Friday, September 2, 2005
6:50 AM: woke up. 7:00 to 7:40 AM: watched recorded TV news about Hurricane Katrina. 8:05 to 8:17 AM: The 8:08 AM bus 66 did not show up on time. It's cold and a light mist is falling, so I return home to wait for the 8:30 AM bus. 8:25 AM: I go to the bus stop and wait. The bus must have come by off schedule because the schoolkids who were here at 8:08 AM are now gone. 8:37 AM: The 8:30 AM bus 66 shows up. As we turn from Lawton to 9th, I see the other bus 66 on the morning schedule (there's only two). The driver was eating some kind of pastry in his hand while making his turn from 9th to Lawton. 9:00 to 9:30 AM: Breakfast burrito at the cafeteria. 9:30 to 9:51 AM: I get to my office and get a little bit of work done before having to leave for a doctor appointment. I called student B.G. who had called yesterday saying she couldn't log in. I found the problem and called her back to let her know it should be fixed now. Called Rick S to let him know that I got his phone message, that I'm not a Mac guru and I likely cannot fix his Panther iBook which had crashed and now won't restart, and that I'm off to an appointment but will be back in the afternoon to work with him on screen snapshots for VPN. 9:51 AM: In the elevator lobby on the 9th floor where I work, I notice that some of the elevator bell and light indicators don't work. These alert people to the arrival of an elevator car. Since some don't function properly, doors open suddenly without warning and people take several extra seconds getting in to the elevator, often holding the door for the stragglers across the lobby. 9:56 AM: I take bus 6 to 9th and Judah. 10:09 AM: Arrived at Geary via bus 44. At the entrance to my doctor's office at Kaiser Permanente (450 6th Avenue) I press the wheelchair access button to open the door, but it does not work. The button on the inside works, though. There are two elevators inside the building. One is out of service. 10:22 AM: I'm done with check-in. 11:16 AM: I'm on bus 6 heading from 9th and Judah back to work. 2:48 PM: Set up the laptop for James's presentation. Rick S and I spent several hours reworking the ITS web pages to use content I had proposed in May 2005 to make the information clearer and more complete. ITS has had very out-of-date information on their pages, particularly with respect to configuring firewalls to work with VPN. I don't work for ITS, but they are woefully understaffed with no relief in sight, and the work I did will help all the students at UCSF—about 2,800—not just the 500 or so pharmacy students. 5:50 PM: I notify stakeholders that Rick and I completed the project we set out to do. 6:00 PM: I give the office orchids a few quick squirts of water. 6:05 PM: I catch bus 43 from work to 9th and Judah. I'm not certain if I've missed my bus but in case I have being at 9th and Judah is better than being on Parnassus because the next bus doesn't pick up at Parnassus. 6:13 PM: Bus 66 arrives, driven by my favorite bus driver, James. Patrick received a passionate letter from Deborah at the LAC where he works along with a check for a sizeable sum of money to help out his mom who was displaced by Hurricane Katrina and is now staying with us. Mom Ryan received good news today, finally hearing from Harold and Leila. I did some testing with the sushi page—not live yet, but almost.