I've had better Mondays

I am banged up, and my computer may be sick.

I am banged up because, in trying to cross a platform to change trains this morning, I tripped and fell over someone's wheeled bag. Skinned my left elbow not quite enough to draw blood, and my left knee slightly. Also, serious stiffness in the left shoulder, upper arm, and hip. And now some in the right upper arm. (Yes, I am taking ibuprofen.) No workout this evening, and maybe a long hot bath. If this had to happen, I'm glad it was now rather than Friday (because one of the things I did this weekend was help adrian_turtle move boxes and put a duvet away for the season and similar things that weren't a big deal, but might be annoying and/or difficult right now).

There is some kind of virus here (a quick look at symantec suggests Trojan.Bankpatch.D). I have talked to the IT guy, and he has installed an anti-malware program, which is now scanning my machine. Because of either the infection or the scanner, my machine is running slow, but unlike some, it is still working. I am being careful about where I go, though: I zipped over to webmail once, quickly, to delete a message I'd sent myself from here before I noticed evidence of the infection. And that's it for today. I'll check email from home this evening, which should be safe. Definitely avoiding anything like bank web sites. (LJ doesn't seem to be on the thing's list of sites it's grabbing cookies for; neither, I suspect, is Panix, but if I have to risk one, I'd rather it be LJ.) Not radio silence, but slower than usual response.

I've had better Mondays

I am banged up, and my computer may be sick.

I am banged up because, in trying to cross a platform to change trains this morning, I tripped and fell over someone's wheeled bag. Skinned my left elbow not quite enough to draw blood, and my left knee slightly. Also, serious stiffness in the left shoulder, upper arm, and hip. And now some in the right upper arm. (Yes, I am taking ibuprofen.) No workout this evening, and maybe a long hot bath. If this had to happen, I'm glad it was now rather than Friday (because one of the things I did this weekend was help adrian_turtle move boxes and put a duvet away for the season and similar things that weren't a big deal, but might be annoying and/or difficult right now).

There is some kind of virus here (a quick look at symantec suggests Trojan.Bankpatch.D). I have talked to the IT guy, and he has installed an anti-malware program, which is now scanning my machine. Because of either the infection or the scanner, my machine is running slow, but unlike some, it is still working. I am being careful about where I go, though: I zipped over to webmail once, quickly, to delete a message I'd sent myself from here before I noticed evidence of the infection. And that's it for today. I'll check email from home this evening, which should be safe. Definitely avoiding anything like bank web sites. (LJ doesn't seem to be on the thing's list of sites it's grabbing cookies for; neither, I suspect, is Panix, but if I have to risk one, I'd rather it be LJ.) Not radio silence, but slower than usual response.

Tell me why, I don't like Mondays

I am banged up, and my work PC may be sick.

I am banged up because, in trying to cross a platform to change trains this morning, I tripped and fell over someone's wheeled bag. Skinned my left elbow not quite enough to draw blood, and my left knee slightly. Also, serious stiffness in the left shoulder, upper arm, and hip. And now some in the right upper arm. (Yes, I am taking ibuprofen.) I was going to work out this evening. Feh.

I also switched the mouse at work back to right-handed, and discovered that I have lots of habits of where things are on my desk, and what I do with which hand, that were being confused. That's not why I'm leaving the one here alone; it's that I don't feel like rearranging the piles of stuff on my desk here to make room for right-handed mousing without knocking books or papers on the floor.

By late afternoon and on the trip home, I discovered more bits of myself seem stiff. If this had to happen, I'm glad it was now rather than Friday (because one of the things I did this weekend was help adrian_turtle move boxes and put a duvet away for the season and similar things that weren't a big deal, but might be annoying and/or difficult right now).

When cattitude gets home from work, I'm going to ask him to check me a little more thoroughly for scrapes, and maybe take a hot bath. I may also dig out a leftover vicodin from last spring's surgery before bedtime; at that point, the sedative effect wouldn't be a disadvantage, but added help.

There is some kind of virus on my machine at work, and a number of other people's (a quick look at symantec suggests Trojan.Bankpatch.D). I have talked to the IT guy, and he has installed an anti-malware program, which scanned my machine and found nothing. I would have more faith in that if I hadn't reported signs of the virus to the IT person, who agreed that yes, it looked like a virus. (IE should not start itself up and offer to download screen savers.) However, mine didn't misbehave other than show two suspicious offers of downloads; other people have had their machines freeze. Nonetheless, I am treating my thumb drive as known safe offsite backup; it has a version of my work from end-of-day Thursday, and is in my daypack.

[If you're reading this on LJ, it is crossposted from Dreamwidth and mostly an update of an entry from earlier today, partly to put the stuff on DW and partly to have a more current and complete note of things, since I do sometimes use LJ entries as references on medical matters.]

Tell me why, I don't like Mondays

I am banged up, and my work PC may be sick.

I am banged up because, in trying to cross a platform to change trains this morning, I tripped and fell over someone's wheeled bag. Skinned my left elbow not quite enough to draw blood, and my left knee slightly. Also, serious stiffness in the left shoulder, upper arm, and hip. And now some in the right upper arm. (Yes, I am taking ibuprofen.) I was going to work out this evening. Feh.

I also switched the mouse at work back to right-handed, and discovered that I have lots of habits of where things are on my desk, and what I do with which hand, that were being confused. That's not why I'm leaving the one here alone; it's that I don't feel like rearranging the piles of stuff on my desk here to make room for right-handed mousing without knocking books or papers on the floor.

By late afternoon and on the trip home, I discovered more bits of myself seem stiff. If this had to happen, I'm glad it was now rather than Friday (because one of the things I did this weekend was help adrian_turtle move boxes and put a duvet away for the season and similar things that weren't a big deal, but might be annoying and/or difficult right now).

When cattitude gets home from work, I'm going to ask him to check me a little more thoroughly for scrapes, and maybe take a hot bath. I may also dig out a leftover vicodin from last spring's surgery before bedtime; at that point, the sedative effect wouldn't be a disadvantage, but added help.

There is some kind of virus on my machine at work, and a number of other people's (a quick look at symantec suggests Trojan.Bankpatch.D). I have talked to the IT guy, and he has installed an anti-malware program, which scanned my machine and found nothing. I would have more faith in that if I hadn't reported signs of the virus to the IT person, who agreed that yes, it looked like a virus. (IE should not start itself up and offer to download screen savers.) However, mine didn't misbehave other than show two suspicious offers of downloads; other people have had their machines freeze. Nonetheless, I am treating my thumb drive as known safe offsite backup; it has a version of my work from end-of-day Thursday, and is in my daypack.

[If you're reading this on LJ, it is crossposted from Dreamwidth and mostly an update of an entry from earlier today, partly to put the stuff on DW and partly to have a more current and complete note of things, since I do sometimes use LJ entries as references on medical matters.]

Invite codes: administrative/record-keeping

I sent out two invite codes on Saturday that haven't been used. If you're one of the people I sent one to, and you didn't need it, please let me know what code I sent you, if you remember. It didn't occur to me to keep notes at the time: if it had, I probably would also have thought of looking around and seen who had said they no longer needed codes.

Conversely, if I sent you a code Saturday and you do want it but haven't used it yet, again, please let me know. The one I sent Friday is identified, and there's no rush on using it.

Animal photos, from the Bronx Zoo

Most of this I just posted to baaaaabyanimals, but I like them enough to put them in my own journal as well.

Four baby otter photos, taken about ten days ago:

( small otters, large images )

( and a tapir for Timprov )

Animal photos, from the Bronx Zoo

Most of this I just posted to baaaaabyanimals, but I like them enough to put them in my own journal as well.

Four baby otter photos, taken about ten days ago:

( small otters, large images )

( and a tapir for Timprov )

Animal photos, from the Bronx Zoo

Most of this I just posted to baaaaabyanimals, but I like them enough to put them in my own journal as well.

Four baby otter photos, taken about ten days ago:

( small otters, large images )

( and a tapir for Timprov )