Stuff I've been up to

[giza]

Well, it's been a busy couple of weeks for me. I've been at work (voluntarily) fro the last 3 or 4 Saturdays, working away on an old project, a multi-threaded mailer in Python. (and besides, I could use the extra pay!) Interestingly enough, I found that not setting a mutex before updating a certain variable won't just cause data corruption, but it can also cause the entire thread to stop running. No exception is raised, but the thread no longer does anything or consumes process time. My best guess is that there is a blocking condition going on in that thread where it thinks it has to wait for that variable to be updated.

Multi-threaded programming makes my brain hurt sometimes.

I've started physical therapy for my foot again. As I've mentioned before, the current theory is that I have capsulitis in the joints at the base of my 5 toes. This in turn is irritating some of the nerves, and causing my nerve troubles. I was at my second session tonight, and they had me stand on a slant board to stretch my ankles. It was *amazing* at how stiff my left achiles tendon was! Their theory is that the reason my foot is not healing is because there is scar tissue built up around the nerve. So they will be treating me with some deep tissue massage which amounts to them rubbing the sole of my foot REALLY hard to break up some of that scar tissue. It will be a bit painful, I am told. Fun.

I implemented Bugzilla awhile ago to try it out and, ugh. It needs some serious interface work, especially on the search screen. It was also very CPU intensive, which I found surprising since it uses a database (as opposed to flat files). Of course, the entire thing is written as Perl CGIs, though. *sigh* (Maybe I should write a rant about why I hate CGIs sometime...)

I bought a cute tiger plushie sometime last week. It has really nice fur. Simple things for my simple mind. :-)

I haven't done too much else. Since Sundays have been my only day off, I've been spending them at the gym, doing chores like laundry, and playing lots of Metal Gear Solid 2!

Speaking of the gym, I seem to have lost about half an inch of my waist, probably from spending 30 minutes on the exercise bike 3-4 times a week. I noticed this because I can now tighten my belt another notch. My weight seems to have peaked at around 192 pounds (I was 155 before I joined the gym last September!), so now I can concentrate on losing some fat.

That's about it.

Comments

[mannu.livejournal.com]

You actually get extra pay for working weekends? Wow!

[giza.livejournal.com]

I get paid by the hour. It totally rocks my world. :-)