June 2015 in the Journal of Frank Farm

June 2015

Summary: Compleat Female Stage Beauty at New Conservatory Theatre Centre with Patrick, Mom Ryan visits the hospital, Grand View Park and 16th Avenue Tiled Steps, Matt Alber at Swedish American Hall with special guest Armistead Maupin, Supreme Court rules that all gay and lesbian couples have the right to marry, The Great Highway bike ride, Steven Brinberg's Simply Barbra at Feinstein's at the Nikko

Dates on this page

Mon Jun 1, 2015

Breakfast at home: leftover salad. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Encryption clinics in S918. Encryption clinic followup. Redirected two lab issues to Rodney. Lunch from Panda Express: panda bowl with chow mein and mixed vegetables, about $4. My fortune: You are the life of any party. Encryption clinics in CL240. Visited the Dean's Office and OSACA. Encryption clinics in CL240. Visited the OSACA. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: sweet pea and asparagus ravioli with alfredo and ciabatta. Uploaded photos to Flickr. Continued rewatching The Avengers (2012) on Netflix DVD with Patrick. Edited and uploaded photos to Flickr.

Tue Jun 2, 2015

Breakfast at home: leftover pancakes. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. UCSF shuttle from Parnassus to Laurel Heights. Sprint standup. Cleaned my bookshelf and set up a community library outside Paula's workspace. Followup with a loaner laptop request. Submitted a request to Alexia for A-Z: add history microsites. 1-on-1 with Susie. Comm team meeting. Set up a Brother ADS2000 which I am borrowing from Susie. Scanned a lot of things. Poster work for Cindy: quiz bowl. Lots of asana ticket review. Requested help scheduling a meeting room; Lisa responded with U13. Submitted a request to the tiny team: remove "who can use this?" from the titles indexed by search engines. Sent Peter and Marisol their complete list of completers. Microsite work: Smart Diaphragm, sent it to Susie for review. Accidentally skipped lunch today. UCSF shuttle from Laurel Heights to Parnassus. Visited U13—a bit cramped but it'll do. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: shiitake and asparagus tofu stir fry. Watched an episode of Archer Vice on Netflix instant watch with Patrick. Lately several of my Contigo water bottles have been looking moldyish at the opening where water emerges, and my efforts to clean them have failed I think due to the kind of material used in those parts of the bottle. Today I purchased a 24-ounce Thermos Intak bottle to replace it and an OXO Good Grips bottle cleaning set to add to our cleaning arsenal. Caught up on journaling. Shopped Whole Foods online via Patrick-shared Instacart. Late meal: leftover jambalaya. Continued playing The Room on my iPad.

Wed Jun 3, 2015

Breakfast at home: oatmeal with diced pink lady apple, cinnamon, unsweetened soy milk; vegetable juice. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. UCSF shuttle from Parnassus to Laurel Heights. Sprint standup. Styling meeting with Kevin: date formats. Tech reqs followup. Poster work for Cindy: quiz bowl. Listserv management. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. 1-on-1 with Stephen B: new hire training and orientation. UCSF shuttle from Parnassus to Laurel Heights. UCSF shuttle from Laurel Heights to Parnassus. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: veggie burgers with fixins and shoestring fries. Recharge Spa work for Drew and Phil. We began watching season 1 episode 1 of Departures and hated it after skimming. Watched season 1 episode 1 of Parks and Recreation which was quite funny. Uploaded photos to Flickr.

Thu Jun 4, 2015

Breakfast at home: oatmeal with diced granny smith apple, cinnamon, unsweetened soy milk. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Today I was about a minute late but Muni driver Darrell (sp?) saw me and waited, joking about me giving up as I boarded. Made me laugh and feel grateful. It doesn't happen often, but sometimes Muni can just make your whole day right. UCSF shuttle from Parnassus to Laurel Heights. Sprint standup. Sent Valerie and Cindy a summary of encryption efforts with students. ICRD password reset before ICRD work. Began rewriting self-service encryption documentation based on earlier work by UCSF IT. UCSF shuttle from Laurel Heights to Parnassus. Full faculty meeting. Listserv management. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: vegetable korma with steamed rice. Watched part of Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) on Netflix DVD with Patrick. Uploaded photos to Flickr. Redirected a request to Rodney while checking work email.

Fri Jun 5, 2015

Breakfast at home: oatmeal with diced pink lady apple, cinnamon, unsweetened soy milk. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Sprint standup by telephone. Stopped by the OSACA. Encryption meeting with Reba in U13. 1-on-1 with Cindy with Joel joining for a few minutes to discuss a website issue. Thank you lunch for commencement volunteers with a great selection of delicious food from La Med. Rode the shuttle from UCSF Parnassus to UCSF Laurel Heights with Kevin and Eric. Followup on various issues with Reba B and Sara T. Followup with Monica about encryption clinics for new residents arriving in July. Followup with some OSACA staff about Office 2013 upgrades. Followup with Eric about apachesolr_exclude_node (belay that request). Followup with Cindy and Joel about unpublishing the catalogs page. Followup with Amanda F about the catalogs page and about finding course content on coursecatalog.ucsf.edu. Began creating content for it.ucsf.edu: tech intro. UCSF shuttle from Laurel Heights to Parnassus. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Kingdom of Dumpling: shrimp and chive dumplings, pork and cabbage dumplings, baby bok choy with garlic, chicken chow mein, onion pancake, beer. Birdman: Or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) on Netflix DVD with Patrick. I loved this film not simply because the long takes and magical camerawork were impressive but also because they were done with exceptional grace and beauty. I felt as though I were floating through the story as though levitating. The layers of complexity were mind-boggling in a happy, pleasant way (different than the mind-bogglingness offered by, say, Inception).

Sat Jun 6, 2015

Slept in. Bought supplies at Sloat Garden Center with Patrick: oxalis burgundy and oxalis coppertone for the living room window box, a small indoor plant and pot for Patrick. Late brunch at Outerlands. We discovered that 2:00 to 2:15 pm was the perfect time to eat there. We waited only about 12 minutes. Chicken and biscuits, eggs in jail, mimosa for Patrick, hot black tea for me. All delicious. Service by Lindsey P. (#1029) was mostly inattentive but good when it arrived. We weren't in a rush so it didn't bother us. To go: coffee cake. $44.11 before a $7 tip. Home. Gardening: planted impatiens and oxalis burgundy and oxalis coppertone in planters, weeded, fertilized, sprayed with hydrogen peroxide solution. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftover chinese food. Watched part of Steel Magnolias (1989) on Netflix instant watch with Patrick. Dessert: coffee cake. Weeded whitelist in OWA. Weeded apps and data on my iPad and iPhone.

Sun Jun 7, 2015

Breakfast at home: one egg, one vegan sausage, one hash brown, two slices of toast with butter. Patrick had a hash brown. I spent most of today preparing for Mac OS 10.10 Yosemite installs on our three computers. That included, for me, upgrading MAMP Pro from version 2 to 3. I encountered a problem with that in which following installation Apache failed to launch and the log file would be empty. Nothing on the web helped me resolve this. (My search history: "mamp pro 3 starting apache failed", "_envvars envvars_", "_envvars envvars_ mamp", "_envvars envvars_ mamp 10.9", "mamp apache log is empty", "blank log file site:www.mamp.info", "blank logfile site:www.mamp.info", "mamp pro permissions", "mamp pro 3 starting apache failed os 10.9", "mamp pro no log file", "mamp pro no log file mavericks", "mamp pro mavericks", "mamp pro 3.x mavericks", "mamp pro", "failed setting the front application mamp pro site:forum.mamp.info", "failed setting the front application mamp pro", "failed setting the front application mamp pro", ["failed setting the front application" mamp pro], "site:frankfarm.org mamp", "mamp pro tried to be brought forward", "mamp pro tried to be brought forward site:forum.mamp.info", "uninstall mamp pro". Restarting didn't fix it. Reinstalling didn't fix it. Clean reinstalling didn't fix it. Changing envvars_ to _envvars didn't fix it. Apache did start under MAMP but not MAMP Pro. I inadvertently removed several entries from my hosts list in MAMP Pro 3 and after that everything worked fine. Time required to upgrade from MAMP Pro 2 to MAMP Pro 3 = about 2 hours. Lunch: leftovers. Dinner at home with Patrick: homemade cream of mushroom soup, ciabatta, oil and balsamic vinegar. Finished watching Steel Magnolias (1989) on Netflix instant watch with Patrick. Yosemite installation successful on Patrick's iMac. Prep for Yosemite install on my iMac.

Mon Jun 8, 2015

Yosemite installation successful on my MacBook Air. Breakfast at home: oatmeal with diced pink lady apple, cinnamon, unsweetened soy milk. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. UCSF shuttle from Parnassus to Laurel Heights. Sprint standup. Spent the whole day writing encryption self-service documentation. Lunch from The View Cafe: vegetable rolls, fig newtons. Ate in the courtyard. Game break with Eric, Susan, Paula, and Kevin. We played Coloretto (aka Colorotomy). UCSF shuttle from Laurel Heights to Parnassus. Rode Muni home. Visited the garden. Dinner at home with Patrick: Anne Burrell's Risotto Milanese (Food Network) (a saffron risotto), side salad, ciabatta wedge. Made live various collected changes for the Recharge Spa website for Drew and Phil. Restored the lamp above the cutting board; it had fallen over the weekend due to weak adhesive on the velcro used to hold it in place. Prep for Yosemite install on my iMac.

Tue Jun 9, 2015

Breakfast at home: granola with unsweetened soy milk. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. UCSF shuttle from Parnassus to Laurel Heights. Lots of encryption followup with Reba all day. 1-on-1 with Susie. Helped Susan with a Photoshop question: how to change eye colors. Comm team meeting. A web outage occurred during the meeting. Afterwards I sent an outage message to our constituents telling what we knew so far. UCSF shuttle from Laurel Heights to Parnassus. Met with Reba about encryption issues. No lunch today. Rode Muni home. Yosemite install on my iMac completed successfully. Time Machine problem resolved. Watered the garden, trimmed parsley and mint. Dinner at home with Patrick: tofu stir fry with udon noodles. Nap. Dessert: Patrick and I split a slice of cherry pie. Repaired some entity problems with my July 2012 journal page. Weeded and organized files my Box account. Reviewed and screenshot courses on Coursera that interested me. (There is no bookmark feature so I took screenshots instead.) No serious problems with the Yosemite install on my iMac. Late snack: bean and cheese burrito from frozen.

Wed Jun 10, 2015

Breakfast at home: granola with unsweetened soy milk, eight ounces of prune juice. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. UCSF shuttle from Parnassus to Laurel Heights. Sprint standup. Followup with Rick's work on the new admissions deadline page. Lots of encryption followup with Reba all day. Followup reporting yesterday's web outage. Liked the OCPD Facebook page from the UCSF SOP account for Lisa. Susie drove me and her to UCSF Mission Bay for a kickoff meeting with Mike H and Tet M. In the car I finished editing the Word template I provided to them for centers, programs, and projects. The meeting went well. Afterwards we took photos from the top of the parking garage before returning to UCSF Laurel Heights. Sent an encryption invitation to P3s. No lunch today. Left work late, missed the shuttle by one or two minutes. Rode UberX home: about $14. Dinner at home with Patrick: pepperoni pizza from frozen with additional fresh toppings, water.

Thu Jun 11, 2015

In OS 10.10 Yosemite at home, I disabled Spotlight Suggestions because when I typed "iterm" it would frequently suggest as the first item Alice Dev Team's Go2Shell from the App Store instead of George Nachman's iTerm2 which was already installed on my computer. Aggravatingly, it was not consistent in this behavior. Sometimes iTerm2 was the first item, but most times it was second. I can't be productive if I sometimes have to press the down arrow before Enter when I want to launch iTerm. I thought, no problem, I'll just reorder Mac App Store to be lower than Applications in Spotlight preferences, but there was no Mac App Store category to reorder. There was a Spotlight Suggestions category, but—grrr!—it was already in position #2 under Applications in position #1 even though in reality it was putting the suggestion before an application on my computer. Since I now did not trust Spotlight Suggestions at all, I unchecked "Allow Spotlight Suggestions in Spotlight and Look up," and that resolved the problem. The other spotlight suggestions would have been welcome, but this feature isn't working correctly for me, and I can't trust it to do so enough to keep it on. I have mentally added Spotlight Suggestions to my list of Apple technologies I do not trust. On the other hand, the batch rename feature in Yosemite is a pleasant surprise. I haven't tried it yet, but it's nice to know it's there. Yesterday evening I installed a Google Chrome extension called Word Replacer so that I could replace [certain annoying strings now commonly found in news headlines] with null strings (actually, space characters, since null strings did not work) so that I don't have to look at them anymore. My list so far: everything you need to know about, what comes next, who comes next, here's what, what to expect from, here’s what, here’s why, here’s where, here’s who, everyone should know, you may not know. Additionally, I opened all my browsers and in AdBlock Plus preferences I unchecked "Allow some non-intrusive advertising." Added the Google Chrome extension called BehindTheOverlay. It's a lot of work to remain sane in today's world. Breakfast at home: half order of granola with unsweetened soy milk. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. UCSF shuttle from Parnassus to Laurel Heights. Sprint standup. Lots of encryption followup with Reba all day. Date format styling meeting was rescheduled. Small web edit for Cindy: employers page. Thank you lunch with the (mostly) 218 staff in room 416: pizza and salad from Amici's. Sent Cindy and Susie my performance evaluation self-appraisal. Prepared P3 encryption signups list handoff to Reba. UCSF shuttle from Laurel Heights to Parnassus. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: deli thai noodles, heated, water. Upon inspecting the garden I found that one of our sage plants was almost entirely buried. Also, a day or two ago our parsley plant was similarly disturbed; a mound of dirt had mysteriously appeared. We don't know what is causing these problems. We suspect an animal but we don't know what kind or what motive it might have. I carefully unburied the sage and replanted it. The parsley plant has been completely destroyed. Added the following to Word Replacer in Chrome: you need to know, everyone must know, everyone needs to know. House chores. Late snack: ramen with vegetables.

Fri Jun 12, 2015

Breakfast at home: half order of granola with unsweetened soy milk, eight ounces of prune juice. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. UCSF shuttle from Parnassus to Laurel Heights. Sprint standup. Lots of encryption followup with Reba all day including an afternoon phone chat. No lunch today. UCSF shuttle from Laurel Heights to Parnassus. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: falafel, couscous, side salad with ranch dressing, limoncello. Watched various videos on YouTube with Patrick.

Sat Jun 13, 2015

Slept in. Breakfast at home: half order of granola with unsweetened soy milk. Gardening: I determined yesterday with the help of some SFGate web pages that our garden has a gopher that had been eating roots of some of our herb plants. Today I moved one damaged sage plant to small pots to recover, replanted the cilantro in three small groups, then sprinkled more gopher/mole repellant then watered. Troubleshot Patrick's computer's connection to mine. It seemed to work when I opened the folder I needed it to see; CrashPlan local began synchronizing. Not touching it for now to see if CrashPlan local will back up successfully again. Cut my hair, showered. Checked on the garden. One cilantro stem had become unseated from the dirt due to the wind, so I found a metal rod to insert next to it and attach it with a twist tie. Errand at ODSY Workshop: dropped off a shoe to be stretched because it was too tight. Midafternoon snack: leftover homemade cream of mushroom soup. Rode Muni to the Castro. Dinner at Pesce Seafood Bar (2223 Market Street) with Patrick: san pellegrino, happy hour red wine, butter lettuce salad, diver scallops, wild boar pappardelle, fried artichokes. Dessert: panna gelato and tiramisu; espresso for Patrick. $106.31 before a $20 tip. Compleat Female Stage Beauty at New Conservatory Theatre Centre with Patrick. Troubleshot problems with Apple Reminders in iOS 8: after I mark a reminder as completed the white-on-red notification number decrements or disappears but then a few seconds later it returns. Force-quitting the app and remarking the item as completed resolves the problem. In iCloud settings on my phone I turned off Reminders, waited a few seconds, then turned it on again. Then I had no reminders, and the app displayed New List with a plus sign and nothing else and touching the plus sign did nothing. I cold restarted my phone and that not only resolved the problem of Reminders doing nothing but also restored my reminders. Much frustration.

Sun Jun 14, 2015

Slept in. Breakfast at home: half order of granola with unsweetened soy milk. More CrashPlan computer-to-computer connection troubleshooting and other maintenance for Patrick's computer. Lunch: leftover couscous salad, water. Place and order with Bi Rite Grocery via instacart for various ice creams and wine. They delivered in under one hour—I am amazed. First order delivery was free. (A referral link is on my Google Plus page.) Walked to get some exercise. Bought frozen dumplings at the Kingdom of Dumpling shop now at 2048 Taraval instead of on Noriega. Dinner at home with Patrick: dumplings: egg and chive, pork and shrimp with chive, chicken and napa, various dipping sauces, red wine. Tried watching PBS's The Great British Baking Show as recommended by (I think) Susie but it wasn't available online. Since we have no television there's no way we can watch it. Too bad for them. Instead we watched season 1 episode 2 of Chef's Table on Netflix instant watch and ate popcorn sprinkled with Cabot Cheddar Shake, a powdered cheese that surprisingly has decently good ingredients. Afterwards I spilled a glass of red wine, and Patrick and I cleaned it together: two parts hydrogen peroxide with one part dishwashing soap, according to Google. That seemed to work pretty well.

Mon Jun 15, 2015

Breakfast: an apple. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. OSACA staff meeting. Supp app kickoff meeting with Joel and Rick. UCSF shuttle from Parnassus to Laurel Heights. Date format styling meeting with Kevin and Eric. Changed my LastPass master password. Websites were down on and off today. Triptych work in preparation for Open Graph work. Sent Smart Diaphragm to Bill and Lisa for review/approval. Sent Lisa D a kickoff request for our new cycle with Jazzee. Submitted a ticket in Cindy's name for Vicky's departure. Microsites followup: stalled. UCSF shuttle from Laurel Heights to Parnassus. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: Whole Foods tortelloni from frozen with marinara sauce, garlic bread. Chatted online with Ian, Nate, and quantum13. Turned on two-factor authentication on LastPass.

Tue Jun 16, 2015

Breakfast: an apple. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. UCSF shuttle from Parnassus to Laurel Heights. Comm team meeting. Triptych group review. Met with Kevin and Eric; Kevin walked us through the i18n work he had been doing in preparation for Burchard's website in Spanish—excellent work, maybe 70 to 80% there. P3 encryption followup: batch 1 is closed. Followup with Richie and Stefan who have been resolving my issues with content builds on it.ucsf.edu. Edited a news story for David and Paula. No lunch today. UCSF shuttle from Laurel Heights to Parnassus. Stopped at New Sandy's Cafe and Deli (1382 9th Avenue), missed the bus by two minutes or so, rode Lyft home. Dinner at home with Patrick: takeout from New Sandy's: lemongrass tofu with rice, bun bo xao with shrimp, imperial rolls. About $30 before a $3 tip. Fertilized the garden. Asked Starbucks how to remove my credit card information since their website did not provide an obvious way to do so.

Wed Jun 17, 2015

Breakfast: leftover lemongrass tofu with steamed rice. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. UCSF shuttle from Parnassus to Laurel Heights. Sprint standup. Web work for Cindy: commencement, orientation, remove ECAP. No lunch. Rode Muni to the Castro. Deep tissue massage at M Spa. Visited the Castro Farmers Market with Patrick, bought nectarines, a peach, butter toffee almonds, and flowers. Dinner at Hecho (2200 Market Street) with Patrick: la saracita and dos tacos for Patrick, the gringo and dos fish tacos for me. Chips and salsa to start. $68.56 after a generous tip for Paige; food, drink and service were all excellent. Afterwards we visited Mom Ryan at Davies. She checked in earlier today after Dr. Phil suspected that she had blood clots in her lungs. A CT scan confirmed his suspicion. She'll be in the hospital at least two nights and is in very good spirits.

Thu Jun 18, 2015

Breakfast at home: leftover bun bo xao. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. UCSF shuttle from Parnassus to Laurel Heights. Sprint standup. Encryption followup. Microsite work: PKCourse, Smart Diaphragm, Abate. Lots of linkchecking on all our sites. Microsite work: Burchard in Spanish. Redirected a request from Charles C to Chandler. Followup with Monica before her departure. Asana task followup. No lunch. UCSF shuttle from Laurel Heights to Parnassus. Finished rewatching Blade Runner 30th Anniversary Edition via iTunes purchase on my iPhone 6 Plus during shuttle rides. Bought sweets at Arizmendi Bakery. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: red beans and rice with sausage. Dessert: Patrick and I shared a chocolate chip cookie and a ricciarelli from Arizmendi. Watched Madonna's new video "Bitch, I'm Madonna" on YouTube with Patrick. Watched The Simpsons "Lisa the Vegetarian" on geektv.me with Patrick.

Fri Jun 19, 2015

Breakfast at home: a peach from Wednesday's farmers market. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. UCSF shuttle from Parnassus to Laurel Heights. Web edits for Cindy: course substitutions and waivers. Sprint standup. Microsite work: pkcourse. Jazzee setup. Lots of encryption followup and content work on it.ucsf.edu: Limits, Device Encryption, nentering student pages. Helped Joel with getting the Office 2011 for Mac installer. No lunch. UCSF shuttle from Laurel Heights to Parnassus. Rode Muni home. Gardening: removed another sage plant from North Bed to a pot to protect it from the gopher which has returned despite the castor oil pellets I had spread not long ago. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftovers. Dessert: we split one cookie ice cream sandwich. Began rewatching Birdman (2014) on Netflix DVD with Patrick. Watered the garden.

Sat Jun 20, 2015

Slept in. Breakfast: three nectarines. Mom Ryan checked out of the hospital today, and Patrick escorted her home for some rest. Lunch at home: leftovers. Errand and photo walk by myself in the neighborhood. Encountered Peter P, said hello. Nap. Dinner at home with Patrick: veggie burgers (patties from frozen), seasoned waffle fries from frozen.

Sun Jun 21, 2015

Pre-brunch at home: one-egg tomato omelette with grated cheese. Began work to resolve MySQL problems encountered following my recent upgrade to MAMP Pro 3.2.1. Brunch at ChouChou with Patrick, Danny, Romy, Phil, Drew, Markus, Akkachai, Chris O. For all of us this was our first time meeting Akkachai and Chris O. Phil had a lamb crepe. Drew had a salmon crepe. I had beef bourguignon. Patrick had a shrimp crepe. Chris O had a hamburger with swiss, fries. Markus had a salmon crepe and the ravioli. Akkachai had the ravioli. Danny had a salmon crepe. Romy had a lamb crepe. Dishes came out haltingly instead of all at once, and a waitress dropped soiled silverware on Markus' back but the only complaint from any of us was from Markus: the crepe wasn't French enough. Everyone else seemed to enjoy their food. No dessert. Afterwards, Markus, Akkachai, Danny, and I visited Grand View Park, 16th Avenue Tiled Steps, and Twisted Donuts and Coffee. Checked on the garden. Completed MySQL problem resolution by manually rebuilding databases and users on local. Upgraded Drupal 6 for Patrick's website at the same time: core and cck. Snack: Patrick and I shared a maple pecan donut from Twisted. Dinner at home with Patrick: we prepared medium salads with garlic sauce dressing, hummus and warm pita. Dessert: Patrick and I each had a cream puff from Twisted. Watched "Deja Q" from Star Trek: The Next Generation season 3 on Netflix instant watch with Patrick. Began another round of edits of a new novel by Patrick. Successfully installed Office 2011 14.5.2. Uploaded photos to Flickr, sent a set to Danny for review.

Mon Jun 22, 2015

Tue Jun 23, 2015

Breakfast at home: granola with unsweetened soy milk. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. UCSF shuttle from Parnassus to Laurel Heights. Sprint standup canceled; Kevin and Eric are at a jQuery training. Lots of work on it.ucsf.edu content. A little bit of Jazzee work. No lunch. UCSF shuttle from Laurel Heights to Parnassus. Dropped off encrypted USB drives at the OSACA. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: enchiladas. Cocktail: "24 Flavors": ice, one part fireball, three parts Dr Pepper. Finished rewatching Birdman (2014) on Netflix DVD with Patrick. Watched Birdman extras on YouTube. While watching the Logitech Z906 sound system went dead. No power to the unit. Power source was not a problem. Cord was not damaged. I spent several minutes troubleshooting it without success. Then, in a moment of inspiration, I slapped the bottom of the control unit hard, and then it started working again. Continued editing a new novel by Patrick: pages 1 to 11. Late meal: leftovers.

Wed Jun 24, 2015

Breakfast at home: granola with unsweetened soy milk. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. UCSF shuttle from Parnassus to Laurel Heights. Sprint standup. Flickr work. Microsites: Smart Diaphragm followup to Lisa C's feedback. Encrypted usb drive email discussion with Rick. Made live a new page on it.ucsf.edu: How to Encrypt Your Computer. Microsites: pkcourse followup. Errands in Laurel Village. Lunch at AG Ferrari (3490 California Street): roast turkey with fig dressing on focaccia, tomato basil soup: $15.20. UCSF shuttle from Laurel Heights to Parnassus. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: dumplings. Continued editing a new novel by Patrick: finished pass one of chapter one.

Thu Jun 25, 2015

Breakfast at home: a nectarine. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Chatted briefly with John K outside Kalmanovitz Library, almost missed the UCSF shuttle from Parnassus to Laurel Heights. Sprint standup. Made live a second page on it.ucsf.edu: Device Encryption. More it.ucsf.edu content followup with Reba. Microsites: pkcourse and Burchard in Spanish followup. Inquired with Pat P about whether his team had made an announcement about Mail Drop, which is not safe for legally protected data at UCSF. Followup with Sara: Qualtrics mail triggers. Accepted an invitation from DJF to join an advisory committee for it.ucsf.edu. Jazzee work: prereqs pdf, sogi export. No lunch. Rode Lyft from UCSF Laurel Heights to the Castro: $9.98 after a $1 tip and a $5 credit. Met Patrick at Cafe Flore. Dinner at Slider Bar (2295 Market Street) with Patrick: Patrick had a red sangria and a two-slider combo: mighty meatball and soprano. I had a mango margarita and a two-slider combo: big kahuna, carolina babe. $48.80 after a $6 tip. Service by Lee Ann was fine. While eating we saw Scot B on the sidewalk walking with a large group. We guessed that an Apple bus had stopped nearby. Afterwards on the sidewalk we encountered and said hello to Paul M who was on his way to Hi Tops. At PIE we had chocolate peanut butter pie slice. Then we attended Matt Alber at Swedish American Hall with special guest Armistead Maupin. Bryce Alber opened the show. His music is moody and ethereal, perfect, I think, for a modern, gritty, noirish film soundtrack. Mr. Maupin read from his forthcoming memoirs, telling an amusing story of an encounter in the park. Patrick and I Rode Lyft from the Castro to home: $8.94 after a $1 tip and a $5 credit.

Fri Jun 26, 2015

Breakfast at home: oatmeal with diced pink lady apple, cinnamon, unsweetened soy milk. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. UCSF shuttle from Parnassus to Laurel Heights. Sprint standup. Jazzee work: testing setup with Rick W. Met with Susie and Cindy. Lots of listserv work for residencies. Followup with Conan M and Dan S about retiring the old CP website. i18n work for Burchard in Spanish with Kevin. We identified the indicator for the current language needs to be relocated higher on the page and decided that Kevin would continue this dev work and then begin pouring in content. Jazzee: prereqs pdf. Listserv management: removed some OEIS listings. Drupal sites were down for about 4.5 hours today—embarrassing. I sent messages to our constituents. More encryption work followup. Opened Jazzee testing to Joel and Rick. No lunch. UCSF shuttle from Laurel Heights to Parnassus. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: mexican combo plate: veggie enchilada, bean and cheese tamale, rice and black beans. Tiredness and cold, very windy weather encouraged me to stay home instead of visiting the Castro for celebrations about this morning's Supreme Court ruling that all gay couples in the United States have the right to marry.

Sat Jun 27, 2015

Breakfast at home: oatmeal with diced pink lady apple, cinnamon, unsweetened soy milk; 12 ounces of prune juice mixed with sparkling mineral water. Made a minor styling change to h2s on my bookmarks page for mobile: more space. Amputagged my MOMA NY Ennis House textile block scarf in charcoal (the tag says: dry clean only, 100% acrylic, made in China, a Frank Lloyd Wright Collection product, authorized by the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation). Small lunch: leftovers. Housekeeping. Cut my hair, showered. Web work for Recharge Spa: edits to the massage page, break out skin care page to separate subpages. Snack: tortilla chips, bunny crackers, water. Dinner at home with Patrick: fish stick tacos. Watched about half of The Imitation Game on SF Public Library cdrom with Patrick.

Sun Jun 28, 2015

Slept in. I didn't have the energy to deal with crowds, so I watched the 45th Pride Parade on prideradio.com with Patrick. Rode Muni to Powell Street Station, walked to the Nikko. Drinks and dinner at ANZU: Sazerac for Patrick, champagne cocktail for me. Four-course dinner with wine pairing. Amuse bouche: Spicy Tuna Poke (avocado, shallot, tomato, sesame waffle cup). Spring Lettuce Salad (prosciutto, fried capers, carrot ribbon, lychee vinaigrette). For Patrick: Wild Mushroom Stuffed Mary’s Chicken (cannellini bean puree, grilled artichokes, carrots, mustard vin rouge). For me: Macadamia Nut Crusted King Salmon (Balinese black rice, jidori egg, sea grass, kizami wasabi beurre blanc). Dessert for both: Sweet Ginger Panna Cotta (fresh berries, lavender mint, plantain chip). Afterwards we saw Steven Brinberg's Simply Barbra at Feinstein's at the Nikko and enjoyed the show very much, including chatting with our seat neighbors. During the show we drank pineapple bays.

Mon Jun 29, 2015

Breakfast: about 75% of a pear. Lunch: half of a black bean tamale. Rode my bike for the first time in a long time. I rode to the Great Highway then to the windmill at Golden Gate Park, then back. Snacks: apricot CLIF bar, tortilla chips, water. Dinner at home with Patrick: I prepared assorted Kingdom of Dumpling dumplings from frozen with dipping sauce. Watched another episode of Chef's Table on Netflix instant watch with Patrick. Recharge Spa web work: skin care breakup.

Tue Jun 30, 2015

Breakfast: one diced bosc pear. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. UCSF shuttle from Parnassus to Laurel Heights. Asana ticket followup. Phone meeting with Reba: encryption issues. Comm team meeting. CP virtual host decommission followup with Conan M and Dan S. Listserv management: residencies, one request from a recent grad. Filed pcard paperwork. Chatted with Nancy R about the forthcoming encryption clinic with new residents. Susan H's going away lunch at Ella's: Susie had a salad, Eric and Susan had chicken hash, Paula had salmon croquettes, I had chicken pot pie. David arrived late and had a fruit plate. Iced teas for everyone except David and me. Troubleshot a problem Rick encountered while testing Jazzee with Chrome, turns out to be non-reproducible. Listserv management: residencies. UCSF shuttle from Laurel Heights to Parnassus. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: egg noodles with ground pork in a cream sauce. Dessert: hot chocolate with kahlua especiale. Patrick and I reviewed my chapter one edits. Recharge Spa web work: skin care breakup.