Urghh.
I appear to have come down with a nasty cough / chest infection and I’m pretty sure I can blame it on sitting through 6 flights in 3 days. Planes these days are breeding grounds for illness, I remember hearing somewhere that flying is actually less healthy since they banned smoking on board, just because now they can get away with recycling the air lots more times and won’t spend money on decent air filters.
My wife almost made me to go to the doctor today about it, something I very rarely do since I generally figure they can’t do anything for viruses anyway so why waste both our times, although I must admit I was starting to consider it this time since secondary infection did seem likely. However, my fever seems to have broken and my lungs appear to have stopped being highly efficient fluid factories as of a few hours ago so I think I’m on the mend. I’m in no state to do anything today though, which sucks because I have a ton of things I should be doing.
Here’s hoping I can get well enough for the next flight I have to take on Saturday to LA, and not come down with some other strain after that. 
August 6th, 2008 at 3:43 pm
Get well soon bud! The air in planes is disgusting these days. I don’t always get sick but I always end up with a sore throat and stuffed up sinuses from the air and pressure. Another reason I hate flying!
August 6th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
Hope you get to feeling better soon…
While at SIGGRAPH, make sure and check out XSI 7. I don’t know if you’ve been following what they’re doing, but it’s pretty damn cool.
August 6th, 2008 at 8:08 pm
Sounds nasty mate. I hate it when your on a plane and you can hear someone coughing or sneezing, and you can imagine the little snot particles flying around the air, and ending up slipping up your nose. Like that scene of the people in the cinema in Outbreak.
August 7th, 2008 at 12:51 am
Urgent Headlines: “A bio weapon disabled all programmers at SIGGRAPH – an open-source UK developer suspected trying to eliminate competitors.”
August 7th, 2008 at 9:48 am
I sent you a message over live, but heck I may as well leave a comment here too. Have a go at Braid from the Live Arcade if you get a chance
http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=205102
August 7th, 2008 at 9:51 am
Thanks folks. I’m slowly re-bootstrapping
@Paul Evans: yeah, I have this one on my radar, along with the Geometry Wars sequel. I’ll probably end up buying both of them, adding to my teetering pile of games that I struggle to find time to play :/
August 7th, 2008 at 4:49 pm
I know why you are ill.
You are working from home, so you’re immune system is not really required.
Than you go outside and you’re immune system is to weak to fight against normal bacterias.
Thats it.