April 2020
Summary: COVID-19 shelter in place continues.
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Wed Apr 1, 2020
Ran in place to Highbanks Under Snow - Virtual Run via Treadmill TV on YouTube. Read NNGroup's April 1 news. Breakfast at home with Patrick. Patrick had yogurt with almonds and sliced bananas; water. I had oatmeal with milk, blueberries, sliced bananas; water. Shower. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Zoom meeting with Chris O and Eric about the possibility of holding technology forums on Zoom to help people get more comfortable with working from home and the use of technology. Uploaded an image of Sourav B to The Archive. Continued QBC and grad programs migration: final review. Lunch: leftovers. Midafternoon snack: Patrick baked a Meyer lemon pistachio bundt cake, and we shared a slice with water. Dinner at home with Patrick: panko-crusted pork cutlets with vegetable medley and steamed rice, water. Zoom chat with the Group With No Name.
Thu Apr 2, 2020
Ran in place to part of Tree Tunnel on the Van Buren Trail, Michigan via Treadmill TV on YouTube. Breakfast at home by myself: oatmeal with milk, blueberries, currants, pumpkin pie spice; water. Shower. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Troubleshot mailing list issues. Siteimprove work: linkchecking. Continued QBC and grad programs migration: final review. Lunch: frozen personal DiGiorno pizza. This was the first time I encountered microbake instructions. You heat the pizza in the carton it came in first in the microwave then in the oven. The microbake process saves about 10 minutes over the regular baking process and the result is pretty much the same. The carton includes a crisping floor which seemed to work as expected. Followup with IT tickets. Followup with an event posting. School Town Hall. Dinner at home with Patrick: red lentil soup with lemon over white rice, water. Patrick and I attended Art Walk In Tenderloin, San Francisco, then a group ecstatic dance Zoom by DJ Gabriel Francisco, then NightLife & Friends: A Virtual Event by California Academy of Sciences—all on YouTube.
Fri Apr 3, 2020
Ran in place to part of Walking in ISTANBUL / Turkey 🇹🇷- Kadıköy Tour (Asian Side) - 4K 60fps (UHD) via POPtravel before switching to The Sphinx at 8am Walking Tour (4K/60fps) via Prowalk Tours on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick. We had oatmeal with milk, pepitas, and sliced bananas; water. Mine also had currants. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Siteimprove: linkchecking and policy work. Zoom meeting with Eric and Anne. Drafted letterhead for Amelia D. Mailing list management tasks. Lunch: I prepared for myself deli tomato soup with fennel seed and a grilled cheddar cheese sandwich with asian greens and grilled mushrooms. Followup with IT about data pull issues. Finished QBC and grad programs final review sweep. Watched the UCSF COVID-19 town hall. Dinner at home with Patrick: lemon herb chicken breast, asparagus, and seasoned farro; water. Watched Superstore s5:e20 on Hulu Basic Plan with Patrick. Afterwards we watched a few clips on YouTube then Berber's Live Berber Dinner Show, all on YouTube.
Sat Apr 4, 2020
Ran in place while watching The Sphinx at 8am Walking Tour (4K/60fps) via Prowalk Tours on YouTube. Parts of this reminded me of The Witness. Breakfast at home with Patrick: Patrick had yogurt with diced strawberries, diced bananas, almonds, and cinnamon. I had oatmeal with milk, blueberries, diced banana, cinnamon; water. While the forecasted rain was still merely a drizzle I snipped two large weeds with our lopper which upon purchase I had affectionately named Cyndi. Cut my hair, showered. Nap with Patrick. Lunch: I had white rice, red lentils, pork cutlet. Patrick had pork cutlet with asian greens salad and honey mustard dressing. Recharge Medical web work: updated hours. Continued reading the proof that UGA sent to Patrick for If We Were Electric and combing it for errors. Dinner at home with Patrick: shrimp and chicken gumbo with white rice, water. Continued proofing. Dessert: we shared a slice of chocolate bundt cake which had been saved in the freezer. Walked briskly indoors for 45 minutes. Recently Patrick related that Sam had bought a used Ford Edge. He had been without a car for three months after the previous one had encountered too many maintenance issues.
Sun Apr 5, 2020
Ran in place to The Sphinx at 2:30 pm Walking Tour (4K/60fps) and then part of Pyramids of Giza Walking Tour (4K/60fps) both via Prowalk Tours on YouTube. Breakfast at home by myself: oatmeal with milk, diced mango, sliced banana; water. Continued reading the proof that UGA sent to Patrick for If We Were Electric and combing it for errors. Lunch: Patrick had yogurt with dessicated coconut, pistachios, almonds, lime juice, blueberries. I had deli tomato with fennel seed soup and two small grilled cheddar cheese sandwiches with leftover chicken on sourdough batard slices, water. Watched part of Mapplethorpe (2018) on SFPL DVD with Patrick. Installed three white Cranach Hardware barn door latches on our Ikea Tunhem cabinets in order to provide some security against the contents behind the doors falling out during an earthquake. Dinner at home with Patrick: miso udon soup with tofu, ginger, brown mushrooms, and scallions. Cleaned the tub. Patrick took a bath. Trash management. Washed dishes. Patrick went to bed. Late snack: toasted cheddar cheese sandwich, water.
Mon Apr 6, 2020
Ran in place to part of Pyramids of Giza Walking Tour (4K/60fps) via Prowalk Tours on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: oatmeal with milk, diced prunes, and cinnamon; water. Worked from home. Siteimprove work: linkchecking. More prep for QBC migration. Existing redirects don't look worthy of saving. Eric got Sonic Fiber installed at his home today. Read NNGroup's email newsletter. We received a Good Eggs shipment today and one box contained a single bell pepper. Afternoon snack: Patrick and I each had a slice of the focaccia that he made today from scratch. It came out perfectly. Dinner at home with Patrick: beef quesadillas with deconstructed guacamole salad, water. While eating we watched 2019 Ballet Folklorico Alma de Mexico of SSFHS Holiday Dance Concert via southcityvideoart on YouTube. Patrick took a bath then went to bed. I washed dishes and performed computer updates for home computers and websites. Late snack: vanilla yogurt with raspberries, water; oil-free, salt-free popcorn from the microwave popcorn popper. My Peak Design Everyday Backpack Zip 15L Ash arrived today, and I think it's pretty perfect.
Tue Apr 7, 2020
Ran in place to part of Pyramids of Giza Walking Tour (4K/60fps) via Prowalk Tours on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: yogurt with diced banana and diced kiwi. I had oatmeal with milk, diced banana and diced kiwi; water. Worked from home. Siteimprove work: linkchecking. CSS prep for D8. 1:1 with Eric. Lunch: I had leftover focaccia, leftover chicken and shrimp gumbo with leftover rice, water. Patrick had an almond-flour-tortilla quesadilla with tomato, ground beef, shredded cheese, taco sauce, marinated red onions. Read CSS Layout News 245. Met with James and Eric to flip the switch on the QBC and grad programs migration and import redirects. Dinner at home with Patrick: green chile tamales with romaine, tomato, and cucumber salad. Dessert for me only: strawberry lemonade popsicle. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Late snack: vanilla yogurt with raspberries, water; oil-free, salt-free popcorn from the microwave popcorn popper.
Wed Apr 8, 2020
Ran in place to part of Most Beautiful Garden in Italy - A Walking Tour via Prowalk Tours on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: oatmeal with milk, raspberries, and diced kiwi; water. Patrick's included a little homemade strawberry syrup. Worked from home. Siteimprove work: linkchecking. Worked with Eric and James on the QBC and grad programs migration: testing pages and redirects on test, resolving styling issues, deploying. Our toilet suddenly stopped working. It fills very slowly, probably due to a bad fill valve. We troubleshot it but couldn't find anything we knew how to fix. I notified our landlord, and someone will be over tomorrow morning to fix it. We can work around the problem by filling the tank manually with an empty wastebin. Prepped the town hall reminder email in Mailchimp. Met with Liana and Eric about mailing list maintenance. Dinner at home with Patrick: pork bockwurst, seasoned quinoa, carrots and cauliflower salad. Zoom meeting with The Group With No Name + Jen C. Patrick went to bed. Spent an hour on hold with Sonic because our fiber internet went out. Restarting the ONT and the router and our laptops made no difference even multiple times over the course of two hours. Washed dishes. Sonic service returned a little after 11:30 pm. They had encountered DHCP issues with their network and resolved them. The outage was about 4 hours—the longest Sonic outage I can recall. Late snack: vanilla yogurt with dried pineapple, water.
Thu Apr 9, 2020
Ran in place to part of Pyramids of Giza Walking Tour (4K/60fps) via Prowalk Tours on YouTube. Breakfast at home: oatmeal with milk, diced kiwi, and currants; water. Worked from home. Siteimprove work: linkchecking. Confirmed QBC and grad programs migration was successful. Notified site owners of same and prepped them for edit access. Our landlord and his handyman repaired our broken toilet that we had reported yesterday. As I had thought, a new fill valve fixed it. Attended the SOP Town Hall. Dinner at home with Patrick: pork, tofu, and sweet potato curry with steamed rice; water; rose.
Fri Apr 10, 2020
Ran in place to Turin, Italy Walking Tour (4k Ultra HD 60fps) via BookingHunterTV on YouTube with Patrick. Breakfast at home with Patrick: Patrick had oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, and pecan. I had oatmeal with milk, diced kiwi, and currants; water. Sprint standup. Impromptu meeting with Susie, Eric, Grant, and Levi. Digital asset meeting with Eric, James, and Anne. Followup work with the PPE microsite. Continued work on metatag module to restore Open Graph data for our news pages. Published a COVID-19 notice for Joel to two PharmD pages. Updated the Mailchimp database with new HR data. Lunch: leftover dal, leftovers from last night. Edited content for Grant. Built and prepped the Update from the Dean html email in Mailchimp. Met with Grant, Levi, and Eric to discuss Mike Morrison's #twitterposter idea. Siteimprove policy work. Casual check-in Zoom meeting with the Plancomm team. Packages arrived throughout the day. Tina sent a Homesick Louisiana candle that we began burning in the bathroom. We Facetimed with Patrick's mom and chatted a while. I made aperol spritzes for us. Patrick prepared dinner: crab cakes, filet mignon, brussels sprouts. Dessert: one mini cupcake each. We attempted to watch Ip Man 4 after purchasing it from Apple, but there was a problem with the sound. The default audio track would not play whereas the audio description version of the same track would. I attempted to resolve it for 15 or 20 minutes and failed. Other movies purchased from Apple also had the same problem. Other videos did not have the problem. We gave up fixing it for now and instead watched part of 60-MINUTE SPECIAL | Cirque du Soleil | April 10 on YouTube which had no audio or video problems. Patrick went to bed, and I followed shortly afterwards. I installed an additional Lightning charging cable at the end of the couch that didn't already have one.
Sat Apr 11, 2020
Ran in place to part of Pyramids of Giza Walking Tour (4K/60fps) via Prowalk Tours on YouTube. Breakfast at home: oatmeal with milk, diced banana, and cinnamon; water. Continued troubleshooting the problem from last night and succeeded somewhat after unplugging the Thunderbolt 2 docking station and restarting. I also attempted resetting the SMC but think it didn't take because there was no indication of anything happening when I did it and because my power settings hadn't been wiped out upon restart. Sound works now, but without the expected AC3 passthrough. I napped while Patrick cleaned the bathroom. Vacuumed, including the air purifier prefilters. Lunch: I prepared for myself corn tortilla quesadillas with jack cheese, pickled red onion, mild salsa, and leftover ground beef. Patrick took a bath. Finished watching 60-MINUTE SPECIAL | Cirque du Soleil | April 10 on YouTube with Patrick. We watched a few video clips on YouTube while waiting for various deliveries to arrive from Amazon and K&L. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Perilla on Haight via Uber Eats: spring rolls with peanut sauce, five-spice chicken with garlic noodles for Patrick, five-spice chicken pho for me. I washed dishes. We finished watching Mapplethorpe (2018) on SFPL DVD. We both liked it. I thought it deserved higher than the 6.1 rating it currently has on IMDB. Patrick went to bed.
Sun Apr 12, 2020
After not finding a walking tour suitable for our running in place exercise, we ran in place to part of Assisi, Italy 2019 Walking Tour (4K/60fps) via Prowalk Tours on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: oatmeal with milk, diced banana, and nutmet; water. Pulled some old Kable Kontrol floor cord covers from the garage, reworked it to lay flat with dumbbells, and used it to manage cables to my work laptop on the dining table. Vacuumed. Patrick made a citrus water cake containing vanilla bean, orange juice, lemon juice, lime juice, and limoncello, then he made muffins containing banana, chocolate, coconut, pecan, banana liqueur, and wheat bran. The water cake turned out to be a failed experiment, and Patrick discarded it. The muffins worked out well, though. Shower. Cocktails with Patrick: strawberry margaritas. Watched part of Ip Man 4 purchased from Apple. House chores: dishes, bed making. Patrick did laundry. Cable management in the small office. Unloaded photos from my iPhone X. Weeded password manager entries. Dinner at home with Patrick: roasted red wine and garlic sausage with onions, sauteed broccoli di ciccio and yellow bell pepper; mine also included quinoa; water. Rewatched the first 41 minutes of The Incredibles 2 on Netflix instant watch with Patrick. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Weeded password manager entries.
Mon Apr 13, 2020
Ran in place with Patrick to Greece - Santorini: Walk Through via absolutemocha then Capri's Belvedere Tragara - Walking Tour in 4K via Prowalk Tours on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: Patrick had yogurt, pineapple, banana, coconut, almonds. I had oatmeal with milk, pineapple, banana, and coconut; water. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Tech forum prep meeting with Eric, Chris O, Michael N, Stephen B. Siteimprove work: linkcheck, misspellings. Metatag setup on test. Lunch: leftover pho broth and chicken with Patrick's leftover filet mignon and some freshly cooked rice noodles, water. Tech forum Zoom meeting. Replied to a request from Peter L about a lab logo for NA. Dinner at home with Patrick: pork and beef ragu over creamy polenta with a green salad, side of Patrick's focaccia, water. Dessert: we shared a slice of previously frozen chocolate bundt cake. I hosted a 90-minute family cousins Zoom chat. It was great to see and catch up with everyone. Patrick took a bath then went to bed. I washed dishes. Ran in place to Capri's Belvedere Tragara - Walking Tour in 4K via Prowalk Tours on YouTube. Late snack: vanilla yogurt with granola.
Tue Apr 14, 2020
Ran in place with Patrick to Wailea Beach Path #2, Maui, Hawaii, DJI Osmo via Strings And Wings 61 then to Green Lake Treadmill Walk (Seattle, WA) via Prowalk Tours on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: Patrick had yogurt, pineapple, banana, coconut, almonds. I had oatmeal with milk, pineapple, banana, dried tart cherries, and coconut; water. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Siteimprove: misspelled words, submitted request to reconfigure CMS edit links for QBC and grad programs. Continued metatag setup for Open Graph. 1:1 with Eric. Snack: pretzel sticks. Lunch at home: leftovers. Read CSS Layout News 246. Continued metatag setup for Open Graph. Built new seminars and events pages for Rebecca D. Snack: one tangelo. Dinner at home with Patrick: flank steak tacos with refried beans and avocado crema, water, aperol spritz. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes.
Wed Apr 15, 2020
Ran in place with Patrick to Assisi Morning Walk [4K|60fps] - 6:52 AM via Prowalk Tours on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: oatmeal, banana, raspberries, and kiwi. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Siteimprove work. Continued building new seminars and events pages for Rebecca D, including some minor styling work for tables. Built, tested, and sent the Mailchimp reminder for today's town hall. Continued metatag setup for Open Graph. Lunch at home: leftovers. Continued metatag setup for Open Graph. Snack: unsweetened banana chips, dry roasted sea salt and onion cashews. Dean's Office town hall via Zoom. Generated default images for Open Graph using vector artwork prepared by Robin. Had trouble exporting correctly sized images in PNG format due to fuzziness created on shape edges. Resolved the problem by exporting the Illustrator artboard at 100% and then scaling the image larger in Photoshop using nearest neighbor. Dinner at home with Patrick: bone-in pork chops, french fries, cucumber mango salad, avocado crema; water. The Group With No Name Zoom chat with glasses of rose. Patrick took a bath then went to bed. I washed dishes. Late snack: toasted cheese sandwich on whole grain slices.
Thu Apr 16, 2020
Woke too early, around 5 AM, and so I listened to Tom Gale Hypnotherapy - Hypnosis for deep sleep, relaxation and confidence via Hypno Tom on YouTube. Woke. Ran in place with Patrick to Brandywine Falls Virtual Run in Cuyahoga Falls and then Las Mareas Costa Rica Virtual Run, both via Treadmill TV on YouTube. Breakfast at home by myself: oatmeal with milk, raspberries, diced kiwi, diced pineapple, dessicated coconut; water. Worked from home. Siteimprove work. Continued metatag setup for Open Graph. Sprint standup. Met with Diana K, Liana C, and Eric to prep for automatically maintained mailing lists. Began editing Marilyn's COVID-19 story for Grant. Lunch at home with Patrick: shakshuka, water. Continued then finished editing. Lots of Siteimprove policy work. Gave feedback and a few small edits to Levi on a story he posted. Gave feedback to and helped Grant and Susie stage Marilyn's COVID-19 story. Dinner at home with Patrick: flank steak over creamy polenta with sauteed red bell peppers, water. Watched YouTube. Patrick went to bed. Late snack: oil-free, salt-free popcorn from the microwave popcorn popper, one lemon poppyseed cookie from Boulder Cookie. Nightcap: hot milk with a shot of Disaronno
Fri Apr 17, 2020
Ran in place with Patrick to Palo Duro Canyon Virtual Run via Treadmill TV on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: Patrick had yogurt with pineapple, raspberries, kiwi, and dessicated coconut. I had oatmeal with milk, pineapple, raspberries, kiwi, and dessicated coconut. Shower. Siteimprove work. Sprint standup. Finalized and published Grant's story on Marilyn and COVID-19. D8 Migration Project Update Zoom meeting. Lunch: grilled rosemary ham and white cheddar sandwiches with dijon, and mixed greens on whole wheat. Chatted with Anne about honors and awards. Attended the UCSF COVID-19 town hall. Continued metatag work. Dinner at home with Patrick: Patrick made oatmeal for himself. I made soba noodle soup with cabbage, carrot, egg, miso, firm tofu, clam broth.
Sat Apr 18, 2020
Ran in place with Patrick to Virtual Trail Run - Beach Running & SW Coastal Path - Cornwall (UK) via Chris PT on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: Patrick had yogurt with cinnamon, walnuts, banana. I had oatmeal with raspberries, banana, currants, cinnamon; water. Nap. Lunch at home with Patrick. Patrick had a salad. I had leftover quinoa, brussels sprouts, and shredded pork; water. Patrick and I finished watching Ip Man 4 on Apple TV app. Although the film had some strengths in set design and acting we were greatly disappointed in it largely because the story and plot had so many problems. Patrick thought the direction could have been better in terms of the martial arts; I wasn't so sure. This film currently has a 7.2 rating on imdb, which we both feel is too high. Break from watching films. Watched 40 minutes of Judy on Netflix DVD with Patrick and popcorn. Snack: pretzel sticks, dry roasted sea salt and onion cashews. Dinner at home with Patrick: pork cutlet parmesan with tomato basil sauce, polenta for Patrick, fettucine for me, and warm focaccia, water. Earlier today Patrick made Catalina Castravet's one bowl lemon brownies (which are not brownies). We shared one small piece. I washed dishes. Patrick went to bed. Cocktail: lemon drop. Watched various YouTube videos. Late snack: a banana, a tiny piece of chocolate.
Sun Apr 19, 2020
Ran in place with Patrick to REGENT’S CANAL LONDON WALK incl. Little Venice, Camden Lock, King’s Cross and Paddington Basin via Watched Walker on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: oatmeal with diced pear, dried tart cherry, diced banana, cinnamon; water. Cut my hair, showered. Nap. Lunch: Patrick had a salad. I had leftover flank steak with onions, fettuccine with marinara, focaccia. Water for both. Finished watching Judy on Netflix DVD with Patrick. We both liked the film. Snack: Patrick prepared Chinese smoked tea eggs earlier, and we each ate one. Prepared a digital wedding greeting card. Patrick and I had a Facetime chat with Mom Ryan. Washed dishes. Folded laundry that Patrick had washed earlier. Dinner at home with Patrick: green chile tamales on a bed of refried beans topped with sour cream and avocado crema and mixed greens with a side of butternut chili, sparkling water for Patrick, water for me. Watched One World Together at Home (NBC) on Hulu Basic Plan with Patrick and lemon drops, Patrick's with a splash of orange flower water. Patrick went to bed. Sent a digital wedding greeting card and a gift to Fletcher and Tina who recently tied the knot.
Mon Apr 20, 2020
Ran in place with Patrick to 4K Virtual Forest Walk with Nature Sounds - Tradition Lake Loop Trail, Issaquah via 4K Relaxation Channel on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: oatmeal with milk, diced banana, diced pear, cinnamon; water. Worked from home. Siteimprove linkchecking and policy work. Sprint standup. Mailing list work. Granted permissions to a student intern web editor for Stephen B for Faculty Resources. Open Graph test config on test got wiped over the weekend as expected, but I still forgot that that would happen. Reconfigured Open Graph on test for pharmacy, documented Open Graph config, prepped for Open Graph meeting later today. Lunch at home: Patrick had tomato-fennel soup and a side of marinated beets. I prepared for myself a grilled ham and cheese sandwich with tomato-fennel soup. Water for both. Metatag and Open Graph review meeting with Eric, James, and Anne. More metatag work. Dinner at home with Patrick: chicken cordon bleu, zucchini, lemon quinoa; water. Dessert: we shared a slice of chocolate bundt cake, previously frozen. I made cucumber gin cocktails using a recipe from Bon Appetit. We continued watching One World Together at Home (NBC) on Hulu Basic Plan.
Tue Apr 21, 2020
Ran in place with Patrick to LONDON WALK from Holborn Station to Whitechapel Station in the East End | England via Watched Walker on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: oatmeal with milk, diced banana, cinnamon; water. Patrick also had toasted pecans in his. Worked from home. Siteimprove linkchecking and policy work. Sprint standup. Found 9th floor floorplans for Susie and shared them with her. Minor change for the PPE site. Submitted a question to ETS on behalf of Tom F about how to make lecture recordings permanent. Metatag work. Lunch: Patrick had avocado, tomato, and red onion salad with olive oil and balsamic dressing with crunchy chickpeas. I prepared for myself thai coconut soup with laksa noodles, smoked tea egg, cabbage, kale, tomato, mushrooms, carrots, red onion, garlic, fish sauce, lime zest, lemon zest, lemon juice, coconut cream, chicken broth very loosely based on Georgia Downard's thai chicken-coconut soup recipe in Epicurious. It turned out perfectly. Met with Liana and Eric on Zoom about automating maintenance of listservs. Read CSS Layout News 247. More metatag work: altering title elements. Dinner at home with Patrick: meatloaf with brown gravy, mushroom farro, and crunchy cabbage salad with bacon; water. Dessert: we shared a slice of lemon-pistachio bundt cake, previously frozen. Watched clips on YouTube, including continuing to watch IRIS by Cirque du Soleil - Full Show via Odeio Google.
Wed Apr 22, 2020
Ran in place with Patrick to Munich, Germany Walking Tour (4k Ultra HD 60fps) via BookingHunterTV on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: oatmeal with milk, diced banana, dried tart cherries, pumpkin pie spice; water. Patrick's had pecans instead of cherries. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Lunch: leftover soup from yesterday, a few dry roasted sea salt and onion cashews, water. Nap during lunch break. Met with James on Zoom to discuss and resolve various issues: a problem with the PharmD recurring events review view, image credit in content, changing pipe to middot in search module, and one more thing I can't recall. Built and scheduled the Mailchimp town hall reminder, handling a Shutterstock purchase and then archiving the image in The Archive. Continued metatag setup. Dinner at home with Patrick and TGWNN Zoom chat: chicken and kale enchiladas with refried beans and avocado, water, white wine. Recharge web work: removed the banner notice for COVID-19 closure at Drew's request. Dessert: lemon brownie previously frozen. Finished watching One World Together at Home (NBC) on Hulu Basic Plan. Watched clips on YouTube, including continuing to watch IRIS by Cirque du Soleil - Full Show via Odeio Google. Patrick washed dishes and went to bed. I washed remaining dishes.
Thu Apr 23, 2020
Ran in place with Patrick to part of Budapest, Hungary Walking Tour Part 1 - Central Pest (4k Ultra HD 60fps) via BookingHunterTV on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: oatmeal with milk, diced banana, dried tart cherries, cinnamon. Patrick's had pecans instead of cherries. Water for both. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Zoom meeting with Eric and James about domain path and debugging tokens. Helped Peter L with edits to Nadav's research page. Lunch: crunchy cabbage salad with bacon, leftover thai coconut soup with laksa noodles, water. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Xiao Loong via DoorDash: prawns and chinese chive dumplings, small hot and sour soup, lemon chicken, shiitake mushroom beef, brown rice, Tsing Tao for Patrick. About $80 after fees and tips. I made Gina Kleinworth's Orange Oasis Chinese Cocktail. This cocktail was very simple to make. We didn't have cherry brandy but we did have brandy and maraschino cherries, so I just added some of the cherry juice. We didn't have the mint, either. kleinworthco.com seems like a link farm to me, but the cocktail turned out tasty. Patrick's fortune: A healthy way of living is be good to your health. My fortune: Be prepared for a sudden, needed, and happy change in plans. Recharge web work: updated IV therapy prices for Alyssa. Went to bed with Patrick. Woke around 11 pm. Ate the remaining half of a slice of chocolate bundt cake previously frozen. Patrick had eaten his half before he went to bed. Washed dishes. Installed and configured BTT Remote on my work laptop and the entertainment server. I don't know why I hadn't thought of doing this before. It failed to connect on my work laptop, but it did connect on the entertainment server. Today our landlord made another repair to our toilet: leaky flush valve. Today Patrick made semolina biscotti, his second time making biscotti, and it turned out well.
Fri Apr 24, 2020
Ran in place with Patrick to part of Budapest, Hungary Walking Tour Part 1 - Central Pest (4k Ultra HD 60fps) via BookingHunterTV on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: oatmeal with milk, diced banana, diced pear, cinnamon; water for both. Worked from home. Sprint standup. UFD web and email content edits throughout the day. Lunch: leftover thai coconut soup with laksa noodles, water. A horsefly had wandered in while I had the back door open, and I removed it with our spider catcher. Began testing updated module code for James. Attended Ben W's Zoom Help Drop-in meeting in which he answered Zoom questions and provided lots of tips and insight. Siteimprove policy work. Email build and delivery in Mailchimp. Mailed a Netflix DVD at the closest mailbox. Dinner at home with Patrick: enchiladas leftovers with farro, refried beans, mixed greens; water. Watched Superstore s5:e21 on Hulu Basic Plan with Patrick followed by IRIS by Cirque du Soleil - Full Show via Odeio Google on YouTube. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes that he didn't wash.
Sat Apr 25, 2020
Ran in place to a variety of Treadmill TV videos on YouTube before settling on Tibet-Butler Nature Preserve Virtual Run, Orlando Florida. I encountered a wild turtle on the trail! That doesn't happen in California. Breakfast at home: oatmeal with milk, sliced banana, blueberries, cinnamon; water. Inserted and configured a training stick for the orchid to encourage the stem to grow more vertically. Made an adjustment to the toilet flush valve chain. Vacuumed. Deep-cleaned the mini vacuum. Recharge Medical web work: posted the reopening notice. Lunch at home with Patrick: Patrick had tofu and creamy greens soup. I had leftovers from Xiao Loong. Attempted to do taxes, then realized that one document was missing, so I stopped until it could be acquired. Zoom chat with cousins and their families. Troubleshot Facebook events broken calendar integration into Apple Calendar. They had stopped working, and I noticed only when I almost missed the meeting I had scheduled. In resolving my problem, I made the mistake of importing the .ics file which I later realized is a one-time import of the currently forthcoming events. The solution for an ongoing feed is to revert to Classic Facebook, then on the Events page right-click and copy the Upcoming Events link, then *subscribe* to that url rather than download and import the .ics file at that link. Bought an iPhone SE 2nd generation for Patrick to replace his iPhone 8. Dinner at home with Patrick: Tuscan chicken stew with tomato, red bell pepper, mushroom, and carrot over creamy polenta; water. Dessert: one biscotto each. Patrick had amaretto mixed with Bailey's on ice. I had Bailey's on ice. Patrick washed dishes.
Sun Apr 26, 2020
Finished running in place to Tibet-Butler Nature Preserve Virtual Run, Orlando Florida and then started Hobart City Trails Tasmania, both via Treadmill TV on YouTube. Breakfast at home: oatmeal with milk, diced banana, diced mango, dessicated coconut; water. Shower and nap. Lunch at home with Patrick: steamed white rice with leftovers: meatloaf, Xiao Loong. Patrick's fortune: A human being is a deciding being. My fortune: A great pleasure in life is doing what others say you can't. Watched clips on YouTube with Patrick: SNL and Architectural Digest. Printed test business cards for Patrick using Avery 8871 (template 8371). I had a lot of trouble with the printer. Before printing the business cards I replaced the BK cartridge. The first print used way too much ink and it smeared everywhere. I had to run the clean roller process a few dozen times before it became reasonably clean. Dinner at home with Patrick: southwestern-grilled flank steaks; quinoa, jasmine rice, and chickpeas; roasted romanesco and red bell peppers. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Dessert: one tangelo, a few unsweetened banana chips, one leftover fortune cookie. My fortune: Be assertive when decisive action is needed.
Mon Apr 27, 2020
Ran in place with Patrick to Verona, Italy Walking Tour (4k Ultra HD 60fps) via BookingHunterTV on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: Patrick had yogurt with almonds, diced orange, diced banana, blueberries, and cinnamon. I had oatmeal with milk, diced banana, and blueberries. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Task followup: seminars and events followup with Rebecca D, added a headshot for Phillip B, briefly tested domain by path module edits for James, Siteimprove work. Met with Lisa D via Zoom to discuss photography requirements for a forthcoming Mailchimp campaign. Lunch: leftovers from dinner last night. Online training: pcard, ethics. Had to install Adobe Flash for it and use Firefox and then uninstall Flash. Followup with Angela K about a broken link on the CP site. More work on metatag config. Dinner at home with Patrick: Guerra's tamales topped with avocado and shredded cheddar jack with a side of black bean stew, water. Watched Legion s1:e1 on Hulu Basic Plan with Patrick. Recharge Medical work.
Tue Apr 28, 2020
Ran in place with Patrick to Walking in MUNICH / Germany 🇩🇪- Hofgarten to Hofbräuhaus - 4K 60fps (UHD) via POPtravel on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: oatmeal with milk, diced banana, diced pear, blueberries, cinnamon; water. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Continued metatag config. 1:1 with Eric. Siteimprove policy work. Read CSS Layout News 248. Continued metatag config. Siteimprove policy work. Lunch: leftover Tuscan chicken stew. Logged in to Office 365 on the web for the first time ever. Watched How to use Microsoft Teams via Kevin Stratvert on YouTube. Dinner at home with Patrick: salmon cakes with greens and cucumber salad and French fries, water, white wine. Dessert: Patrick prepared saffron-cardamom creme brulee for both of us. Also, coconut macaroon for Patrick, a bite of a chocolate truffle for me. To bed early. Woke around 11 pm. Washed dishes. Recharge Medical web work. Back to bed. I recently received in snail mail a Disneyland bicycle license plate with my name on it from my brother Dex—very sweet of him to send that. Late meal: Nona Lim ramen noodles with cabbage, carrot, celery, spring onion.
Wed Apr 29, 2020
Ran in place to Kaanapali Beach Walk, Maui, Hawaii, DJI Osmo via Strings And Wings 61 on YouTube. Breakfast at home: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced pear, diced banana, dried tart cherry; water. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Siteimprove work: misspellings, new policies. Followup with Marissa L and Charly C about the Craik Lab people page. Lunch: leftover Tuscan chicken stew over leftover steamed white rice, Patrick's PJ's southern pecan cold brew with milk and simple syrup, water. HTML email build in Mailchimp: town hall, town hall survey. Tested a distribution list change for SOP admins for Eric. 1:1 with Marissa L: web editor training. Followup with Sonic over my network slowness report. Followup with Siteimprove over an incongruity in how Siteimprove was treating one of our sites. Met with James to hand off my metatag work for featurization. HTML email build in Mailchimp for Lisa D for CP. Opened dialogue with Mark B about Mailchimp whitelisting. Stopped working. Weekly chat with some from The Group With No Name, for the first time via Google Meet. Richard gave a tour of their place in East Palo Alto. Dinner at home with Patrick: meatballs and mushrooms in marinara sauce over chickpea cavatappi, water, white wine. Dessert: saffron-cardamom creme brulee. Patrick showered then went to bed. I washed dishes. Pantry organization.
Thu Apr 30, 2020
Ran in place to Havasupai Falls Full Hike 4K via The Flying Dutchman on YouTube. Breakfast at home with Patrick: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced pear, diced banana; water. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Siteimprove work. Answered a question from Joel about how to convert an email thread into a meeting invitation. Lunch: leftovers: steamed white rice, black beans, tamale. Sat outside in the back yard for a while since it was warmish and sunny wearing long sleeves, jogging pants, and my safari hat. Metatag testing on local dev following James's featurization. Continued CP Mailchimp email testing with Lisa D. Dinner at home with Patrick: Guerra's chicken-and-corn chowder with warm focaccia, water. Rested. Patrick took a bath then went to bed. I woke and washed dishes. Weeded my iPhone address book. Archived voicemails. Late snacks: two medium pretzels, one navel orange.