Friday, November 8, 2019
Breakfast at home with Patrick: toast with labne and za'atar, fruit salad with raspberries, grapes, and sliced banana tossed with lemon juice and honey, hot water. Walked and rode Muni to UCSF Laurel Heights, stopping at UCSF Parnassus along the way to retrieve a package, help Joel with a question about an error message he receives after upgrading to macOS Catalina, and chat with Joel about the District 5 race and the district attorney race—both close races still undecided following election day as mail-in ballots remain to be counted. Chatted with James H about whether automated news can deliver all the body of a node. (Answer: probably yes.) Followup with Kathryn P and Michael D about converting newsletters from PDF to HTML. Responded to Alexa R regarding submitting updated info for an event. Edited a news story to remove an unintended anchor. Watched Adobe tech demos from Adobe MAX 2019. Uploaded a recent news image comp to The Archive, notified Grant and Levi. Left early per convention due to holiday weekend. Walked and rode Muni home, stopping at Wine Impression along the way to buy St-Germain. The store owner had St-Germain only in a box set that included two glasses styled similarly to the beautiful bottle. I hesitated, not sure if we had space for the two glasses, and then decided to buy it. About $40 before tax. At home, rested. Dinner at home with Patrick: veggie pizza from prepared dough and sauce with mushrooms, shallots, rosemary dust, and kosher salt; side baby butter leaf salad with ranch, parmesan, tomato; hot water. To bed early.