azekeil

So I'm not in work today. Got a bad night's sleep on Sunday night but made it into work on Monday. By the time I left work on Monday I was feeling distinctly below par and didn't make it to roleplaying that night. Got another bad night's sleep last night, despite 1mg of Melatonin. May try again tonight, but with a smaller dosage, see if that helps.

Went to the doctor's and they've told me I have a virus, told me to self-certify until the end of the week, ensure my diet is good, get exercise when the virus has passed, reduce alcohol consumption (not that I drink much these days anyway) and reduce caffeine consumption after 6pm and get a strict bedtime routine going. I'll also have blood tests on Monday to see if there's anything else the matter.

In the mean time, bleurgh.

Found it difficult to get up yesterday, even more so today. Was still contemplating going in when kissycat1000 pointed out that I should rest. I realised I hadn't really got much useful done yesterday anyway. Now I'm sat here I'm beginning to realise I'm feeling feverish. Rest and fluids for me, then.

chocojon invited me to Joost - I think anyone can now get invited, so let me know if you're interested. After an initial networking problem (no idea what the cause was, but restarting both the gateway firewall and the local machine's firewall seemed to solve it) I was able to get picture. It can stutter a little for the first 20 seconds, but after that it's really pretty solid. The programmes all appear to be in 4:3 format at present. Would be nice to see a widescreen option/programmes. On our 4Mb cable broadband, the sound and picture quality is pretty much the same as SD cable tv channels - i.e. perfectly serviceable. I haven't yet worked out how much bandwidth it consumes to try to ensure I keep us from getting throttled.

What Pandora did for music, Joost is doing for telly - although Joost is (will be?) advert supported and shows whole series, Pandora only allows you to choose music similar to one you specify.

There is a channel on there called 'Gong', which seems to have 4 or 5 anime series. :) The range isn't spectacular at present - enough for most people to find something they like, but I'm hearing they're doing deals with big companies keen to ensure they don't turn out like the RIAA.

Just come back from the doctors. I have a combination of a 'flu like virus and throat infection so I'm off now until after Christmas, when I have holiday anyway, so I won't be going back to work until the new year. *shrug*.