Wednesday, October 13, 2004
Cream of wheat with brown sugar and pumpkin pie spice. 8:30 AM bus 66 didn't show up today. Banana and Bosc pear fruit smoothie. Finished computer upgrades for Mike L. Cut my finger while gutting Cindy's old computer for valuable parts. Backed up Chris's old desktop computer. Set up KeePass on some of our computers. Announced new password security changes to the office. Lunch with Patrick at Pasta Pomodoro (415-566-0900, 816 Irving Street): conchiglie pollo with salad and iced tea for Patrick, ravioli di zucca (butternut squash) and plain water for me. Our server was Emily, who was very good. $19.26 before a $3.25 cash tip. I had forgotten that the raviolis sit in a pool of oil, but they're so tasty. It was a warm day, so we sat on the shady back patio at table 54/1. Installed XP SP2 for more office computers. Helped a student with a computer virus. His computer had the symptoms of the trojan known as KKiller but I couldn't find where the trojan exe file was—the registry key that Symantec pointed me to was clean. After about an hour of fruitless troubleshooting, I gave him instructions on how to reformat and reinstall Windows from scratch. House chores: laundry, dishes, garbage. Watched part of the presidential debate between Kerry and Dubya. Shopped for a new laptop for Patrick. Calphalon frying pan glass lid received from repair shop today but it was damaged in transit. Patrick met with Jason B today.