January 2023
Summary: Staycation continues; vacation with Patrick to Palm Springs; vacation and staycation end; San Francisco's covid case counts are now the lowest they have been in the past six months. At work our team has our first discussion about ChatGPT.
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Sun Jan 1, 2023
Vacation day 23 of 30. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, roasted and unsalted slivered almonds, flax meal, cacao nibs, raisins, diced half banana; water. Housecleaning. Patrick and I removed Christmas decorations. Lunch at home with Patrick: leftovers from last night, water. In the afternoon Sam picked us up and we drove to Kerry and Mom Ryan's place to visit briefly and to drop off black-eyed peas with fried cabbage with bacon. Sam drove us home. We also gave same the same meal. Rested. Dinner at home with Patrick: black-eyed peas and fried cabbage with bacon, water. We also finished the last of the Sonoma Portworks white port chardonnay from Chris and Nate. We watched Glass Onion extras and snowy Japan walking tours on YouTube. I washed dishes at a break in the middle. Patrick went to bed.
Mon Jan 2, 2023
Vacation day 24 of 30. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, roasted and unsalted slivered almonds, flax meal, cacao nibs, diced half banana; water with lemon juice. All day: packed for a trip. Lunch at home by myself: leftover chinese food, apple cider. Work calendar management. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftover risotto with carrot and mushroom bolognese and black-eyed peas and fried cabbage with bacon, water or water with lemon juice. Dessert: we shared more of the ice cream Tina had gifted us. Watched YouTube: Wednesday Leaves Home (Full Episode) | MGM via MGM, A Grand Night In: The Story of Aardman | Documentary via Aardman Animations, New Year's Transmission: Release Emotions, Feel Limitless Love via Mei-lan (to which Tina sent us a link), and Third Dad's A Charm | Michael Longfellow | Don't Tell Comedy Secret Sets via Don't Tell Comedy. I washed dishes at a break in between. Patrick went to bed. Late small meal: more black-eyed peas and fried cabbage with bacon, water. More dishes.
Tue Jan 3, 2023
Vacation day 25 of 30. Trip vacation day 1 of 6. Rode Uber Comfort with Patrick to SFO. We knew that ours was a short flight that would not include a full meal, so we purchased a chicken caesar wrap from Plant Store post-TSA. Alaska Airlines flight to Palm Springs. Patrick bought us first class tickets to alleviate some of his travel anxiety and because he says it didn't cost that much more. The flight was uneventful except for an accident in which a sandwich dressing spilled across my lap. We rode Uber Comfort to Santiago Resort. Charles checked us in to room 206. We unpacked and refreshed. We walked to Palm Springs Cleaners (760-325-8578, 425 S. Sunrise Way) to drop off my pants then visited CVS for some toiletries. Walked back to Santiago. Rested. We walked to dinner at Bar Cecil: San Pell sparkling water; Oaxaca old-fashioned (tequila ocho reposado, Ilegal mezcal reposado, house agave syrup) for Patrick, The Brock (Campo Azul tequila blanco, Cointreau, fresh lime, float of St. Germain foam) for me; we shared the colossal shrimp cocktail (Mexican blue diamond shrimp, dill, cocktail sauce, lemon); Patrick had the smoked bone-in Duroc pork chop with seasonal chutney, potatoes au gratin, and broccolini; I had the Beaton burger with comté cheese, aioli, onion, tomato, lettuce and side of dill pickle and French fries. All food and drink and setting were excellent. On a future trip if we return, Patrick said he would want to try the bread rolls and the burger, and I would want to try the onion tart (if in the mood for something rich) or the bibb lettuce salad (if not) and either the half chicken (if very hungry) or the jumbo scallops (if the vadouvan curry beurre blanc is not too spicy) or the pork chop (if very hungry). All adjacent tables' food looked excellent. The pasta in the cacio e pepe was spaghetti—the menu doesn't say what kind of pasta. We were too full for dessert, but the pavlova seems like the standout of the four choices. Service by Holly T was excellent. Afterwards we visited a nearby dispensary where everyone was friendly and helpful. Patrick was helped by Emilio. We walked back to Santiago Resort. Too tired to do anything else, we went to bed.
Wed Jan 4, 2023
Vacation day 26 of 30. Trip vacation day 2 of 6. Breakfast: similar to yesterday, and during which we chatted with John from Philadelphia. We slept well except my pillow was too soft so I rolled a towel and placed it underneath. We got breakfast beverages from the cantina at Santiago Resort. The cantina is a self-service refreshment room open 22 hours a day. A large Starbucks machine enabled us to self-serve beverages via simple touchscreen. Patrick got a half-caf coffee; I got a chai tea latte. We relaxed in our room, watching the southern panorama of overcast sky brighten and change colors in the east as the sun rose. To the west, an expansive view of the massive San Jacinto mountains impresses. We love the lush privacy of the grounds, the soft-close toilet seat, the layout of the property, the many amenities, the room decor and cleanliness. Santiago Resort appears to have a well-run, well-maintained operation. The cantina is closed for breakfast for two hours each morning. A staff member within assembles your mostly continental breakfast in real time as you order at the window. The huge breakfast menu: warm croissant with butter and jam, overnight oats with fresh berries, plain or everything toasted bagel with cream cheese or butter, warm or chilled steamed egg with seasoned salt, various mini muffins, seasonal fruit skewers, vegan granola, various whole fruit, assorted flavors of Chobani greek yogurt, assorted flavors of Silk vegan yogurt, drip coffee, assorted juices, milk. You can order as much as you like, and you can return for more within the breakfast hours. We showered briefly in the room before hottubbing then sitting awhile by the outdoor fire pit. We returned to the room. Patrick did some writing work while I sat by the pool and read Palm Springs Life, a hardcover magazine provided in the room. The weather was overcast and cool, and I was bundled a bit, but at least it wasn't raining. Patrick had me review and edit what he wrote, then we lunched in the courtyard. At Santiago Resort, lunch is included. You order from a menu in the morning, and boxed lunches are ready around noon thirty or one. Patrick had the Tuscany (prosciutto, capacolla, honeyglazed ham, provolone, and more); I had the Hacienda (roasted chicken on nine-grain with pepper jack cheese and more). Each meal included a pickle slice and a cookie and a choice of side. Patrick's side was potato salad and his cookie was chocolate chip. My side was mandarin oranges (canned, I think), and my cookie was peanut oatmeal raisin. Afterwards we walked to a nearby health food store for a few health food items before walking South Palm Canyon Drive and Indian Canyon Drive to view the main shops and restaurants of the area. Along the way we encountered Aspen Mills Bakery & Bread Company, which is the vendor that provides the boxed lunches at Santiago Resort. We walked back to Santiago Resort. Patrick showered, and we rested a bit. Patrick continued his writing work. I caught up on journaling, and we rested. We rode UberX to El Patio (760-832-6332, 139 East Andreas Road) for dinner, meeting Mike D, Mike P, Stephen G, and Richard F. We sat outdoors on patio 2 next to a gas fire console. Patrick had chicken mole with flour tortillas and a pineapple mezcal margarita with spicy salt. Stephen and Richard shared a chile relleno burrito and enchiladas verdes. Mike D had enchiladas rojas no cilantro. Mike P had tacos gobernador. Each Mike drank a Cadillac. I had chicken enchiladas and a pineapple mezcal margarita with regular instead of spicy salt. All food and drink were delicious. Service by Betzy was excellent. Stephen and Richard gave us a ride back to Santiago Resort. It was great catching up with everyone, and I very much enjoyed their company.
Thu Jan 5, 2023
Vacation day 27 of 30. Trip vacation day 3 of 6. Breakfast: similar to yesterday. Nothing we wanted to visit was open, so we rested in the room as rain began and continued through the morning. I napped about 90 minutes then awoke. Boxed lunches similar to yesterday: Patrick had the Hacienda (roasted chicken on nine-grain with pepper jack cheese and more). I had the grilled chicken caesar salad. We ate in our room since it was still raining. I visited the hot tub and pool, meeting Dean and Ryan along the way. Patrick joined, and we chatted with Zack and Matt about Vancouver B.C., New York, Montreal, New Orleans, Colombia, and other locations; music cognition; and more. Patrick and I spent a few minutes by the fire pit then showered in our room. Rode UberX to Palm Springs Art Musuem for free Thursday hours from 5 to 7 (or 8?) p.m. Zack and Matt left in their (rental, I think?) car about the same time, but we realized this only after I had placed the UberX order. Patrick and I arrived at the museum and visited Forever Marilyn before entering. The museum was really great. It had interesting exhibits and architecture. Currently on display: Petra Cortright: sapphire cinnamon viper fairy; Phillip K. Smith III: LIGHT + CHANGE; Outburst Project: Gabriela Ruiz; Outburst Project: Karla Ekatherine Canseco, Maria Maea, Clara Nieblas, Ruben Ulises Rodriguez Montoya; Pure, Simple, and Beautiful Forms: Glass from the Collection; Milton Rogovin: In Buffalo; Bridles, Saddle, and Spurs; Gonzalo Lebrija: History of Suspended Time (A monument for the impossible); Michael Childers: Flaming Creatures; Jorge Mèndez Blake: I Remember an Exhibition; Contemporary African Art. We encountered Zack and Matt and walked with them through VillageFest, chatting along the way. We parted. Dinner at 1501 Uptown Gastropub (760-320-1501, 1501 N. Palm Canyon Drive) with Patrick: cocktails: Patrick was Naked and Famous, I had the Last Word. Appetizer: we shared a bowl of corn chowder. Entrees: The Gregor (½ pound fresh ground beef, kobe short rib, beer cheese sauce, romaine, tomato onion jam, dill pickle, brioche bun) for Patrick, Beef Stroganoff (New York Strips, pappardelle pasta, cremini mushrooms, cognac reduction sauce, sour cream) for me. All food and drink and service by Zoee M were excellent. Rode UberX back to Santiago Resort.
Fri Jan 6, 2023
Vacation day 28 of 30. Trip vacation day 4 of 6. Breakfast: similar to yesterday. Hot tub soak. Met and chatted with Daniel from Arizona. Showered. The sun emerged after three overcast days, so we sat poolside and rested. Boxed lunches similar to yesterday: we both had the sandwich meal called Cousin Vinny (roast beef). I had mine with potato salad. Patrick had a side of mandarin oranges. Patrick's shoe was giving him trouble, so we rode UberX to a shoe store called Running Wild but nothing interested him. At nearby Tommy Bahama he found a pair he liked; all staff were very helpful; Florence did most of the assisting for us. We walked the shopping district more, stopping for drinks at table 706 at Las Casuelas Terraza (222 S. Palm Canyon Drive): regular Top Shelf Margarita for Patrick, regular pina colada for me, complimentary salsa and warm tortilla chips. Food and drink and service by Shari were excellent. We enjoyed briefly chatting with her about restaurants and Eight4Nine. We rode UberX to Palm Springs Cleaners (760-325-8578, 425 S. Sunrise Way) to pick up the pants I had dropped off on Tuesday—they are perfectly clean! We walked back to Santiago Resort and rested in the room before dinner at Eight4Nine Restaurant and Lounge: skinny watermelon (Jaja silver tequila, fresh lime juice, house-made watermelon puree, and agave nectar, served on the rocks) for Patrick, prickly pear (Tres generation organic silver, fresh lime juice, agave nectar, prickly pear puree, served on the rocks with fresh lime) for me. Appetizer: we shared ahi poke with shrimp chips (house-made kimchi, avocado, scallion, white shoyu, sesame oil). Entrees: Patrick had fried chicken (half local organic hen, laminated biscuits, butter-milk skin on mash, Calabrian chili honey), I had mesquite-smoked carne asada (grass-fed beef skirt steak, refried pintos, yellow corn esquites, pico de gallo, negra modelo ranchera sauce). Dessert: we shared 849 Caramel Macchiato Cake (espresso brushed chocolate cake, salted caramel, vanilla bean buttercream, Maldon salt). All food and drink were excellent. Service by Sean S was very good except for a long delay at the end when he spent a lot of time at another table. We weren't in a hurry, so we weren't bothered much by it. Afterwards we walked a bit in the neighborhood again before riding UberX back to Santiago Resort.
Sat Jan 7, 2023
Vacation day 29 of 30. Trip vacation day 5 of 6. Breakfast: similar to yesterday. Walked to and enjoyed Moorten Botanical Garden. Visited Kreem where Patrick got a scoop of salted chocolate ice cream in a cup with a sugar cone pointing out. Boxed lunches similar to yesterday: Patrick had the Standby (thinly sliced honey-glazed ham piled high, low-fat Alpine Lace cheese, lettuce, pepperoncini, tomatoes, honey mustard on New York rye swirl bread) with potato chips. I had the Hacienda (roasted chicken on nine-grain with pepper jack cheese and more) with potato salad. I sunned poolside while Patrick did some writing. While on my way returning to the room, I met and took a photo for Mark, Randy, Eder, and Britt. Rested in the room. Rode UberX to Blackbook. We walked the block then returned to Blackbook for a drink: Patrick had The Modernist (The Botanist Gin, Combier Rose, Grapefruit Bitters, Thai Basil), I had Queen of the Desert (Cazadores Reposado, Aperol, Fresh Lemon, Lime, and Orange Juices). Walked to dinner at French Miso Cafe (19 La Plaza): Wine: we each had a glass of cotes du rhone. I had the two-course prix fixe meal. Patrick had the three-course prix fixe meal. Appetizers: we shared the oven-roasted celeriac soup (creme fraiche and truffle honey) and the steamed Mediterranean mussels (coconut broth with a hint of curry and Thai basil). Entrees: Patrick had the prime top sirloin steak with potato gratin, broccolini, and Bernaise. I had oven-roasted chicken thighs with fingerling potatoes, haricots vert, and sweet garlic/porcini sauce. Dessert for Patrick (but we shared): chocolate mousse. All food and drink and service by John P were excellent. Rode UberX back to Santiago Resort.
Sun Jan 8, 2023
Vacation day 30 of 30. Trip vacation day 6 of 6. Breakfast: similar to yesterday. Packed and checked out of Santiago Resort, Palm Springs. Rode UberX to PSP airport. Our flight was delayed one hour then later we received a notification saying it would be rerouted to San Jose due to high winds at SFO. We watched Wednesday s1:e4 on Netflix downloaded to our iPad Air, lunching during a break in the middle at Buzz By Barfly. We each had unsweetened ice tea to drink. We shared a vegetarian flatbread and a bbq pork sandwich with potato chips. Later we received a notification saying that our flight would be delayed several hours more. But then, confusingly, we were instructed to board and were told that the most recent notification was incorrect. Rode Alaska Airlines from PSP to SJC. The flight was uneventful. We again had first class seats, which gave us reclining seats, AC power, complimentary alcoholic and other beverages, snacks like popcorn and candied cashews and more. After landing we rode Lyft via an Alaska Airlines voucher from SJC to SFO. Along the way we researched and decided that we did not want to eat dinner at SFO—the options for what was open pre-TSA-security did not seem good. We visited the restroom then rode Uber Comfort home. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Underdogs Too (3600 Taraval Street) via Uber Eats, which arrived a few seconds after we did. Patrick had a pollo asado SF burrito, I had a Nick's Way fish taco. Water to drink. Unpacked. Patrick went to bed. I performed a butcher block wood butter treatment.
Mon Jan 9, 2023
Back to work after 30 days away. Caught up on email. Met with Eric. We prepped mailing lists, and I prepped the new year greeting html email. I went to Parnassus today but forgot my ID so I worked in the library. Lunch from Panda Express: panda bowl with half chow mein, half mixed veggies, and string bean chicken breast. Water from my water bottle. My fortune: You will be given new confidence by an old mentor. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: Whole Foods deli veggie pizza, red wine, water. Dessert: homemade bay leaf pound cake (previously frozen) with whipped cream. We watched Wednesday s1:e5 on Netflix instant watch. Patrick went to bed. I edited my drafted journal entries created on the recent trip.
Tue Jan 10, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, roasted and unsalted slivered almonds, flax meal, cacao nibs, diced half banana; water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. UCSF shuttle from Parnassus to Mission Bay. Chatted with Lucia about the key cabinet, which had recently broken. Published events for Carolina L for QBI. Helped Wan-Yu with newsletter issues. Updated the OSACA orgchart to add Leslie. Siteimprove linkchecking and policy work all day. Opened a dialogue with student CL about ASSP and a design project. Team lunch at the hospital cafe with Deborah, Levi, and Eric. While we ate we observed small hail fall amidst the medium-heavy rain. We also watched in amazement as a woman eat on the patio at a table under a sturdy umbrella during the downpour. Followup with James F about an accessibility remediation. Content maintenance maintenance. Followup with former team members about Google Drive. UCSF shuttle from Mission Bay to Parnassus. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: garlic tofu and broccoli stir-fry with brown rice, water. We both washed some of the dishes. We watched Wednesday s1:e6 on Netflix instant watch with red wine. Patrick went to bed.
Wed Jan 11, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, roasted and unsalted slivered almonds, flax meal, cacao nibs, diced half banana; water. Worked from home. Siteimprove work all morning. Responded to a message from Leslie F about spam. Reschedule a GA4 meeting with Eric. Katherine L/G name preference followup. Small edit for the AET page: delete the now-empty accreditation section. Posted a new Brand and Identity tip in Teams: Understanding and using the UCSF tagline. Lunch at home by myself: leftover veggie pizza, water. Experimented with Artbreeder and Dream by Wombo. Edited the UFD posted while I was on vacation. Dinner at home with Patrick. We drank red wine while ordering. We ordered delivery from Sushi Genki via DoorDash: chicken yakitori, chashu ramen, sashimi combo. After 45 minutes our order was canceled; they said the business was closed. Why did it take so long to figure this out? Hungry, we ordered from King of Thai Noodle via Uber Eats: hoi jor, fried chicken with fried rice for Patrick, combo beef noodle soup for me, thai iced teas and water to drink. Our delivery turned out later than expected. We ended up eating nearly two hours after we had started ordering. DoorDash immediately notified us that the entire order was being refunded, but I learned later that it takes them five to seven business days for the refund to be processed. Uber gave us $5 in Uber Cash since I am an Uber One member. After we finished eating, I complained again in the app that the order took too long, and within a few seconds they notified me that the entire order was being refunded. This Uber refund was processed immediately; we had to pay only the $4 tip for the Uber driver—such a small tip because the delivery was less than a minute. We watched Wednesday s1:e7 on Netflix instant watch. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Late snack: leftover hoi jor.
Thu Jan 12, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, roasted and unsalted slivered almonds, flax meal, cacao nibs, diced half banana; water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Siteimprove linkchecking and policy work. Updated the School of Pharmacy Listservs document. Calendar management. UCSF shuttle from Parnassus to Mount Zion. Doctor appointment. Lunch at Godzila Sushi: miso soup, bbq eel roll, gyoza. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Followup with former team members about Google Drive. Another doctor appointment. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: mushroom and avocado tacos, water. Patrick had a christmas beer. I had a margarita. We watched Wednesday s1:e8 (season finale) on Netflix instant watch.
Fri Jan 13, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, roasted and unsalted slivered almonds, flax meal, cacao nibs, diced half pear; water. Worked from home. Send the MAK Seed Award reminder for Shalimar. Followup with former team members about Google Drive. Posted an event for Carolina L. Submitted an IT request for Julia S for Leslie C. Siteimprove linkchecking and policy work all day. Web and list management for emeritus faculty. Lunch at home with Patrick: leftovers. Explored Siteimprove's new training program called Frontier. Afternoon snack with Patrick: Royal Asia crab rangoon from frozen, which was tasty. There's more crab than cream cheese, so it doesn't taste like restaurant versions, but still delicious. The container for the dipping sauce is too small, so we moved it to a larger container. Prep work for top bar update. Dinner at home with Patrick: light dinner: we shared Royal Asia prawn dumplings, water. Patrick washed dishes. Cocktails: basil gimlets. We watched Reservation Dogs s1:e8 season finale on Hulu Basic Plan. To bed. Woke around 11 p.m., decide to try bimodal sleep tonight to address long-standing issues with insomnia. Late night snack: white mild cheddar and basil quesadilla, water. I continued listen to a 2018 audiobook recording of Moby Dick via Hoopla. Now on chapter 87. Installed Dropbox on my account on Patrick's computer after a long time of not using it on the same computer. I encountered reaching the storage limit which I later resolved by deleting CCC safety backup folders from Dropbox in the cloud. Installed iOS and iPadOS 16.2 on home devices. Returned to bed around 4:00 a.m. shortly after Patrick woke. This seemed to work fine.
Sat Jan 14, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, roasted and unsalted slivered almonds, flax meal, cacao nibs, blueberries; water. Archived tax documents. Deep cleaning for home devices. This morning Patrick baked a variation on Barefoot Contessa's cinnamon doughnuts, and we enjoyed them with a little half-caf coffee with milk. Errand: post office to drop off an old laser toner cartridge for recycling and to buy stamps. Stopped at Grubbin' on the way home to buy a sandwich and chips for lunch: we shared one Sweet Mouth-Waterin' sandwich on french roll with everything plus pickles, side of potato chips, water. Stamp storage preparation. Ordered more stamps online. Cleaned the bathroom. Later Patrick napped. Dinner at home with Patrick: I prepared turkey burgers from frozen patties and previously frozen hamburger buns with white cheddar, baby kale, mayo, and mustard. No sides. Patrick added A1 steak sauce to his. Water to drink. Afterwards, cocktails: Gentilly gin gimlets with lemon and lime. (We ran out of limes.) We watched YouTube: Justin Timberlake - Rock Your Body (Official Video) via Justin Timberlake and 5 New Orleans Spirits You Haven't Tried via Free Tours by Foot - New Orleans and Moonlighting s03e06 Big Man on Mulberry Street via Moonlighting The Podcast and Glenn Gordon Caron discusses the episode "Big Man on Mulberry Street" - EMMYTVLEGENDS.ORG via FoundationINTERVIEWS. To bed early. I awoke around 11:00 p.m. and remained in bed awake for about two hours before arising. It seems I have slipped back into biphasic sleep patterns again. Or maybe it has been this way for a while, and I have been ignoring it. I continued listen to a 2018 audiobook recording of Moby Dick via Hoopla. Now on chapter 94. Reinstalled Jellyfin Server on Patrick's computer because it had been hanging lately. The reinstall seemed to resolve the problem.
Sun Jan 15, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, roasted and unsalted slivered almonds, flax meal, cacao nibs, blueberries; water. Today Patrick baked a variation of carolinalfranco1's almond citrus yogurt cake. Cleaned the bathroom. Cut my hair, showered. Cleaned the bathroom. Lunch at home with Patrick: grilled white cheddar cheese with basil, water, potato chips, corn chips. House chores: vacuuming, changed the bedsheets. We rode Muni to Alamo Drafthouse New Mission to see Avatar: The Way of Water, which we mostly liked. We had herb parmesan popcorn. Patrick had a Pacifico, I had a glass of malbec. Afterwards we dined at Papalote: Patrick had a pollo asada burrito, I had an al pastor burrito, lime La Croix for both. We rode Muni home. To bed. Biphasic sleep for me again. I woke around midnight. Late snack: toast from previously frozen sliced sourdough, with butter. Water to drink. Patrick woke a few times during the night. I returned to bed at 3:30 a.m.
Mon Jan 16, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, roasted and unsalted slivered almonds, flax meal, cacao nibs, blueberries; water. Lunch at home with Patrick: Patrick had toast with apple butter jam and a side of yogurt. I prepared for myself a turkey burger with baby kale on brioche bun with french fries from frozen. Water to drink. Rested. Helped Patrick prepare dinner at home: shells pasta caprese, water. Dessert: Patrick had a small bowl of ice cream. I had just a spoonful of it. Filled a new stamp stockbook to organize stamps for mailing USPS stuff. We watched two episodes of The Simpsons that feature John Mulaney as a guest star: s31e1 The Winter of Our Monetized Content and s33e11 (or s33e10?) The Longest Marge. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Late snack: charred corn with black pepper, water. Earlier today someone bought the old laptop I had listed online for sale, so I prepared it for shipping. Confirmed today that 8 mm is the correct size of hex L-wrench to tighten or loosen the hex bolts on the legs of a Crate and Barrel Pranzo II dining table. Tightened all bolts. Late snack: popcorn via the silicone microwave popcorn popper, water.
Tue Jan 17, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, diced half banana; water. Began work from home: front-end work in D7: top bar update. Errand: post office. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. UCSF shuttle from Parnassus to Mission Bay. Errand: bank. Continued front-end D7 work: top bar update. Lunch with Levi, Debbie L, and Cynthia Z at Mediterranean Aroma. I had a fried chicken burger with fries. The burger was very large and unwieldy. Delicious, and a large portion, but messy. I probably won't get it again. Helped with kitchen cleaning. Created an Asana project for faculty member change from primary to emeritus. Met with Eric: Google Analytics 4 setup; so confusing, we got mostly nowhere. Committed a small styling change to widen the Google Analytics tag field since we are storing multiple values in it. Rode Muni home partway with Eric, passing through the new station under the Caltrain station and alighting at Union Square Station then transferring to a westbound train to West Portal Station then bus from there. Commute time is just under an hour, so still not worth the requirement to stand most of the way. Dinner at home with Patrick: tofu tonkatsu with cabbage and steamed rice, water.
Wed Jan 18, 2023
Ran in place to various John Mulaney videos on YouTube. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted and unsalted slivered almonds, cacao nibs, diced half banana; water. Worked from home. Troubleshot problems with a Time Machine drive failing to mount properly. A few days ago it had begun asking me for a password when previously it would connect without asking for a password. First Aid revealed it "was found to be corrupt and cannot be repaired." The drive is a WD 2TB My Passport Portable External Hard Drive HDD, USB 3.0, USB 2.0 Compatible, Black - WDBYVG0020BBK-WESN that has been in service for less than 5 months. I successfully removed the disk from my Time Machine config, successfully erased it (APFS Encrypted), successfully reran First Aid to reveal no problems, then successfully readded it to the Time Machine config. Followup with Sushil about Listserv failing to respond to a command to show members of a sub-list. Siteimprove linkchecking and policy work. Reported site outages and ssl cert problems to Brian S. Followup with Staffbase problem report about font-weight: undefined. They are incompetent and don't know what they are doing. Afternoon snack: unsalted, unroasted cashews; seaweed snack; water. Accidentally attended WIT Career Development Workshop with Alesia Woods because I signed up for it without knowing that WIT stood for Women in Tech. No matter; all genders were welcome. Posted edits for a QBI event for Carolina L. Helped Marissa L with changing content owners for some pages. Updated Michael D's person page following a role change. Followup with Julia S about merchandise guidelines for students. Mocked up changes to the Dean's Office page for Eric, sent them to him for review/approval. Pre-dinner snack: tortilla chips, water. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from SRBC via DoorDash: chicken burger and fries for Patrick, pan-seared tilapia with vegetables for me. Food amazingly arrived in about 20 minutes and was delicious. Patrick washed the few dishes. We watched YouTube including Moonlighting s03e07 Atomic Shakespeare via Silvio SHC and part of Ep. #322: John Mulaney via Kreative Kontrol and Nick Kroll & John Mulaney's Opening Monologue at the 2017 Film Independent Spirit Awards via Film Independent. Patrick went to bed. Installed macOS Monterey 12.6.2 on my work laptop. Late snack: grated pizza blend cheese on toasted ciabatta slices with dried oregano and dried parsley, water.
Thu Jan 19, 2023
Ran in place to various John Mulaney videos on YouTube. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted and unsalted slivered almonds, cacao nibs, diced half banana; water. Worked from home. Followup with Sushil about Listserv failing to respond to a command to show members of a sub-list. Calendar management. Followup with Staffbase problem report about font-weight: undefined. Lunch at home: I prepared for myself ramen with shrimp, chicken soup base, charred corn from frozen, spinach, green onions, ginger, egg. Followup with Wan-Yu L about the forthcoming BTS newsletter mailing. Drafted a CP speaker series event for Levi. Worked with Eric to push a hotfix for top bar changes which created elements on CPCS when it should not have and also on Google Analytics 4 setup. Dinner at home with Patrick: puff pastry baked brie with a leafy greens salad, water. I also had a glass of white wine. Patrick washed dishes. We watched YouTube: The Mandalorian | Season 3 Official Trailer | Disney+ via Comicbook.com Lea Michele Has a Letter from the Original Funny Girl Barbra Streisand Locked in a Safe via The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon We Spent 24 Hours in Solvang for Julefest: Ostriches, Pastries, Light Shows & More via California Through My Lens Nick Kroll and John Mulaney's Opening Monologue at the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards via Film Independent and The Simpsons s33e11 on Disney+. Butcher block oil treatment. Cleaned the bathroom sink. Unloaded photos from my iPhone and uploaded them to Flickr. Late snack: a few spoonfuls of plain greek yogurt, a tiny piece of dark chocolate, three mandarins.
Fri Jan 20, 2023
Cleaned the bath tub. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted and unsalted slivered almonds, cacao nibs, diced half banana; water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Listserv management. Posted an event for Carolina L. Followup with Julia S and Leslie C about approved merchandise. Followup with IT about a security incident. All day: configured new automated listservs. Lunch from Moffitt Cafe: three dim sum items. Water from my water bottle. Helped Eric test sending as an email alias. Angie G stopped in the office briefly. I hadn't seen her in person in years. We chatted briefly about TUPLS and catering orders before she was off again. So nice to see her. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: freezer veggie soup with garlicky cheesy bread, water. For dessert Patrick made chocolate cornstarch pudding. Biphasic sleep. In between sleeps I washed dishes and ate various leftovers and two spoonfuls of plain greek yogurt. Water to drink.
Sat Jan 21, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted and unsalted slivered almonds, cacao nibs, diced half banana; water. Lunch at home with Patrick: leftover tofu tonkatsu with leftover steamed rice, water. Today Patrick baked apple butter donuts with maple bourbon glaze, and we shared one. It was delicious. Rode Muni to the Castro. Walked around. Encountered Adrian C who was returning home from the gym, and we chatted briefly. I dined at Hi Tops which was packed. Fried chicken burger with fries. I got the slaw on the side to confirm it was too spicy for me. To drink I had a Human Flame. At home Patrick had samosas from frozen and pigs in blankets from frozen and for dessert chocolate pudding. I walked around more in the Castro, and one of the things I saw was a truck with a sign saying Snoop Dogg for President. Rode Muni home. Biphasic sleep. Between sleeps I abandoned using Dropbox on my account on Patrick's computer because it seemed to be stuck on indexing and nothing I tried resolved it.
Sun Jan 22, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted and unsalted slivered almonds, cacao nibs, diced half banana; water. Patrick and I walked and rode Muni to Kantine. We encountered JY and Adrian C along the way and stopped to chat for a while. At Kantine we shared a cardamom morning bun and a poppy-seed-covered pastry with almond filling called tebirkes and a potato open-faced sandwich (small creamer potatoes, pickled vegetable mayo, capers and crispy shallots. Truly delicious on our seedy sprouted rye bread) and a chicken meatball open-faced sandwich (warm chicken meatballs (frikadeller), tarragon mustard dressing, shaved root vegetables on sprouted Danish rye bread). One decaf latte each. We were full. We walked to and in the Castro then to Dolores Park then rode the J train to 20th and Church Streets. We again saw the truck with a sign saying Snoop Dogg for President. We watched people and the view for a while then walked to Market Street and rode Muni home. I napped. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Lazy Susan via Uber Eats: wonton soup, general tso's chicken, beef chow mein, brown rice. To drink we shared a Sanzo mango. All food and drink was delicious. For dessert, Patrick had one of the donuts he recently made. Afterwards we watched new-to-us Asian comedians on YouTube, with a slight preference for low view counts. We had white wine while watching. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Folded a small amount of laundry that Patrick had washed earlier. Late snack: wonton soup, water. Archived a tax document.
Mon Jan 23, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted and unsalted slivered almonds, cacao nibs, diced half banana; water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. On two different bus trips Muni was training new operators. The first operator nearly didn't stop for me despite me holding my arm high and out and standing in the street as soon as I saw the bus. Then when the operator stopped, the rear door in front of me did not open but the front door did, so I walked to the front to board and while I did so the rear door opened. I boarded through the front door and I saw a trainer standing in the passageway, making it hard for me to navigate my wheeled bag to a seat. A few minutes later the operator almost made a wrong turn, thinking that he was driving the 48 instead of the 66 line. A few minutes later the operator almost failed to stop at another stop with passengers waiting. On the next bus trip following a transfer, the bus stopped and the front door in front of me failed to open while the rear door opened. I started to walk to the rear door and then the front door opened. I boarded at the front door and I saw a trainer standing in the passageway, making it hard for me to navigate my wheeled bag to a seat. A few minutes later at 9th and Judah the operator almost missed the turn, perhaps thinking that he was driving the 44 instead of the 43 line. The trainer corrected the operator but almost too late. Luckily there were no cars in the affected lanes, and the operator safely and successfully completed an unnecessarily large turn and recovered the route. Troubleshot problems with our changelog appearing in Teams in Firefox. The problem doesn't happen in the Mac app or in Chrome. In Firefox I cleared browser cache and all cookies related to Microsoft and Office and signed out and signed in and the problem remains. Siteimprove linkchecking and policy work. Returned to inbox zero for the first time since returning from one month away from work. 1:1 with Eric. Altered the Dean's Office page to remove landing page elements. Lunch from Carmelina's, ate at desk: shrimp quesadilla with mild salsa, lettuce, sour cream, and guacamole; tortilla chips; water from my water bottle. Research to figure out why entering zero-width space (ZWS) characters in source mode in CKEditor 4 results in them disappearing after you save your page. Discovered that Chrome will reveal those entities in the inspector whereas Firefox and Safari will not. Followup with Bradley B about an unresolved sink repair request. Followup with Antonio C about directory entries—my latest audit finds that they are now complete. Followup with IT about PowerShell licensing. Published an event for Carolina L. Opened a package for Karen G, then arranged for a custom delivery tomorrow. Archived style notes from an email thread provided by Eric about MA vs MEd vs MAEd. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: Lazy Susan leftovers, water. Patrick washed dishes. We watched YouTube: What is Metropolis about? via Jeddle then How to Make Homemade Donuts that Beat Krispy Kreme and Dunkin' | What's Eating Dan? via America's Test Kitchen then Prague via Rick Steves' Europe. Patrick went to bed. Biphasic sleep.
Tue Jan 24, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted and unsalted slivered almonds, cacao nibs, diced half banana; water. Rode Muni to UCSF Mission Bay. Siteimprove linkchecking and policy work all day. Followup with Sushil about removing unsubscribe footers from our newest listservs; I was told I needed to do it manually, and this took me about an hour. Submitted a request for a new listserv for Eric. Inserted a handful of redirects for Jenna and CPCS. Lunch at The Ramp with Levi and Eric. Levi had a fried chicken sandwich and side salad. Eric had a chinese chicken salad. I had two fish tacos with side of buttery rice. Levi's order arrived mistakenly with fries instead of a salad, and it was quickly rectified with the delivery of the salad—fries on the house. Afterwards Eric left for a meeting. Levi and I briefly visited Crane Cove Park before returning to work. Accessibility issue resolution on the Experiential Education website: completed a minor one, prepped for a larger one. Afternoon snack: pistachios from the kitchen vending machine. Read many articles in the new UCSF Magazine. Met with Levi and Eric about Zev's website build. Walked and rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: I prepared ramen with chicken stock, cabbage, garlic, ginger, shiitake mushrooms, green onions. Dessert for me: a tiny piece of dark chocolate. We watched Star Trek: The Original Series s2:e6 The Doomsday Machine on Paramount+. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Late snack: a few spoonfuls of plain greek yogurt, tortilla chips.
Wed Jan 25, 2023
Ran in place to various YouTube videos. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted and unsalted slivered almonds, cacao nibs, blueberries; water. Worked from home. Large Microsoft outages reported earlier this morning. Troubleshot problems accessing my Microsoft services; they started working after some initial hiccups and after I connected to VPN. Took an IT security quiz. Followup with a listserv setup for a department's emeritus faculty. Followup with Siteimprove tickets. Continued reading articles in the new UCSF Magazine. Midmorning snack with Patrick: leftover churros and caramel sauce from Patrick's recent lunch order from Underdogs. Helped Leslie C with access to the shared network drive. Uninstalled Box Drive since I don't use it that often. Lunch at home by myself: leftover puff pastry baked brie, tomato salad with pizza blend grated cheese and ground pepper, water. Met with Eric and Zev G about Zev's website build. I continued playing Meridian 157: Prologue on my iPad; I had started playing it a few days ago. Dinner at home with Patrick: creamy green coconut soup with papadums, water, white wine. I washed dishes. We watched various YouTube videos. Patrick went to bed. Finished playing Meridian 157: Prologue. Listened and interacted with the Orchestra app for iPadOS: Haydn Symphony No. 6. Played Before Your Eyes for iPadOS for a few minutes before deleting it. Probably a nice game, just not for me. Played, completed, and deleted This is a True Story for iPadOS. Late snacks: charred corn from frozen, a tiny piece of dark chocolate, water.
Thu Jan 26, 2023
Ran in place to various YouTube videos. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted and unsalted slivered almonds, cacao nibs, blueberries; water. Worked from home. Siteimprove linkchecking and policy work. Attempted to create a video showing how slow Siteimprove is, but it exhibited no slow behavior today in the first several minutes of use. Lunch at home with Patrick: Patrick had leftover puff pastry baked brie, I had leftover ramen with new ramen noodles and new shiitake mushroooms added. Water to drink. I began playing Meridien 157: Chapter 1 for iPadOS. Proofread a new finaid page for Levi and Eric. Weeded my work address book. Rode UberX in a Tesla with Patrick to dinner at Outerlands: Sparkling water. Cocktails: Ninth Ward for Patrick, Moon People for me. First course: pain au levain with house-cultured butter and maldon salt; kabocha and butternut squash soup with creme fraiche and pepitas; little gem salad with radicchio, beets, pear, pecorino, sherry vinaigrette. Second course with a second round of the same cocktails: roasted chicken with smashed marble potato, french round carrot, chicories. Dessert: sourdough chocolate cake with caramel and (marshmallow creme?). Patrick had an espresso with dessert. All food, drink, and service by Zack was excellent. Rode UberX in a Tesla home. Afterwards we watched various YouTube videos. Patrick went to bed. Installed macOS 12.6.3 on Patrick's laptop. Installed tvOS 16.3 on our Apple TV.
Fri Jan 27, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted and unsalted slivered almonds, cacao nibs, blueberries; water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Followup on editorial style and the master's degree in education at UC Berkeley. Checked to see if we can close the email account used by the now-defunct Staff Wellness Group; the answer is yes. Siteimprove linkchecking and policy work all day. Lunch from Panda Express: panda bowl with half chow mein and half mixed vegetables with orange chicken and a side of veggie spring rolls with sauce. My fortune: Life's greatest joys come from sharing good food. That's not a fortune. That's Panda Express marketing copy. Prepared and delivered a digital letterhead for Shalini L. Submitted lots of tickets to Siteimprove which included video demonstrating the problems I encountered. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: broccoli and Italian cheese frittata with side salad. Dessert: Polly Ann ice cream via Uber Eats: bumpy freeway (chocolate ice cream with marshmallows and walnuts) and cherry vanilla (black cherries and vanilla ice cream). Cocktails: aviations with Gentilly gin. We watched various YouTube videos. Patrick went to bed. I joined him shortly afterwards. Biphasic sleep. Between sleeps I washed dishes. Updates for home devices and websites. Resolved thousands of Dropbox conflicted copies of files by simply deleting them at first by hand at command line then to save time from Finder. Resolved lots of problems following an upgrade of MAMP Pro. I'm not sure how the problems occurred, but I resolved them by downgrading PHP to 7.3.x and ensuring that the php.ini files were set properly for memory_limit and for the Dynamic Extensions required by Grav. San Francisco's covid case counts are now the lowest they have been in the past six months. Back to bed around 4 a.m.
Sat Jan 28, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted and unsalted slivered almonds, cacao nibs, diced half pear; water. Continued updates for home websites. Lunch: I ate leftover bread with butter and roasted chicken with smashed marble potato from Outerlands, water to drink. Created an account with OpenAI and began chatting with ChatGPT. Patrick and I watched a matinee showing of The Gray Man on Netflix instant watch with two bags of microwave popcorn and water. Afterwards I prepped vegetables for dinner that Patrick prepared: spaghetti bolognese. Water to drink. I washed dishes. We watched various YouTube videos. Patrick went to bed. I washed more dishes. Late snack: raisin bran with milk, water with a squeeze of lemon. I washed more dishes. Archived a tax document.
Sun Jan 29, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted and unsalted slivered almonds, cacao nibs, diced half pear; water. Patrick made mini waffles in the midmorning and we shared three of them. Butter and maple syrup, of course. Continued playing Meridien 157: Chapter 1 for iPadOS. Some of the puzzles don't make sense, and I am enjoying this less than the Prologue. Nap, and Patrick joined after a little while. Rode Muni to the Inner Sunset. The evening was particularly cold. Window shopped. There was a bit of rain despite none forecast. Dinner at Fiorella with Patrick: Cocktails: Shaman for Patrick, Golden Gate Sling for me. Food: baby lettuces salad, pepperoni pizza. We had a nice enough time despite an extremely wobbly table (resolved quickly after the second request) and the worst table on the downstairs level (table 400, directly across from the restrooms) and very loud and arguing young children waiting for the restroom and occasionally awkward service. The claimed baby lettuces were not baby; they served us delicious adult lettuces for sure. The pizza was delicious, but I noticed an alkaline or slightly off taste due to the flour dusting on the underside of the pizza. The occasionally awkward service: While ordering cocktails I had to repeat Patrick's order; I had told him Patrick's order first and a few seconds later he asked what Patrick was having. Our menus were not removed after we ordered, and we didn't know what to do with them, so I placed them on the low wall near us but out of our way. Our server gave us a single extra paper napkin a few minutes before our pizza arrived. Neither of us had lost our napkin, so this was presumably a preventative courtesy which puzzled us. Our pizza deliverator came out with our pizza, nearly got to our table, returned to the kitchen to check the table number on the ticket, and then returned to deliver our pizza. Why don't these people know what they are doing? The credit card receipt was provided without including the itemized receipt, so I had to look at the photo of it I had taken on my phone to calculate the tip. Despite these complaints we mostly had a good time and tipped normally. Afterwards we looked at Hometown Creamery but Patrick was not enthused about their current flavors. We walked to Holy Gelato and Patrick got two scoops in a waffle cup: choco churro and butter pecan (ice cream names approximate since I couldn't recall and since Holy Gelato doesn't list their current flavors online). We watched Beneath the Mysterious Canals Of Venice | Ancient Mysteries (S3, E20) | Full Episode | History via HISTORY on YouTube. The 1996 episode was narrated by Leonard Nimoy, and I learned so much. While watching we each had a small bowl of high-fiber cereal with milk, water to drink. Patrick went to bed. I restored my iPhone 12 mini from a very recent backup because I had attempted to move the batteries widget in its largest form to a different screen and it completely messed up how I had my icons on all my screens. The restore process was successful. I had to redo phone setup and wait a long time for apps to reinstall or update. Unloaded photos from my iPhone and uploaded them to Flickr.
Mon Jan 30, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted and unsalted slivered almonds, cacao nibs, raisins; water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Siteimprove linkchecking and policy work all day. 1:1 with Eric. Lunch from Subway, ate at desk: six-inch toasted chicken and bacon on multigrain, Sun Chips cheddar, water from my water bottle. Met with Anurag from IT about spam from mondo.com. Did some facts and figures updating. Committed a styling change for Eric to change link :after icons: don't show the icon if the href includes ucsf.edu. Listserv and shared mailbox testing and automated list subscriber check. Rode UberX home because there appeared to be only one bus 66 running, and I didn't want to chance it waiting in very cold weather. Dinner at home with Patrick: garlic bread with leftover spaghetti bolognese, water. Afterwards we watched Anne Rice Memorial Second Line Parade via Free Tours by Foot - New Orleans on YouTube. Patrick went to bed. I ate a small bowl of high-fiber cereal with milk. Water to drink.
Tue Jan 31, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, roasted and unsalted slivered almonds, cacao nibs, diced half banana; water. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. UCSF shuttle from Parnassus to Mission Bay, working along the way. Encountered La'Trece moments before entering the building and chatted briefly with her. Siteimprove linkchecking and policy work all day. Began deactivating many policies since Siteimprove Support said that many policies can be a cause of pages taking a long time to load. Automated listserv match checks with Eric. Walked to lunch with Levi and Deborah at Mediterranean Aroma. I had wanted the chicken kabob plate but after hearing it would take 10 minutes I chose the chicken shawarma plate instead. Hot mint tea to drink. We walked back to the office. Met with Levi and Deborah for a nice discussion of ChatGPT. Tried using ChatGPT to correct a video transcript. I was able to get some of it transcribed but not all of it. ChatGPT cannot accept very large blocks of text, so I had to split it into smaller chunks. It learns from what you are doing, and it did the first two chunks reasonably correctly. On the third chunk it started rewriting the text instead of simply correcting it. I could create two more new chats to get two more chunks each, but after that it stopped working the way I wanted. Even though it got a lot of the work done, it still needs to be human-reviewed. Rode Muni home; it took 80 minutes. Dinner at home with Patrick: caramelized onion and spinach quesadillas, water, sparkling wine. To bed around 8:30 p.m. Awoke around 1:00 a.m., failed to fall asleep even after listening to part of an episode of Sleep With Me podcast and after starting to listen to 5 Hours of The Shipping Forecast on BBC Radio 4! via icannotgetafreename on YouTube. Awoke, decided to do biphasic sleep. Snack: wonton soup from frozen, water. Web updates for Recharge for Drew. Updated Docker from 4.15.0 to 4.16.2. Ended up not having second sleep because I wasn't tired until around 6 a.m. when it was too late to return to bed.