It's a Good Tired...

daisy_knotwise and I had trouble getting to sleep last night, partly due to it being too hot in the bedroom, partly due to nerves. The alarm clock was set for 4:15 AM, because we needed to get to Wisconsin in time for a 7:30 ultrasound at week 21.

Other than the acute lack of sleep, the news was all good. All systems were go, all parts were present and accounted for and looking good. And the baby decided to keep his or her sex as a secret, with hands and feet correctly placed to make sure that no hints were available.

There will be pictures later.

Meanwhile, we came back to Chicago and I headed into work, where I fixed one bug of my own creation and five others that had been created by others in a furious orgy of exhausted productivity. Obviously, I should debug more often when comatose...

It's a Good Tired...

daisy_knotwise and I had trouble getting to sleep last night, partly due to it being too hot in the bedroom, partly due to nerves. The alarm clock was set for 4:15 AM, because we needed to get to Wisconsin in time for a 7:30 ultrasound at week 21.

Other than the acute lack of sleep, the news was all good. All systems were go, all parts were present and accounted for and looking good. And the baby decided to keep his or her sex as a secret, with hands and feet correctly placed to make sure that no hints were available.

There will be pictures later.

Meanwhile, we came back to Chicago and I headed into work, where I fixed one bug of my own creation and five others that had been created by others in a furious orgy of exhausted productivity. Obviously, I should debug more often when comatose...

From the Halls of Montezuma

According to this report the Marines are interested in developing a reusable spaceplane for delivering a strikeforce of troops anywhere in the world in a big hurry, getting them there in two hours or less, and then getting them out when the job is done.

From the Halls of Montezuma

According to this report the Marines are interested in developing a reusable spaceplane for delivering a strikeforce of troops anywhere in the world in a big hurry, getting them there in two hours or less, and then getting them out when the job is done.