I can’t really sit up very well, so any computer work I do is lying on a couch with a laptop. I’m watching football and poking away at my space safety paper.
But I will note an amusing spam. It was from “Cancer.” Yeah, that’s just who I want to open emails from. One of the generally bizarre things about spam is that the spammers make no distinction between “From” and “Subject” headers. You’ll find anything in either one, and often the same thing in both.
Well, everything went according to plan. Though from a pain standpoint, it’s likely to get worse before it gets better, because they shot up the area with a local, and I’ll probably be unhappy when it wears off (I do have decent meds, though). But at least for now, I’m ambulatory, up and down stairs, and can sit at the computer.
It was probably good to get this out of the way in front of a three-day weekend…
[Friday mid-morning update]
Just to end all the speculation in comments, it was not an “@n@l spelunking” (not that there’s anything wrong with that). I had to patch up (literally) an inguinal hernia on the right side. I was trying to avoid TMI, but…
I’m going under the knife tomorrow, for some long-overdue minor (or perhaps more than minor, but routine) surgery. Not sure how long it will be until I’m at the computer again, but if you don’t hear from me for a few days, that’s why.
[Update a few minutes later]
For those concerned, it really is routine. Nothing life threatening — just some repair to the structure. I am very fortunate that this is the most major medical situation with which I’ve had to deal in my life. For instance, I’m sure that childbirth would be much worse. One of the reasons I so admire women.
Heading back from MI. No posting until tonight, unless it’s from my phone.
I’m traveling to Michigan tomorrow for a family visit. Nothing until tomorrow night, likely, if then.
[Wednesday morning update]
Arrived last night, perhaps more anon.
For anyone wondering what happened yesterday, my server died (MB or PS, not sure which). Just so you didn’t think you went back in time a couple weeks overnight. I’ve been running on a new machine since yesterday, but we didn’t update the databases until just a few minutes ago. Normal blogging and commenting can recommence.
The Mars Society convention, that is. I’m not taking a computer, so probably no blogging until this evening.
A few people have told me that they’ve been having problems commenting lately. I finally figured out the problem. I get notified of moderated comments that WordPress is holding, but not for Akismet. So I just went into Akismet and found several comments by regulars that it had thought (for whatever reason) was spam. I’ve released them all, and will now start checking that regularly i.e. at least daily). If you are trying to post and it’s not accepting it, let me know.
We got in last night (did some hiking in Yosemite on Monday). Yes, I’m aware of the site issues. The problem seems to be intermittent, which makes it harder to troubleshoot (and I’m not that much of a PHP maven to do such troubleshooting). I suspect it has something to do with the template update I did a few weeks ago. Any suggestions are appreciated. But I’m also pretty busy getting a talk prepared for the Mars Society conference on Friday, and getting caught up from being gone for a week.
Blogging will continue to be light for the next couple days. We spent the weekend in Vallejo after the NewSpace conference, and are heading over to Yosemite today, then back down 395 to LA tomorrow.
Be good in comments.