town hall. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Calibur via Uber Eats: vegetarian fries and cheeseburgers. Patrick's also had bacon. To drink: Mexican Coke for Patrick, water for me. While waiting for the delivery we watched part of Marvel Assembled: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings on Disney+. After dinner we watched a Star Trek: Discovery season 3 recap on YouTube then Star Trek: Discovery s4:e1 on Paramount+, pausing partway through to share a packaged brown butter chocolate chip cookie with milk. I washed dishes. I walked in place while we watched about half of Jack Whitehall: I'm Only Joking. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes.
Sat Nov 20, 2021
Weight training: prone leg curl, prone leg lift. Yesterday I received and installed a new Royal Soverign RPH-260G radiant panel heater for use at my standing desk at home. Here is my review. Setup was simple: read the manual, attach the feet, and plug in to a wall outlet. The heater provides very localized radiant heat at 260 watts on high or 130 watts on low—only two settings. The panel is larger than the smallest space heaters, but smaller and thinner than most oil-based or radiant non-panel heaters. The panel is relatively lightweight—about 5 pounds. The thinness is surprising in a good way: about one inch, not including the feet. The case and feet are made of a hard, metal-looking plastic. The grill seems to be made of metal. The heater seems much more durable than somewhat similar three-panel carbon crystal heaters which seem to have cardboard-like backings. After powering on you can feel warmth within 30 seconds. After it has been on for some time, the top edge gets too hot to touch for more than a few seconds, but the sides and corners remain relatively cool. There is no handle for lifting, but the cool sides make it easy to reposition with two hands even when on. To reposition it hot with only one hand, try an oven mitt. The heat is very localized and is barely helpful at an arm's length. Heat can be felt about one foot away, and at greater distances it is not useful at all. A lot of heat escapes upward. This makes it suitable for under a desk or, as I am using it, at a standing desk. I was dubious about the tip-over safety feature. From the manual: "The temperature control button when tipped over will be pushed in as the unit falls, to automatically turn the heater off." But I tested it, and it does indeed work, but here's the thing: if the unit is off and it tips over, then it automatically turns on and will likely burn the floor! The way the feet are designed, it's very unlikely to tip over backwards or sideways, so this tip-over safety feature does seem sufficient to me except for the unwanted auto-turn-on effect. To mitigate or eliminate risk, use the physical on-off switch or unplug the heater when not in use. The manual also claims it has overheat protection and a fuse as safety features, and while I could not verify these claims I also have no reason to believe they do not exist. The unit feels well constructed and well designed. The point where the power cord attaches to the unit has an enhanced strain relief bushing indicating an attention to safety design. The unit includes a non-electric on-off switch, also probably for safety. The unit includes a wall-mount bracket that is unfortunately not VESA but a welcome option nonetheless. I did not use it, but it looks like it would work fine. On the low setting, the manual suggests you can place it on the ground like a footrest and rest your cold feet on it. When I tried this, even the low setting seemed too warm for me to safely rest my feet for very long. I'm not sure I will keep it, but if I do I will be using the manual switch to turn it off and maybe also unplugging it when not in use. Patrick and I chatted with Tina on Zoom for about 90 minutes. Late breakfast: medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, blueberries; water to drink. Later, our landlord stopped by to let us know that all tenants in the upstairs unit were moving out by the end of this month, and the landlord and his brother are uncertain whether to continue it as a rental property. We have been here for a very long time, and he has always been good to us. So while our future is now uncertain, I am confident that things will work out even if that means we have to move. Late lunch: pita with pulled chicken, mixed greens, dried onion, and ranch; water. Completed an application. Dinner at home with Patrick: Patrick's jambalaya (previously frozen), leftover focaccia, water. I washed dishes. Cocktails: Aviation using Aviation gin, fresh lemon juice, Luxardo, and creme de violette—delicious. We watched 1h40m of Army of Thieves on Netflix instant watch with microwave popcorn. Patrick also had a mendiant. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes.
Sun Nov 21, 2021
Slept in a bit. Stretches while listening to Apple News Today and Fifth and Mission podcasts on Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, blueberries; water to drink. Today Patrick tried a recipe from The Blue Zones Kitchen for pumpkin fritters. The result was disappointing: the fritters were too soft and mushy inside. He tried different cooking times and it didn't matter. He had already added more flour than the recipe called for. We ate the few bites we did with decaf Southern Pecan coffee then threw the rest away. I napped while Patrick tried one of the Nongshim Shin Black instant ramens that Tina had sent recently. It was too spicy for him. I ate an orange then cleaned under the sink. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Spiazzo via Uber Eats: vellutata di zucca (butternut squash soup), insalata alla cesare, pepperoni pizza. Dessert: tiramisu. To drink we had water and champagne with creme de violette. The complimentary ciabatta was burned on the bottom, but we did not mention it in our rating. Finished watching Army of Thieves on Netflix instant watch then Assembled: Shang-Chi on Disney+. Patrick went to bed. Recharge Medical work: blog posts translated to Spanish.
Mon Nov 22, 2021
Weight training (leg lift) while listening to Apple News Today, Fifth and Mission, and Total SF podcasts on Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced banana; water to drink. Followup with Josh and Julia D about updating HR contact info. Submitted a request to IT to update a web page to clarify that Campaign Monitor can be used for automated RSS campaigns. Followup with Alex, Vince, and Eric about allowlist procedure and a possible DKIM reissue problem. Read NNGroup's email newsletter. Began reviewing Brand Guidelines 4.0 which were published on Friday. Dinner at home with Patrick: breaded tilapia and chicken from frozen with deli mac salad on little gem lettuces, water. Afterwards we each had a glass of white wine. Patrick washed dishes. We watched Discoveries...America, National Parks: New Orleans Jazz & Acadian Culture (interesting content but awful production) then All Hail the King (quite funny) on Disney+.
Tue Nov 23, 2021
Stretches and crunches while listening to Apple News Today and NPR Life Kit podcasts on Apple TV. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced banana; water to drink. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Chatted separately with both Joe and Liana. Allowed the shredder provider to exchange a bin. 1:1 with Eric. Lunch at desk: one navel orange. Closed the COVID-19 microsite, added a homepage redirect, and repaired other links to it. Closed the 2018 and Beyond microsite. No links to repair, no redirects to add. Archived photos of hardware in S126 and shared a link to them with Eric. D8 work the rest of the day: borked my config and James helped me resolve it by adding [core_event_dispatcher: 0] to config/sync/core.extension.yml. Walked to CreoLa (900 Stanyan St) for dinner with Patrick: drinks: Abita Turbo Dog for Patrick, sangria de chica morada for me. Appetizer: boudin balls with remoulade. We shared two entrees: braised short ribs (prepared with Abita Turbo Dog) with wild mushroom and black garlic sauce and two sides (cream cheese grits, collard greens with tasso) and buttermilk-brined fried chicken, bone-in breast, with two sides (cajun jambalaya and red beans and rice). Cocktails: one lime-ginger mule each. Dessert: 3-piece beignets, decaf coffee for both. Rode Muni home. Watched various standup comedy videos on YouTube.
Wed Nov 24, 2021
Stretches and walking in place while watching various YouTube videos. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced banana; water to drink. Allowlist followup for daily and weekly news digests. D8 importing and event styling review. Edited then later published a QBI event for Carolina L. This item required a lot of editing due to a complicated table and multiple YouTube links. Today Patrick baked a pecan pie using a Commander's Palace recipe with a crust from scratch. He also prepared a mild creole seasoning blend adapted from a Commander's Palace recipe. Lunch at home: I prepared for myself deli mac salad on bed of little gem lettuces and Nongshim Shin Black instant ramen with all of the white seasoning packet but only a pinch of the spicy yellow-orange seasoning packet. Team time Zoom meeting. Work ended early following office tradition to close two hours early before a holiday weekend. Weight training: prone leg curl and prone leg lift. Dinner at home: to go from King of Thai Noodle via the service found on their website: fresh garden spring rolls with peanut sauce to share, crispy chicken over fried rice for Patrick, pineapple fried brown rice for me, thai iced tea for both. We also drank Aviation cocktails which Patrick prepared while I picked up the food. Afterwards we watched a few videos on YouTube then Hawkeye s1:e1 and s1:e2 on Disney+. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Recharge web work: propagated recent live site changes to the dev site in progress. Upgraded the dev site from PHP 7.3 to 7.4 and upgraded Drupal as well. Set up multilingual by manually enabling the four multilingual modules via the Extend page, then began adding a Spanish language configuration and then adding some Spanish content. Washed more dishes. Today we learned that Mom Ryan and Kerry won't be able to come for Thanksgiving as we had planned.
Thu Nov 25, 2021
Walked in place while playing Frogger in Toy Town on Apple Arcade. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, blueberries, sliced banana; water to drink. Recharge web work. Helped Patrick prepare for guests. Thanksgiving meal with Patrick and Sam. Kerry and Mom Ryan were unexpectedly unavailable to attend as planned. The menu: Cajun deep-fried whole turkey, mushroom gravy, southern sweet potatoes with pineapples and marshmallows, baked mac and cheese, collard greens with crispy onions, cornbread dressing, cornbread, apple cranberry sauce, shrimp-stuffed merlitons, pecan pie, San Pelligrino sparkling water. Afterwards Sam played some songs on the Keyboard Anywhere. Patrick and Sam took leftovers to Kerry and Mom Ryan. I washed lots of dishes. Afterwards we watched various YouTube videos pausing for a late dinner. Patrick had leftovers. I had deli mac salad on bed of little gem lettuces. Dessert: Patrick had pecan pie. I had one chocolate-covered macadamia nut. Water to drink. Patrick went to bed. More Recharge web work.
Fri Nov 26, 2021
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, blueberries; water to drink. Weight training: leg press, prone leg curl. Walked in place while playing Frogger in Toy Town on Apple Arcade. Resolved a permissions problem on an external hard drive shared over the network by getting info on the drive and unchecking "ignore ownership on this volume." Lunch: leftover white rice with turkey, basil, and green onions in chicken broth Patrick prepared a day or two ago. Cleaned in the bathroom. Cut my hair, showered. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftovers from last night. I washed dishes. Afterwards we watched Star Trek: Discovery s4:e2 on Paramount+ then The Prologue - Jurassic World Dominion [4K] and Battle at Big Rock | An All-New Short Film | Jurassic World (which we had never seen before) and then Comedy Central clips on YouTube. Patrick went to bed. Stretches.
Sat Nov 27, 2021
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, sliced banana; water to drink. Swept and tidied in the front yard. Rode UberX with Patrick to 15th Avenue House for brunch with Romy, Drew, Phil, Danny, and Gerard. Danny was in town since Wednesday visiting. We drank bubbly. Brunch: scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, tater tots, persimmon, breakfast lasagne, croissants, french bread. We chatted for hours. Gerard gave us a ride home. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftovers, water. Afterwards we watched Cowboy Bebop s1:e1 on Netflix instant watch.
Sun Nov 28, 2021
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, diced dried plums; water to drink. Today Patrick made baked doughnuts using a recipe adapted from the website of King Arthur Flour. He had bought doughnut pans from Amazon. Recharge work all day: more Spanish translations. We ate doughnuts: three flavors: cherry rose (cherry extract, rose water, rose petals), tropical (banana rum, pineapple extract, and toasted, shredded coconut), and citrus almond (limoncello with lime juice and toasted, chopped almonds). Lunch: I prepared for myself turkey and rice soup in chicken broth. Troubleshot permissions problems on an external hard drive shared across the network. Tired of turkey. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Underdogs Tres via Uber Eats: two San Francisco burritos (pollo asado for Patrick, al pastor for me), chips and salsa, horchata for Patrick, agua fresca for me. Afterwards we watched Hit Monkey s1:e1 on Hulu Basic Plan. It's Ted Lasso crossed with Archer. Patrick went to bed. Fletch stopped by to pick up doughnuts and we chatted for a few minutes.
Mon Nov 29, 2021
Listened to Apple News Today and Esther Perel podcasts while exercising. Stretches. Weight training: kneeling kickback, prone leg curl. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, raisins; water to drink. D7 styling work: remove checkbox next to search field. D8 front-end work all day. Helped Nicole with a listserv issue interpreting commands. Read NNGroup's email newsletter. Gave Angie G advice about creating an index for a document. Dinner at home with Patrick: turkey and mushroom risotto, water. I washed dishes. We watched 1h35m of Jungle Cruise on Disney+. Patrick ate microwave popcorn partway through. Patrick went to bed. Recharge work: more Spanish translation work.
Tue Nov 30, 2021
Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Edited one event and posted another event for Carolina L. D8 front-end work all day. Lunch at desk: leftover risotto, water from my water bottle. Errands. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: white bean and kale soup, water. Afterwards we finished watching Jungle Cruise on Disney+. Patrick washed dishes. We watched Star Trek: The Next Generation s3:e16 (The Offspring) on Paramount+. Patrick went to bed. Recharge web work: new site build: more Spanish translation work. Patrick washed clothes in the bathtub today because our washer is temporarily out of service. The dryer was working, however. Late small snacks: yogurt with blackberries and Uncle Sam cereal, one dark-chocolate-covered cherry, unsalted cashews, tortilla chips, water.