Friday, January 5, 2007
Sore throat was at its worst yesterday. Morning run: 5 minutes. Usual oatmeal breakfast. Bus to work was too early. I saw it as I was approaching the bus stop, but I wasn't close enough to run for it. I ended up taking an alternate route and realized that I should have just gone home and waited for the next bus—the alternate route wasn't worth it. Today just flew by, and I got a lot done. Gave Carol Firefox tips. Archived data to DVD. Inserted a DVD which I knew had data on it and it showed no data! Took it out and did other things for awhile. Put it back in, and now the data shows up. Reviewed Vista. OS X setup for Chris's MacBook Pro (MBP). No-host bar means you pay cash for drinks. Helped Carol with e-mail archiving. Lunch from the cafeteria: pasta primavera, small potato soup, orange juice. Computer support coordinator steering committee meeting with Rebecca. This is my first CSC steering committee meeting. I wasn't sure if I could afford the time to come to these meetings regularly, but after this meeting I think I can contribute a lot. Chatted with Chris about his new laptop. Dinner at home by myself: leftovers (saffron rice, penne in marinara, one pfeffernusse, one Chuao truffle. Joel sent me a link to the sfgate news story saying how Earthlink, Google, and the city of San Francisco finalized their deal to bring wi-fi to the people of SF by 2008. I told him I didn't think they'd be complete by 2008, and he agreed. I also told him: Heh, I can see it now—in 2 or more years you'll be able to see on your Palm Pilot that 3 N-Judahs in a row will arrive all at once 30 minutes from now—ALL FOR FREE! I don't really believe that, but cynicism surrounding MUNI is hardly unwarranted. James announced today that he's leaving our office for a director of admissions position with UCSF School of Dentistry. I have very much enjoyed working with him all these years and will miss him a great deal. It sounds like his new position will be a great fit and opportunity for him at this point in his career, so I am glad for him. He'll be just 3 floors down in the same building, so it's not entirely goodbye. I think he said his last date is about 6 weeks from now—so generous he is to the very end. I chatted with Melissa briefly today. At home, in the late evening I explored OS X Dashboard widgets and Sherlock. I played Nanosaur for about 3 minutes, then Marble Blast for about 40 minutes. Had some of the port that PDD gave us for xmas—delicious! Trivia: My My Pictures folder says it contains 11,661 files and 523 folders, which account for 17 GB of data. Late meal: leftovers. Sleep.