Moved the Blog again

To my faithful 3 or 4 readers,

So, I wanted to move this blog for a couple reasons. First, I wanted to have more control over the server it runs on and all the admin stuff involved with that. Then, I was curious about Movable Type and wanted to see if I could get it running on my server purely as an exercise. Sure enough, it worked great after some nudging and poking. Finally, all the publishing applications for Blogger use their API. For some strange reason you can not give your externally created posts a Title line, ony a body. This bugged the crud out of me. The tools for MT do not have this issue.

So, go check out the new Oxidizing Everyone for future updates. I won't be moving the Google Ads or the other right hand side silliness over there. But, eventually I'll take the time to backport all the posts from here over to there and wholesale move the contents that currently live here.

Also, should you want to host your bloggity thing on my server just let me know. I'm sure most of you are comfortable with what you have. But, I'll entertain any request from friends.

Hurt my back

I got some new furniture for my den. One of the items is a nice big wood desk with a return. Two of us moved it into the room in 2 pieces. We placed it where I thought it shoudl go and I screwed it together. Later that day, while my wife and kids were out, I began putting my computers and stuff on the desk. After a bit I realized that power and network jacks were not going to work out well from that direction and the desk needed to be rotated 90 degrees. So, what does stupid me do? Yep, moved the thing myself. I didn't lift with my back, just my legs and arms. Or so I thought...

For the past two and a half weeks there has been a pain in the muscles along my spine right at the tips of my shoulder blades. It hurts more on the right side than the left. I went to the doctor for something else (a virus that was making me feel woogie) and asked him to check my back. He said I pulled a muscle that is slow to heal because you use it frequently. Now whenever I lift my arms up it hurts. Carrying the baby hurts. Even walking hurts. I start the day in good shape and am in throbbing pain by the end of the day. I wish I had time I could take off work just to flop and rest the muscles until it heals.

I have learned yet another painful lesson. But, don't feel bad for me. Just laugh and mutter "dumbass" under your breath. :-)