Friday, April 21, 2023
Medium bowl of oatmeal with milk, flax meal, cacao nibs, toasted shredded coconut, toasted slivered almonds, diced half banana; hot water. Recently finished reading Tony Fadell's Build. Continued rereading Priya Parker's The Art of Gathering. Rode Muni to UCSF Parnassus. Siteimprove linkchecking and policy work. Various task followup. Oni-Orisan Lab build. Changed my Mac's cursor outline color to black and fill color to bright yellow, which seems to work better for me on either light or dark backgrounds than the default. I wanted to lunch at Reverie Cafe, but it appeared to be closed for good even though Google told me it was open. Instead I ate at Crepes on Cole. When placing my order—half sandwich combo with turkey—I had trouble hearing the person ask me various questions, and I thought it was because they didn't speak loudly or clearly enough since I don't have a problem with my hearing and it was not a noisy environment. I took my number card and sat outside since it was a nice day. A reasonable while later my food arrived. The deliverator noticed that my table was wobbly and went back inside and returned with a wad of napkins to stabilize it, which took a minute. She asked me if I wanted hot sauce, mayo, or ketchup. I asked for mayo and ketchup since my meal included a sandwich and fries. She returned with mayo and ketchup. My drink still had not yet arrived (and she did not ask if I had a drink coming), so I went in to ask if I needed to pick it up myself. I discovered that the person who took my order forgot to make the drink, and then after some miscommunication he said he would bring it out to me in a bit, which he did. The chicken and vegetable soup was delicious but not hot. The ketchup bottle I received was new, so I had to unscrew the cap and remove the inner seal myself, which took a minute. The fries were delicious, but they seemed to be almost entirely runts. The sandwich already had mayo on it, so I am guessing that I was asked if I wanted mayo for the fries, which I did not, but I used it on the sandwich anyway since only one side was mayoed. The meal came with a salad, but I noticed decaying lettuce in parts of it and decided to not eat it at all. The salad seemed poorly dressed, anyhow. The sandwich was perfect. The iced chai tea latte was perfect. I did not complain about anything, but I'll likely not return. Reverie Cafe is gone, but Zazie, Beit Rima, Cole Valley Tavern, and La Boulangerie de San Francisco all seemed very popular better alternatives. I walked through Richard Gamble Memorial Park and enjoyed a delightful flower garden at 832 Clayton Street before running an errand at Walgreens where I'm amazed at how many products need to be locked up due to frequent theft. Then, while I was there shopping, I noticed someone who seemed to be taking products off shelves and putting them into a large, reusable bag, seemingly with intent to not pay for them. An employee made their presence known to this person who seemed to attempt to dodge them, and I did not follow either of them after I saw that happen. Then, while I awaited another employee to unlock one cabinet for something I needed, he tried maybe 12 different keys before finding the right one, apologizing that it was only his third day. The delay somewhat made me want to purchase all the same stuff on Amazon, but I stuck it out and got what I needed, checked out, and exited. I returned to the office by walking and taking Muni. Chatted briefly with Nathan D who was on his way to Mission Bay, and I gave him a small treat in return for small treats he has given me in the past. Reworked the commencement podium banner artwork in Illustrator for Leslie C and Neal Z at Southern Tailors Fabric Imaging. Rode Muni home. Dinner at home with Patrick: leftovers from L&L Hawaiian Barbecue Daly City, water. Dessert for Patrick only: ice cream. I washed dishes. Afterwards we watched The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel s5:e2 on Amazon Prime Video. Patrick went to bed. We cuddled a while. I arose. Continued copyediting Patrick's short story collection called Fancy Gumbo. Late at night I heard sounds outside our back door that were consistent with that of a vole that had found its way into the doorway area where it is unable to climb out because it had traveled down some concrete steps. I opened the door, confirmed that it was a vole, and left a Post-It note on the door to warn Patrick when he awakes. I installed Battery Monitor: Health, Info by Rocky Sand Studio because recently my MacBook Pro died in the middle of working because it ran out of battery. I had thought I had connected it to power, but someone removed a cable while I was away. It seems that Mac laptops no longer provide a warning when the battery is low unless you install a third-party application. It did not work ideally on my 2021 16-inch MacBook Pro with a notch because it kept nagging me to click in a certain place that was within the notch in order to begin using it. I had to quit a bunch of other apps before I could do so, but I only knew that I needed to do that from other similar experiences—if you quit enough things that appear in the menu bar, the thing you seek will eventually appear. There's no way for someone to know that's how it works, though. I configured it the way I wanted, then restarted the computer to be sure that all the apps I had quit restarted. Late snack: oil-free, salt-free popcorn from the silicone microwave popcorn popper; water.