August 16, 2007

PEEKING THROUGH THE KNOTHOLE - it just means a sneak look at what we're thinking about or working on. I don't want to pretend you'll be interested in any old musings, so after this introduction-to-this-section, I will try to keep the tone plain and not too wordy. Sort of Sheldon Brownlike, come to think of it.

It is amazing to me, and I'm so thankful for it, that we've been able to get by this past year or two with a mediocre website. Our new site may not seem super to you, or maybe it does, but to me it is that times ten, not just because of its design, but also and mainly because for the first time, we have instant control over everything in it. In the past it has taken up to a week to fix an apostrophe, and that is now fixed.

A few times a day we get asked about when the next Reader will be out. I think in about 2 months. I've got kind of a bad rsi thing from too much mousing (from working on this site), and it's hard to type without it flaring up. It hurts from armpit to elbow, and I'm taking ETODOLAC for it. It's like ibuprofen but stronger, I'm told. And I got a new kind of mouse, and a mouse pen, and I try this and that, throwing money here and there to make it good again. When you kind of write for a living and ride for fun and you can't do either without sharp pain following it, money means nothing. I don't suppose any of you have any insights into this, but if you do, sure, let me know. If you have chops behind your  insights, so much the better, but plain old experience is good, too. I won't dwell on this, but it IS the main thing keeping me from working on the RR now, so it bears mentioning.

It also makes it hard for me to answer email, and to give thorough answers. So, I'm afraid my short answers might be taken the wrong way. Things'll be fine in a month, but now, not great, so I'm afraid I need some slack. 

Grant