I just spent over two hours in a dentist’s chair, to prep a broken bicuspid for a crown. She’s meticulous, but tediously slow.
Category Archives: Administrative
Blog Outage
I’d activated a plugin which was apparently causing the blog to display only post titles. I’ve fixed it now. Sorry about that.
Blog Commenting
Apparently you can’t do it, and I’m too busy working the proposal to try to diagnose and fix it. Maybe tomorrow.
Blog Problems
Yes, it was down for a while, due to an update on server software, including updating PHP to the latest version, which broke some of the plugins. I think everything should be working now. And I’m swamped on the NASA proposal.
Blog Problems
If anyone has been having problems commenting, I’ve had a database issue that I finally resolved, so things should be going faster now. I’ll also be posting more, instead of waiting for WordPress to time out.
Back To Florida
Unfortunately, flight from Charlotte is delayed. More posting tomorrow, if I get to West Palm beach tonight. Consider this an open thread in comments.
Blog Issue
Is anyone out there seeing the mobile site from their desktop?
[Update early evening]
Reading comments, this seems like a WordPress problem (or a problem with the mobile site add-on). Have no idea what I could do about it, except to disable it.
[Late-evening update]
OK, seems to be a problem that occurs “at random,” according to comments. I have not idea how to fix that…
[Thursday-morning update]
I just did a WordPress update a few days ago. It may be that I need to update some plug ins as well. I’ll give it a try sometime today.
Across The Pond
About to leave Miami for London, first time in an A380. I’ll check in when I get to Heathrow. If my phone works…
(Update a few hours later)
Standing in a long line at Heathrow for passport control. If they have the poor judgment to let me into the country, I’ll be heading into town for lunch with friends in Chelsea.
Patching Vinyl
I’m sleeping on an aerobed in Florida (the house is basically devoid of furniture while we prep it to sell). It was a fairly cheap one, just a double, low to the ground. It’s developed a leak (two, actually) and I’ve been waking up on a hard tile floor in the middle of the night. I tried patching it with a standard tire kit, and no joy. I went to Walmart to get a vinyl repair kit. No joy. Only thing I can try at this point is to try to clean it with acetone, then try once more, but I suspect that the glues simply don’t work on this material.
Fortunately, I had the foresight to purchase another bed at Walmart, so I guess that’s what I’ll sleep on for the next couple nights.
[Thursday-afternoon update]
OK, a tube of Loctite 60 and duct tape seems to have done the trick. I now have a double-thick mattress. Should be the most comfortable sleep I’ve had since I moved back in here.
[Update a few minutes later]
Oh, fun. I got glue on my index finger, and now my phone won’t recognize my fingerprint. #21stCenturyProblems
On The Road Again
I’m flying to Miami this afternoon, to make more progress on the house in Florida, then I’m off to London on Friday night from there. I’ll be staying with Samizdata people there, then to Vienna on Sunday for the Legal Subcommittee meeting of COPUOS, to see what’s going on in terms of space law and particularly property rights. Not sure when I’ll be back in London after that, but I’ll be back in Florida on the 18th. I’ll be taking devices and try to check in occasionally, but blogging may be light and scattered for the next couple weeks.