the charge-and-drain

Among the last few chores I have to do are (1) the "training" of my new cell-phone batteries and (2) the tossing-out of whatever uneaten, perishable food still sits in my fridge. It's always a sad thing to throw out perfectly good food, but I don't know my neighbors, so I can't share my food with them (you extraverts can give that a try if you want; report back to me how it goes), and I can't eat all the leftovers in one fell swoop tonight. So: dans la poubelle! As for the phone batteries: I've already 'trained" one of my two new ones; the other battery is draining now, and it ought to be down to zero sometime tomorrow afternoon, at which point I can recharge it to 100%.

If I'm not mistaken, that's the thing you're supposed to do to maximize cell-phone battery life: you pop in your spanking-new battery, charge it to 100%, unplug it from the charger, use the phone until the battery drains all the way to 0%, and then you can charge-and-use your battery normally. I don't understand the science behind this process, but all the online tech magazines recommend the charge-and-drain to break your new batteries in.

I'm about to leave the office and find out whether (1) I have my Leukotape (GMarket now lists the tape as "Delivered") and (2) my toilet has been fixed. The toilet's sealant was cracked around the base, and there was a tiny, slow leakage. The maintenance guy told me yesterday not to shower today until the thing got repaired: with a crack in the sealant, there was a chance that water from the shower could leak down into the apartment below me. Not a good thing.

Expect an update soon. Oh, yeah: I also have to do a final equipment check—everything needs to be packed and ready to go because I'm leaving for Incheon straight from the office tomorrow evening. So there's that, too.

More in a bit.