I got a message from the Post Office around 8am, telling me that the coffee they didn’t deliver yesterday (“at customer request”) was out for delivery again – and it arrived around 2:30pm. I opened the box to make sure it was what I’d ordered and put it away; I won’t need it for at least a week.

I’d also ordered bagels from New Yorker Bagels for this weekend – they ship FedEx Priority Express, so they were supposed to arrive before 1pm. But at 1pm, they were still “at FedEx location” – but they arrived just before 4pm, in plenty of time for lunch tomorrow.

And I found that I can use QuickTime Player to trim video clips, which means I don’t have to specify precise timing when I run the script I talked about on Wednesday to clip a piece of video from a movie. Trimming a second or two from a 30-second clip is easy in QuickTime; using it to pull a short segment out of a longer video would be much more finicky.

613 days…that’s one per mitzvah. Hard to believe!

Shabbat Shalom!

I’ve been ordering coffee from Doka Estate in Costa Rica ever since we visited them last February. The coffee is fresh and good, the pricing is reasonable, and delivery is quick – usually about a week from order to receipt. And it brings back nice memories every time I drink it.

I sent them an order to replenish my supply when I got home from Boston. The first notice I got from the Post Office said it would arrive next Monday. Then I got another notice saying it was in San Jose and I’d get it tomorrow. This morning, the Post Office said it was “out for delivery” and I should expect it today. And this evening, they claimed it had been held at my Post Office “at customer request”, which surprised the customer!

I guess I have a trip to the Post Office in my near future.