I don’t enjoy this “sick” thing. Having gone about 3 years without running a fever, I feel a bit like Clark Kent in Superman II when he gets his ass kicked for the first time in his life. You know, except for the whole 3 years vs a lifetime bit and the fact that I don’t get to have my revenge at the end of the movie thing.
The fever was a new addition last night. I thought I was recovering, so I went back to work, and halfway through the day I was having trouble with the whole “sitting upright” fad that’s hot around the office right now, so I went home. At that point I think my body’s mangled defenses took a page from the book of high tech troubleshooting and said “what the hell, let’s burn the bastards out”. Great fun, much collateral damage. I did go to the clinic today, which means that I probably started getting healthier from the moment I entered – not from any actions taken by medical professionals, just from the symbolic breaking of my pride. Ah well, we’ll see.
The clinic is a good place to go when you’re got concerns about your tongue and throat as well – Google isn’t much help there (or is it?)
As I’m too ill to type for long periods of time, rather than correct the spelling on 50 or so photos on AngelA’s site, I hard coded a spelling correction into the code. The down side is that we’ll never be able to use the word “chromagenic” again, but it doesn’t come up often.
That small burst of coding has reminded me that the self-imposed deadline for VP’s big blue beta is Monday. I really need the ability to sit upright for more than half an hour at a time…
Google has brought forth this flash animation. Here’s why I like QuickTime over Flash: there’s that little bar on the bottom that tells you how much more there is to go. At one point, I thought that this animation was looped, and it might as well have been. It had so much potential, but it all drained away after the first 15 seconds or so.