Friday, December 6, 2013
Weight training: dumbbell curl. Breakfast at home: one egg and mixed cheeses on toasted english muffin, hot water. Edited Qualtrics collaboration permissions for a survey. Reported two scams that I received in email to UCSF Info Security. Sent a request to confirm closure of a legacy web app. Content work in Drupal. Calendar management. Lunch at Chow near the downstairs fireplace: chicken salad sandwich, french fries, chai tea latte. Magic store, didn't buy anything. Chatted briefly with Louis (sp?). Hardware store, bought some 3M command strips to reaffix the light above the kitchen sink. Chatted briefly with JCB. UCSF shuttle from Parnassus to Laurel Heights. Chatted in the restroom with student CS about email past graduation. Troubleshot Time Machine error "This backup is too large…" and discovered that my latest and only backup was two days ago. Time Machine was working fine since I set it up in August and now somehow all my backups are now gone. This reinforces my belief that every backup system is unreliable or unsuitable at some time in some way and that you need more than one backup solution if you care about your data. I unhooked the drive from Time Machine, reformatted it, and tried to set it up anew with Time Machine but the drive had only 7 GB available. I had to change it from an encrypted volume to an unencrypted volume, repartition it, reformat it, then it would show that 1 TB was available and Time Machine began anew. The UCSF ITS installation of CrashPlan is available and working on this computer, so I'm covered in case anything happens as I write this. Sent a link to student CS about email past graduation. Content migration work in Drupal: Residencies. Styling work in Drupal: adjustments for callout box panels at browser width 480 pixels or less. UCSF shuttle from Laurel Heights to Parnassus. Rode Muni home. Took 70 minutes door to door. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftover noodle soup with fresh noodles. Reaffixed the lamp above the kitchen sink. Dessert for me: one holiday cookie, soy nog. Caught up on email. Recharge Spa web work: rewards.