Thursday, May 10
6:30 am
It is 0 °C, with a high forecast of +8 °C.
From the Environment Canada website:
Today Periods of snow mixed with rain changing to rain this morning and ending this afternoon then a mix of sun and cloud with 60 percent chance of rain showers. Risk of a thunderstorm this afternoon. Local snowfall amount 2 cm. Rainfall amount 5 mm. Wind becoming northwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 this morning. High 9.
Tonight Clearing this evening. Wind west 20 km/h. Low minus 2.
6:40 am Technology
There was an email waiting for me from the people who provided this web authoring software asking me to send a technical report back. They gave me the steps for this and I was able to do it. At the moment it is not obvious to me where the problem may lie. It might be the university file server, it might be the Sandvox software, or it might be something to do with my machine.
Fortunately I now know that someone is looking at the problem. And I am still able to author the updates to the website. It is just that I can't publish the updates at the moment.
7:30 am Technology
I received an email asking me to change a setting in the Preferences file and the problem was fixed. Great. A nice start to the day.
8:00 am Life
Now that I am on my second cup, it is time to identify a few activities for today. My tech problems have been solved, the snow has stopped and the sun is beginning to shine, both metaphorically and really. But it is a bit cool, and wet, for outdoor activities such as birding.
- Life - a weights session at the Lethbridge Fitness Center
- Literature - continue reading "All My Enemies"
A refreshing, short, list.
11:30 am Literature
I'm back from Costco. Bought a fitness jacket and two books in addition to the groceries.
- Why Men Lie (2012) Linden MacIntyre (novel)
- Quiet (2012) by Susan Cain (non-fiction)
3:30 PM Life
After a weight session at the LFC we went to a new Japanese restaurant for a late lunch. They serve what they call a buffet - but basically it is a collection of items that you order and it is then brought to you, but the order is a set price for the collection. If you order more than you can eat, you are charged the full price for any food left over. Neat idea. And the food was delicious.
8:30 PM Literature
I am making good progress with "All My Enemies". It is a good story, but I am not gripped by it. I enjoy trying to make sense of all the clues and have a few hypotheses about the overall plot, but I still need more information to form a coherent whole.