October 2020
Summary: California wildfires continue. Air quality is mixed. COVID-19 new daily cases in San Francisco drop to about 31, or 3.5 per 100,000 while elsewhere in the United States cases spike dramatically. Air quality issues resolve mid-month. Day at Golden Gate Park with Drew. Kerry and Mom Ryan visit us twice for lunch after we agreed to add them to our social circle but then we stopped after case counts increased.
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Thu Oct 1, 2020
Ran in place to Home s1:e4 Hong Kong: Gary Chang on Apple TV+. Breakfast at home: medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced banana. Worked from home. Sprint standup. D8 work all day. Lunch: leftover mushroom risotto, water. Dinner at home with Patrick: Creole split peas and ham and steamed rice with Willa Jean cornbread. Patrick recently bought The Good Book of Southern Baking and decided to eventually make every recipe in it. This cornbread turned out perfectly: moist yet with a delicious mouth feel to the crumb. Washed dishes. Patrick and I attended happy hour Zoom chat with some from The Group With No Name: Quyen, Dave, Nate. Troubleshot problems with sharing AirPod Pros. Turns out the sharing feature is not supported on my first-generation iPad Pro. But AirPods Pro still does not seamlessly switch between MacBook Pro and iOS devices. I was able to reproduce a problem in which the laptop said it was using the AirPods Pro for sound output but the sound was still coming from the laptop speakers. AirPods Pro are great when they work, but like all Bluetooth devices they are infuriating when they don't. Began playing Journey for iOS on my iPad Pro with Patrick. We finished the first level. Patrick went to bed. Washed dishes. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced nectarine; water. Washed dishes.
Fri Oct 2, 2020
Ran in place to Home s1:e5 Maine on Apple TV+. I realized today that I had watched s1:e1 Sweden as well at some point at the start of this run, but I forgot to record it. Breakfast at home: medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced nectarine; water. Worked from home. Sprint standup. O365 meeting. Began A-Z list review. Read CSS Layout News 270. Early lunch: black forest ham and cheddar sandwich, water. Lots of A-Z list work. Email build: MAK Seed Award announcement. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftover meatloaf with mashed potatoes and cornbread. I washed dishes. Afterwards we watched Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears on Netflix DVD. Patrick went to bed. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, diced nectarine; water. Continued and finished Mailchimp template work because I was afraid of losing my train of thought if I left it alone until Monday. Today an imortant item in the news reminded us of how strange 2020 has been and continues to be.
Sat Oct 3, 2020
Ran in place to Home s1:e6 India on Apple TV+. Breakfast at home: medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, blueberries; water. Investigated battery replacement for our old MacBook Air. I was almost about to order a replacement from OWC but decided against it after reading forum messages about others having bad experiences. Apple's recycle service failed me because I erased the drive completely (so that when the laptop was powered on it showed a blinking folder with question mark icon) and their process instructions directed me to return the laptop by mail (which I knew was unsafe) and then after emailing me a shipping label the instructions on that said "A device with swollen or damaged batteries should not be shipped" but did not say what else then to do. (Apple's records for my serial number also were incorrect, and the process had no way of correcting that.) Afternoon snack: cornbread, water. Dinner at home with Patrick: tacos with fixins, water. I washed dishes. Dessert: bourbon bread pudding ice cream with chocolate chips and pecans. Afterwards we watched Death of Stalin on Netflix instant watch. Patrick went to bed. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, diced banana; water.
Sun Oct 4, 2020
Slept in. Ran in place to Home s1:e7 Austin on Apple TV+. Breakfast at home: medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, diced banana; water. Cleaned and tidied in preparation for visitors. Patrick invited Kerry and his mom over for lunch. We all have been very careful avoiding exposure to COVID-19, and his mom in particular has been having a hard time staying in her small apartment for so long, so we felt it was safe to include them in our social bubble more than Patrick visiting them in their garden a few times. We ate Patrick's split peas and ham with steamed rice, the cornbread Patrick recently made, and we ordered Popeye's fried chicken delivered via Uber Eats. To drink, Kerry had a bottle of beer, and the rest of us had ginger-lemon iced tea that Patrick made. Patrick rented a Getaround car to pick them up and return them home. I washed dishes. Nap. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftover Popeye's fried chicken, leftover mashed potatoes, small side butter leaf lettuce salad with diced tomatoes and ranch dressing, water. Afterwards I washed dishes then continued identifying accessories to accompany a forthcoming upgrade from our old first-generation iPad Pro to the imminently available fourth-generation iPad Air. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, raisins; water.
Mon Oct 5, 2020
Ran in place to various clips on YouTube. Breakfast at home: medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced banana; water. Worked from home. Sprint standup. MAK seed award review and approval. D8 work. Calendar management. Lunch: two small soft tacos, water. Washed dishes. Chatted with Lisa C about Eventbrite and Qualtrics for a HIVE need. Followup with Polina and Jazmin about an old photo of Josephine Barbat. Followup with Cindy about the Lemonly page. Followup with Shalimar, Liana, and Eric about MAK. Followup with Sue M about migrating a lab website from SiteBuilder to our platform. We learn today that Eric is appointed communications director—well deserved. D7 styling work: change 3-minute survey box (sop-survey) to orange for PC and CP for Anne. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftover Popeye's fried chicken, steamed white rice, seared salt-and-pepper bok choy; water. Afterwards we watched various clips on YouTube then Star Trek: Voyager s7:e11 Shattered on CBS All Access. I washed dishes. Patrick went to bed. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, raisins; water.
Tue Oct 6, 2020
Ran in place to a multitude of different videos on YouTube and Kanopy. Breakfast at home: medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced plum; water. Worked from home. Sprint standup was canceled today. Read CSS Layout News 271. Spent most of the morning explaining our news build workflow for our team and partners. Quick lunch: beef ravioli from a can, water. Met with Anne: mostly linkchecking and discussing the news build workflow issue. Miller Lab site build, sent it to Sue for review/approval. Dinner at home with Patrick: veggie burgers with matchstick fries, water. Patrick washed dishes. Chatted with my brother and sister on SMS. Chatted with some from The Group With No Name on Google Hangouts. Afterwards Patrick and I played OXENFREE on my iPad Pro with headphones and stopped when it asks to pay for the rest of the game. I thought it was well done with interesting game play. We're not sure if we'll buy the game, though. It was a bit too conversational for our tastes. I am guessing that high schoolers would like it more than we did. Patrick went to bed. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, diced plum; water. Washed dishes.
Wed Oct 7, 2020
Ran in place to Home s1:e8 Malibu on Apple TV+. Breakfast at home: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, raspberries; water. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Spent essentially all of today working on orgchart and people data issues. Lunch: side of leftover Popeye's fried chicken; noodle soup with tofu, mushrooms, green onions, tomato wedges, parsley, garlic, lime juice, saffron broth; water. Afternoon snack: delivery from Starbucks via Uber Eats: pumpkin spice latte for Patrick, chai tea latte for me, we shared a brownie. Dinner at home with Patrick: capelli d'angelo with asparagus, bacon, and cherry tomatoes; water. Patrick and I watched part of the vice presidential debate with Harris and Pence. Dessert from our earlier Starbucks order: Patrick had chocolate-dipped grahams. I had a marshmallow dream bar. I washed dishes. Watched Hollywood s1:e6 on Netflix instant watch with Patrick. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, raspberries; water. Washed dishes.
Thu Oct 8, 2020
Ran in place to Home s1:e9 Mexico on Apple TV+. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Breakfast at home: oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, raspberries, diced peach; water. Met with Anne to review edits to /about/administration. Followup with A-Z List maintenance. Lunch: HR import to Mailchimp. Spent essentially all of today working on orgchart and people data issues. Dinner at home with Patrick: cow enchiladas made from taco leftovers, water. Drinks: mezcal margaritas. Zoom chat with The Group With No Name. Danny gave a tour of his home in Texas after having moved in about three weeks ago. Watched various clips on YouTube. Dessert: Starbucks chocolate-dipped madeleines. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, diced nectarine; water. Washed dishes.
Fri Oct 9, 2020
Ran in place to Abstract: The Art of Design s2:e2: Neri Oxman: Bio-Architecture on Netflix instant watch. Breakfast at home: medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, raspberries, diced peach; water. Worked from home. Virtual sprint standup. Mailchimp campaign and Qualtrics work all day. Posted two events for Carolina L and Katherine K and Lisa C. HR audience update in Mailchimp. Lunch: I prepared for myself a noodle soup with pho broth spices, fish sauce, lime juice, green onions, garlic, egg, tofu, mixed greens, parsley; water. Dinner at home with Patrick: pizza delivery from Baiano via Uber Eats: Baiano combo, beet and walnut salad. While waiting, we completed part of our election ballots. Watched Sci-Phi: Star Trek: TNG and Alternate Worlds on Kanopy with Patrick. Troubleshot a problem restoring files for Patrick. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, sliced banana; water. Washed dishes.
Sat Oct 10, 2020
Ran in place to various clips on YouTube. Breakfast at home: medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, sliced banana; water. Cleaned in the bathroom. Vacuumed. Cut my hair, showered. Vacuumed. Lunch: two large deli shau mai and one medium bbq pork bun, water. Completed our election ballots. Set up a Genius Bar appointment. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftovers: pizza, salad, pasta; water. Cocktails: mezcal margaritas. Watched Dark City (1998) Director's Cut (2008) on Amazon Prime Video for $3.99 with Patrick. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced plum; water.
Sun Oct 11, 2020
Ran in place to Deaf U s1:e1 and an episode of Billy on the Street on Apple TV+. Breakfast at home: medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced pear; water. Today was sunny and warmish, so I sat outside in the sun for a while and almost fell asleep. Lunch: the small remainder of the enchiladas. I also prepared for myself noodle soup with egg, baby bok choy, green onions, garlic, lime juice, roasted chicken broth. Afternoon snack: Patrick today made banana bread from The Good Book of Southern Baking, and we each had a slice with milk, my milk included Torani almond syrup. The recipe turned out perfectly delicious. Prepared a technology item for sale. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Marnee Thai via Uber Eats: pad thai, thai iced tea, northern thai style tea leaf salad, steamed jasmine rice, fried fish cake, gai samoon prai. The tea leaf salad and the fried fish cake were too spicy for me, but I ate them anyway. Afterwards we watched 1:11 of Harriet on Netflix DVD. Patrick had two Starbucks chocolate-covered grahams. Patrick went to bed. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, diced plum; water. Today the Bay Area had one of the best air quality days it has had in a long while.
Mon Oct 12, 2020
Ran in place to How to Publish Your Book e1 on Kanopy. Breakfast at home: medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced peach, diced banana; water. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Snack with Patrick: banana bread, water. Completed and delivered the Bob Day Mailchimp campaigns which included a Qualtrics registration form with help from Grant and Liana. Drafted and delivered the Mailchimp letter to residency directors about the PSPE with help from Grant. Read NNGroup's last two email newsletters. Early lunch: split peas and steamed white rice, water. Worked outside, squeezing my 15-inch MacBook Pro and my 12.9-inch iPad Pro onto our small, outdoor cafe table. It worked! Organized my accomplishments lists, moving them from email drafts to Word documents in OneDrive. Did a PSPE resend upon request. Orgchart work: resolve missing degree for Rickey, roll new draft and send to Sharon and Cindy for review/approval. Updated the school's history page with a photo of the first woman graduate, created a followup task for improving the representation of diversity on our history page. Dinner at home with Patrick: ginger and mushroom steamed chicken, water. Afterwards we had a cocktail that Patrick made but he couldn't remember the name. We finished watching Harriet on Netflix DVD then Sci-Phi: Science Fiction as Philosophy: Dark City, Dollhouse, and Personal Identity on Kanopy. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, diced plum; water. Today I checked San Francisco's Key Public Health Indicators and they are looking very good compared to the past weeks and months. Air quality today returned to normal as wildfires are resolved and pollution effects are reduced.
Tue Oct 13, 2020
Ran in place to English Grammar Boot Camp e1: Why do we care about grammar? on Kanopy. Breakfast at home: medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced peach, diced banana; water. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Met with Jaime K. Midmorning snack: toasted everything bagel with cream cheese. 1:1 with Eric. Lunch: leftover tea leaf salad. Met with Anne. Posted an updated event for Carolina L. Followup on microsite old domain redirect for Craik Lab. Orgchart work. Read CSS Layout News 272. Afternoon snack: a slice of banana bread, water. D8 work. Dinner at home with Patrick: veggie burgers, water. Dessert: one small scoop each of Ben and Jerry's milk and cookies ice cream, water. We watched How to Publish Your Book e1 on Kanopy then Star Trek: Voyager s4:e8 Year of Hell Part 1 on CBS All Access. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, blueberries; water. Checked on backups for home devices. D8 work at night because I couldn't stop thinking about code. Late snack: a slice of banana bread, water.
Wed Oct 14, 2020
Ran in place to English Grammar Boot Camp e2: Prescriptivism: Grammar Shoulds and Shouldn'ts on Kanopy. Breakfast at home: medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced peach; water. Worked from home. Sprint standup. D8 content types meeting. Small meal: split peas and rice, water, small piece of dark chocolate with almonds and sea salt. Worked in the back yard. Small meal: split peas and rice, water. Reworked the ACDRS Webinar Series page for Jaime K. Dean's Office meeting. Small meal: leftover pad thai. Published ACDRS changes. Shared Mailchimp campaign reports with campaign owners. Dinner at home with Patrick: mushroom and onion quesadillas with avocado, water. I washed dishes. Cocktails with Patrick: vodka with ginger ale and lemon on the rocks. We watched Hollywood s1:e7 on Netflix instant watch with seasoned and salted popcorn. Patrick went to bed. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, raisins; water.
Thu Oct 15, 2020
Ran in place to English Grammar Boot Camp e3: Descriptivism: How Grammar Really Works on Kanopy. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Breakfast at home: medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, blueberries; water. Lots of email followup. Lunch: leftover steamed white rice, leftover beans and ground beef, leftover thai fish cake, water. D8 meeting: content entities part 2. School town hall. Web edits for Lucia. Began BTS person guided reading work for Anne. Dinner at home with Patrick: tofu and veggie stir fry over steamed white rice, water. Afterwards we watched Star Trek: Voyager s4:e9 Year of Hell Part 2 followed by Star Trek: Discovery s3:e1 That Hope is You, Part 1. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, raisins; water. Today while running errands with Sam, Patrick dropped off our completed election ballots at the official and only downtown location.
Fri Oct 16, 2020
Ran in place to English Grammar Boot Camp e4: Re Phrasing on Kanopy. Breakfast at home: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced banana. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Successfully performed a test upload to The Archive, newly in the cloud with ResourceSpace. A-Z List work. Followup with a problem report for it.ucsf.edu. Web edits followup with Cindy. Manually updated EFD's person page with new title: Communications Director. Siteimprove policy work. Anti-racism town hall. Lunch: dim sum. Small scoop of ice cream. D8 content entities meeting. Patrick got a Getaround car. We drove to Stonestown Galleria to run an errand at the Apple Store, taking in my 2012 MacBook Air with a swollen battery. We arrived a few minutes early for a 5:45 pm appointment and waited about 15 minutes for our genius. The laptop was too old to have its battery replaced, and I had decided earlier that if Apple would not replace the battery I would recycle it since I did not want to deal with potentially problematic third-party batteries. They also took for recycling the one MagSafe power adapter I had brought but gave me back the small, detachable piece where it plugs into the wall on the rationale that it can still be used with other similar chargers. I mentioned that my iPhone X yesterday started saying it needed battery service, so despite this not being mentioned when I made my appointment they had enough time in my appointment to look at that as well. They offered to repair the battery. My phone was still under AppleCare+ and it would cost $69 and would take a little over an hour. We extended our Getaround return time and agreed since we needed to dine soon anyway. We wanted to eat at Blaze Pizza until we saw the long line. At Rooster and Rice we each got The Original and a bottled thai iced tea. We sat in a specially arranged outdoor section of the parking lot with a covered tent, handwash stations, and trash cans. The weather was warm and comfortable, and the air was still with occasional light breezes. We walked in the mall just to walk and after a while we returned to the Apple Store. My phone was not ready yet due to some mechanical issues, and we were asked to return in 20 minutes. We walked more inside and a little bit outside and returned after 20 minutes. It still wasn't ready. I was told that my battery replacement would be provided free of charge due to the wait, and I was appreciative. It took another 20 minutes before it was done and we could leave, getting the Getaround rental back with a few minutes to spare. Patrick went to bed. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, dried tart cherry.
Sat Oct 17, 2020
Slept in. Ran in place to English Grammar Boot Camp e5: Fewer Octopuses or Less Octopi? on Kanopy. Breakfast at home: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, sliced banana; water. Lunch: a tiny portion of leftover tofu with rice, leftover dim sum dumplings, water. Long nap. Dinner at home with Patrick: angel hair pasta with shredded chicken in marinara. Patrick made us cocktails containing gin, fresh ginger, and other delicious things. We watched part of Interstellar on Netflix DVD. I had a Starbucks marshmallow bar and one candied cinnamon cashew. Patrick went to bed. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, blueberries; water. Updated home websites, set PHP 7.4 for Corinna's website.
Sun Oct 18, 2020
Slept in. Breakfast at home: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced plum; water. Ran in place to English Grammar Boot Camp e6: Between You and Your Pronouns on Kanopy. Shower. Patrick got a Getaround car to get Kerry and Mom Ryan. Lunch at home with Patrick, Kerry, and Mom Ryan: jambalaya with steamed white rice, drinks. Dessert: some of us had Ben and Jerry's ice cream. Patrick washed dishes. Patrick took them home. I took a long nap. Dinner at home with Patrick: Patrick had jambalaya again. I had leftover angel hair pasta with shredded chicken. Water to drink. Afterwards we finished rewatching Interstellar on Netflix DVD. I washed dishes. Patrick went to bed.
Mon Oct 19, 2020
Ran in place to English Grammar Boot Camp e7: Which Hunting on Kanopy. Worked from home. Sprint standup. D8 work. Small meal: tomato and shredded chicken soup, slice of sourdough batard, water. D8 work. Small meal: tomato and shredded chicken soup, slice of sourdough batard, water. D8 news and media coverage meeting with the team and Judy. Small meal: avocado toast with tomato slice and hummus, water. Read NNGroup's email newsletter. D8 sprint meeting. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Calibur via Uber Eats: single burgers and fries and a chocolate shake for Patrick. I washed dishes. Afterwards we watched Sci-Phi: Science Fiction as Philosophy e7: Interstellar: Is Time Travel Possible? on Kanopy.
Tue Oct 20, 2020
Ran in place to English Grammar Boot Camp e8: A(n) Historical Issue on Kanopy. Breakfast at home: medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced peach; water. Worked from home. No sprint standup today. D8 work. Siteimprove policy work. Read CSS Layout News 273. Recently I learned that if you have just copied a url (e.g., with Cmd+C or Ctrl+C) then in both Asana and Slack you can select new/draft message text and then paste with Cmd+V or Ctrl+V and that applies the link to the selected words. If your copy buffer includes something other than a url, it replaces that text rather than sets the url on it. This is non-standard behavior, but I find it very smart. Now that I know about it, I am finding myself using it more and more, and I'm also testing what other applications are supporting this new behavior. So far I have found only these two. If you encounter others, please let me know. 1:1 with Eric. Small lunch: beef ravioli from a can, water. Met with Anne: content maintenance. Afternoon snack: cheddar squares, pretzel sticks, cashews, salf-free pistachios. Lots of task followup. In the early evening Patrick was interviewed over Zoom by Roxane Gay in partnership with Tom Lowenburg from Octavia Books. The interview went well, and Patrick is pleased to have finally met Roxane face to face. Dinner at home: delivery from Old Mandarin Islamic via Uber Eats: shrimp chow mein, green onion pancake, sesame chicken, three flavor dumplings, steamed rice. Water to drink. Zoom chat with Stacey and friends from UC Santa Cruz: Jen, Sheila, Wendy, Diana. Stacey invited my by email about a week ago and her message was so out of the blue and a bit vague that I felt compelled to confirm with her via Facebook Messenger that the message was legitimate. It was, and I enjoyed catching up and reminescing with them.
Wed Oct 21, 2020
Ran in place to English Grammar Boot Camp e9: Funnest Lecture Ever on Kanopy then various clips on YouTube. Breakfast at home: medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, dried plums, raisins; water. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Read WDRL 284. Responded to a logo request from Josh. Siteimprove policy work. Midmorning meal: leftover shrimp chow mein. Worked outside for part of the day. D8 forms migration planning. Attempted to help Grant resolve a problem with a non-compliant SRT file. Small meal: leftover sesame chicken with rice, water. Met with Liana and Eric about automated-membership listservs and Mailchimp. Dinner at home with Patrick: kashmiri curry chicken with zucchini, water. Afterwards we watched Patrick's interview from yesterday; I only got to hear one side of it. Then we watched The Kominsky Method s1:e5 on Netflix instant watch. Medium bowl of oatmeal with diced plum; water. Patrick went to bed.
Thu Oct 22, 2020
Ran in place to English Grammar Boot Camp e10: Going, Going, Went on Kanopy then various clips on YouTube. Breakfast at home: medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, blackberries, blueberries; water. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Helped Anne resolve issues in Siteimprove which turned out to be a temporary platform problem. Guided reading work. Snack: leftover french fries with ketchup, water. Met with Jill W and Mimi about the A-Z List of Websites—a productive meeting. Lunch: toasted everything bagel with cream cheese and heirloom tomato slice. Nap. Today Patrick baked zucchini bread using a recipe from The Good Book of Southern Cooking, and we enjoyed slices of it—delicious. Updated the UCSF Visits You page for Joel, changing the copy and removing the recurring events feature which is no longer working for them in an ideal manner as it was originally designed. Met with Joel, Cindy, and Eric to discuss changes to the PharmD homepage. Dinner at home with Patrick: pepperoni, mushroom, and basil pizza with caesar salad from Hole in the Wall Pizza via Uber Eats. We ate with a makeshift ironing board as TV trays while watching Discovery s3:e2 Far From Home then Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: s5:e6 Trials And Tribble-Ations on CBS All Access with Patrick. Cocktails: mint julep. Patrick went to bed. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, blackberries; water.
Fri Oct 23, 2020
Ran in place to English Grammar Boot Camp e11: Object Lessons on Kanopy then various clips on YouTube. Sprint standup. Breakfast at home: medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, blackberries; a slice of zucchini bread; water. Worked from home. Siteimprove policy work, Asana task followup. Scheduled a Mailchimp campaign (seed award reminder). Snack: pretzel sticks. Funding pages meeting. D8 sprint recap meeting. UCSF town hall: vaccines. Dinner at home with Patrick: chicken parmagiana with polenta, water. Small edits for Corinna's website and for Recharge website. Patrick ordered ice cream delivery from Polly Ann's via Uber Eats: lychee, turkish coffee, and dutch chocolate. We had one small scoop each of lychee while watching part of Deathtrap (1982) on Netflix DVD. Patrick went to bed. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, diced peach; water. Did some home websites optimization with webpagetest.org. Updated to MAMP PRO 6.0.1.
Sat Oct 24, 2020
Ran in place to Apple Music videos on Apple TV on my iPad Pro. Breakfast at home: medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced plum; water. Shower. Walked to the Music Concourse in Golden Gate Park where I met Drew. We talked and walked, seeing the newly opened Skystar ferris wheel, the Pool of Enchantment, and various outdoor sculptures before exploring and resting on a bench in the Botanical Garden, enjoying the beautiful landscape and a gaggle. I shared Patrick's zucchini bread. We did not touch, and we ate at separate moments. Drew returned home. I walked to 9th and Lincoln and ordered a late lunch from Pacific Catch: two-piece Atlantic cod fish and chips with furikake fries, tartar sauce, and a tiny side of cole slaw. To drink, a thai iced tea. I picked up my meal at a window facing Lincoln then ate it at the bleachers at the nearby baseball diamond in the park. Many people were enjoying the park in these last days of San Francisco "summer" and nearly all of them were masked due to the current pandemic. I walked home via 9th, then Kirkham, then 23rd. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftover kashmiri chicken with polenta and marinara for Patrick, leftover kashmiri chicken with steamed white rice for me, water. Afterwards we finished watching Deathtrap (1982) on Netflix DVD along with mezcal margaritas. So many fun surprises. Then we watched It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966) on Apple TV+. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, blueberries.
Sun Oct 25, 2020
Slept in. Ran in place to various videos on YouTube. Breakfast at home: medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, blueberries. Vacuumed. Cut my hair, showered. Vacuumed. Lunch at home: I prepared for myself a large salad with diced cucumber, salted pumpkin seeds, and ranch dressing; toasted everything bagel with havarti; water. Swept leaves in the back yard and filled compost bins. Cut ivy that had crept over the fence from neighbors' yards. Shower. Dinner at home with Patrick: teriyaki salmon with sauteed broccolini over leftover steamed white rice, water. I washed dishes. Dessert with Patrick: half scoop of dutch chocolate ice cream, half scoop of turkish coffee ice cream. Watched Borat Subsequent Moviefilm on Amazon Prime Video with Patrick. Signed up for Disney+ because Patrick has been wanting to watch The Mandalorian. Style tweaks for Recharge Medical website. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, sliced banana; water.
Mon Oct 26, 2020
Ran in place to English Grammar Boot Camp e12: Shall We? on Kanopy. Breakfast at home: medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, sliced banana; water. Worked from home. Sprint standup. D8 sprint start meeting. D8 work. Lunch at home with Patrick: tomato, grilled green onions, and cheese quesadillas, water. Nap. D8 work. Met with Eric and Anne to review Dean's Office and related pages work. Read NNGroup's email newsletter. Walked to the nearest mailbox and back. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from 8 Immortals via Uber Eats: snow pea leaves with garlic, lemon chicken, honey walnut shrimp, bbq pork shredded and chicken fried silver noodle, fuzhou style fried rice, potstickers, steamed white rice; water. Afterwards we watched The Mandalorian s1:e1 and s1:e2 on Disney+ with glasses of 2019 J Vineyards pinot gris. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, freshly ground nutmeg, sliced banana, sweetened shredded coconut; water. Today I used my Airpods Pro with my MacBook Pro. I had experienced connection problems in the past and fully expected it to not work properly, but it did.
Tue Oct 27, 2020
Ran in place to various videos on YouTube. Breakfast at home: oatmeal with milk, nutmeg, blueberries; water. Worked from home. No standup. Read CSS Layout News 274. Responded to an OEIS request to update person page data. 1:1 with Eric. Mailchimp HTML email template work all day. Prepped revisions to the PharmD home page on the test server. Lunch: leftovers from last night, water. Met with Anne: Siteimprove. Met with Anne, Grant, and Eric: Teams naming and channel building. Dinner at home with Patrick: falafel in pita with fixins, water. Patrick prepared candied pecans. Afterwards we watched The Mandalorian s1:e3 and s1:e4 on Disney+. I had a glass of 2019 J Vineyards pinot gris. We both had dessert: turkish coffee ice cream with candied pecans. We also watched a few various short things also on Disney+. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, freshly ground nutmeg, blueberries; water. Unloaded photos from my iPhone X. Uploaded some of them to Flickr, filed the rest.
Wed Oct 28, 2020
Walked in place for a few minutes, less than usual due to a leg cramp while waking. Breakfast at home: oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, blueberries; water. Worked from home. Posted changes to PharmD home. Sprint standup. Mailchimp template work all day. While viewing Facebook, Chrome hung and I could not get out of it. Had to cold restart (hold power button for a long time to turn off). Made a new digital business card for myself in Photoshop. Troubleshot "Your requirements could not be resolved to an installable set of packages." and "Installation failed, reverting ./composer.json to its original content." when attempting to require antibot and honeypot for Drupal 8 using composer. Solution: 'composer update' then try again. Midmorning small meal: mixed cheese quesadilla, water. Early afternoon small meal: leftover silver noodles and snow pea leaves with garlic, water. D8 organization or website meeting. Zoom chat with family and cousins. We talked about voting and ballot drop boxes, the weather, California and COVID-19, Southern California wildfires, how schools are handling the pandemic, young people needing to learn how to drive, flat tires, why canned pumpkin might not really be pumpkin (rather it might be Dickson squash), recipes, and more. Dinner at home. Patrick had had a largeish lunch with Sam. They both had baby back ribs at Chili's. So he skipped dinner tonight. I had leftover silver noodles, snow pea leaves with garlic, lemon chicken; water. Afterwards we watched The Mandalorian s1:e5 and s1:e6 on Disney+. Patrick went to bed. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, and blueberries; water. Replaced throw pillow inserts with new ones. Prepared new fast-charging USB-C chargers for service by covering the logos on them with electrical tape. The faster charging will permit a fast-charging iPhone to go from dead to 80% in about an hour.
Thu Oct 29, 2020
Walked in place to English Grammar Boot Camp e13: Passive Voice Was Corrected on Kanopy. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Breakfast at home: medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, pumpkin pie spice, blueberries, diced peach; water. A-Z List work: some cleanup of column A. Resolved a web edit problem for Marissa. Webform build all day. Lunch: leftover snow pea leaves with garlic, steamed rice, water. Afternoon snack: one small chocolate croissant, heated. Dinner at home with Patrick: veggie burgers, sweet potato fries with ketchup, water. I also had a glass of white wine. Afterwards we watched Star Trek: Discovery s3:e3 on CBS All Access. Patrick also had a mezcal margarita. We then watched The Mandalorian s1:e7 on Disney+. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk; shredded, sweetened coconut; crushed pineapple from a can. Water to drink.
Fri Oct 30, 2020
Breakfast at home: medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, blackberries; one small, heated chocolate croissant; water. Web edits to remove occurrences of names of old offices and email addresses. Worked from home. Sprint standup. Filed my timesheet. Form build all day. Lunch: leftover snow pea leaves with garlic, bbq pork shredded and chicken fried silver noodle, and fuzhou style fried rice; water. Chancellor State of the University Address via Zoom. Prepped a QBI event posting for Carolina L. D8 sprint recap meeting. Styling work: pc intranet offsite menu block exception. Dinner at home with Patrick: pork yaki udon, water. Afterwards we watched The Mandalorian s1:e8 on Disney+ with ice cream: lychee with almonds and shredded coconut for Patrick, turkish coffee for me. Then we watched Superstore s6:e1 on Hulu Basic Plan. Patrick went to bed. I performed updates and manual monthly backups for home computers and devices. Small fixes for Lodestar Quarterly. Drupal updates for Recharge dev. Late meal: mini ravioli from a can, water.
Sat Oct 31, 2020
Breakfast at home: medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, diced pear; water. House chores all day: prepped old electronics for exit, recycling tasks, cleaned in the back yard. Lunch: leftovers from last night, water. Showered. Rested. Web edits for Patrick's website. Dinner at home with Patrick: delivery from Calibur via Uber Eats: cow burgers and fries, water. Our order included a complimentary roll of Smarties in celebration of Halloween. Afterwards I washed dishes. Patrick made us cocktails: a mezcal old fashioned. We watched Hocus Pocus on Disney+ with pumpkin bread with pumpkin seed streusel that Patrick prepared today from The Good Book of Southern Cooking. Then we watched Toy Story of Terror! also on Disney+. Patrick went to bed. I washed dishes. Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, cinnamon, blackberries; water.