See mood (sort-of OK)

Woke up in fair shape this morning, going rapidly downhill when Colleen got up and while I took her to a doctor's appointment to check on her fistula site, which appears to have become re-infected. She was on the edge of panic, I think. We both calmed down after getting a prescription for (a different) oral antibiotic; the infection started up after her week on the previous prescription ran out.

Note: positive feedback is bad. When Colleen is panicking, I get weird and either panicked or depressed. Or both; I have no idea what to call that state.

After Kaiser we went out for a longish drive: quality time is always good for both of us. We're now back at home waiting for a pain pill to kick in so I can change her wound dressing. After that I'll go out for my walk.

New gadgetry at the Starport

As I mentioned upwhen, I went to Fry's yesterday: the main purchases were a 4GB microSD card, a cheap bluetooth headset, and a power supply for Nova to replace the functional but noisy one I had to put in a month or so ago.

The headset was the cheapest I could find; a little Plantronics job that charges via what looks like a micro-USB plug. Haven't had occasion to try it yet. The microSD was a 4GB Kingston that came with SD, mini-SD, and USB adapters; it'll be $10 after the rebate.

The PSU was the cheapest I could find with a 120mm fan, a 500W supply from Apevia, whoever they are. In spite of the fact that it's rated significantly higher than the 380W Antec it replaced, it appears to be more efficient: UPS load went from 26% to 22% of 480VA. So that's a win.

The office is noticably quieter now, though there's still some fan noise from the miniITX system I'm using as a router.

The main thing still pending hardware-wise is the AT&T fiber hookup; I really need to get email redirected off the old service in preparation for that.