I’ve also improved with my SVN knowledge recently, and have even been investigating git, which I must say, has some neat features.  I’m just not sure that it’s the route I want to go at the moment. Actually, a repository of some sort is the only thing I’m really lacking at the moment. Where I’m hosting my website runs a SVN server, so I can setup repositories there. But, I’ve sort of become a trac junkie, and they don’t have that installed and hooked up to SVN. I know of a decently priced service that makes the whole SVN/Trac thing so easy, but I don’t really have enough going on at the moment to make it worth spending money on for personal stuff.

I could always go for github, which is an option, but I really enjoy having trac.

Anyhow, sadly I have pretty much zero freelance work at the moment (I’ve been turning it down for the most part, except for some really small projects), and I don’t have any ideas for things I’d like to make. So I suppose now that I have this all setup and figured out … all I really need is an idea. /sigh

I’ve been considering trying to get into the WP community, but I guess I’m somewhat nervous about the idea to be honest. I’ve never really contributed to an open source project, certainly not one as massive as WP has become. I’m not even sure where I’d begin, heh. It would be cool to solve a bug or something and have it committed. There’d be a feeling of accomplishment there.

I’d highly recommend checking out: If You’re Into It (not really safe for work), and Selo Tape.

I’ll try to update on some other stuff, but for now I just thought I’d share this :)

Talking is a strain. I have to work very hard to be sure I’m not mumbling, and this seems to strain other muscles in my face, causing fatigue and soreness in them. The muscles in the numb region seem to be going haywire, like they don’t quite know what to do. They’re not doing contortions on my face or anything, but they’re very tight it seems. If I move my jaw in certain ways, I can feel them tugging on other parts of my face/jaw.

As best as we (read: my oral surgeon) can tell, the nerve was most likely touched when she was administering the local anasthesia. She said when removing my lower teeth, she didn’t see the nerve (which is usually a good sign), so she doesn’t believe the actual extraction caused the problem.

Two days ago I went in for a unscheduled check-up since I was still experiencing numbness. She did some tests on the area, basically to get a sense of how much of my sensory abilities were inhibited. I could in general tell the difference between a sharp touch or a dull touch in all areas she tested I believe. She did another test where she touched two places on the area and asked me to tell her whether she was touching two points or one, and she moved it around. I believe she was just moving the points closer together, in all except one area I think I got those correct (another good sign). Then she did a temperature test. Basically touching something warm or something cold to different areas, and asking which it was. For the most part I could tell the difference in all except one area. I could tell she was touching me because of the pressure, but I couldn’t tell if it was warm or cold. She said temperature is usually one of the last things to return. All things considered, I guess this is good news. She said I had a good prognosis for regaining all my sensation.

I go in again today for another appointment (my original check-up after the extraction). Hopefully I’ll get a chance to ask her some more questions I have and get answers. She measured the area that was altered, so we could gauge improvement over time, but I don’t expect to see any change in the course of two days. I’m not sure she’ll even bother to measure again today.

Anyhow, maybe I’m just whining, but I’ve been real surprised how much this has affected me. You don’t realize how much you rely on that region of your face I guess, heh.

:(

I want my Daily Show back :(

(via xkcd)

December 17, 2007

Congratulations! As of 2:00 PM ET today, Ron Paul was certified to be on the ballot for the Republican presidential primary in Virginia.

The Republican Party HQ of Virginia determined that he had enough signatures to be on the ballot. Actually, their staff had to stop counting after the first box of petitions because there were just too many petitions to count.

Thank you to all our volunteers for your hard work in getting Congressman Ron Paul on the ballot. You made this happen!

Cheers,

Mike McHugh
National Ballot Access Coordinator
Ron Paul 2008 Presidential Campaign Committee

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