Saturday, January 26, 2008
Usual oatmeal breakfast. Lots of house chores. The thread I used for the wrapping paper storage solution didn't hold, so I redid the whole thing today with wire instead. 3M decorating clips might still be too weak to hold it, so we'll see. Repaired some loose velcro in the bathroom cabinet. Oh, the 3M decorating clips didn't hold, so I did anchors and screws. This should do it now. Recently I've been told of two web developer positions open—one at UCSF and one at Golden Gate University. If you or someone you know is interested, please contact me for details. Aaron came over and I helped him migrate a hard drive from a Dell Inspiron 700m to a Dell Inspiron 8600 because the 700m wasn't working properly anymore—4 short beeps upon startup and nothing else, indicating a likely problem with the motherboard—about $300. The hard drive migration took about 4 hours, but the "new" laptop is now working properly. Dinner at home with Patrick, Aaron, Quyen, Danny, Drew, and Phil: Patrick made an assortment of appetizers (rustic whole wheat bread, garlic loaf, garlic-stuffed olives, cornichons, pickled garlic cloves, olive oil with balsamic vinegar), winter soupe au pistou, and chicken fricassee with two vinegars. To drink: 2006 Cotes du Rhone rose. For dessert: choice of 3 sorbets: mango, melon, and chocolate; 2001 Trentadue viognier port; 2006 Elysium black muscat.