Wednesday, August 27, 2003
Shopped for a new hard drive before leaving for work, didn't get far enough to make a decision, but at least it won't cost us a lot—I'm thinking 120 GB should do us fine, and that should come out under $100. (The drive we're replacing is 40 GB.) Breakfast at the Moffitt Cafe: scrambled eggs, 2 sausage links, potatoes, and cinnamon bread. $3.24 after tax. Coded a new update from the dean, sent it to Susie for review. Continued troubleshooting Mike's computer: defragged, scandisked, had to install a new network card since the integrated adapter was busted, then installed Win 2000 SP4 and a bunch of other updates, defragged again. Installed Time and Place/2 on Chris's second computer. Also installed a new digital graphics card for him and did a bunch of non-critical Windows updates. Lunch with Joel at Katana-Ya (6th and Judah). We had never eaten here before. To me it simply never looked very appealing decorwise. However we were having very late lunch (like 3 PM) and You See Sushi and Pomelo were both closed until dinner. We each had California roll with teriyaki chicken over rice: $8 before tax. Service was particularly slow which was particularly puzzling since for most of our meal there was only one other table of 2 people in the dining room. My favorite part of the decor was the power strip hanging over the front window and strung up by the cords plugged into it. Joel's favorite part was the 60s or 70s wallpaper banner than ran in the vertical middle of the wall—like something out of an old midwestern kitchen. The service was so awful I didn't feel bad leaving no tip. Dinner at home with Patrick: chicken with hoisin sauce. Ena taught me and Chris something new about our digital Meridian telephones: if a call is ringing, you can double-click the Call Fwd button, and that sends them directly to voicemail. Now if only we had the Do Not Disturb (DND) buttons I remember from Adobe.