Vacation Woes
Well, I am on Vacation now. Almost on cue, I got sick. Wonderful. Last night, I went to bed early with a fever and chills (I was hot on the outside, freezing on the inside). Fortunately the fever broke sometime shortly after midnight, and I woke up with my side of the bed cold with sweat. And then the cold symptoms hit in full force.

Unabe to sleep any longer out of discomfort, I got up and booted up the laptop which I had purchased with the express purpose of staying connected during this vacation (also for demoing games and so forth remotely). I was in such a state of mind that I played games first rather than doing any development - got myself thrashed as the Americans vs. the Japanese in Rise of Nations. I was mysteriously more victorious doing a small amount of work on writing my game. Maybe. When I did a full recompile for this machine, my elusive "Heisenbug" went away. Is it really gone, or simply in hibernation? I don't know. We'll see if it reappears here, or on my home machine when I merge my code back in.

I slept much of the morning, then went with my in-laws up to visit Cedar Breaks. Wow. The trees are all changing colors right now, so it was an absolutely awe-inspiring trip. I was doped up on cold medicine during the trip, so maybe it contributed to the dreamlike quality of the mountain. All I can say is that pictures don't do it justice. Not in the least.

And now I'm back to getting back to the game. Yes, for me, a vacation means programming. I'm nuts. But compared to the type of work I have to do for the day job (also programming, of a sort) it's a welcome relief. Hopefully this code will be short-lived enough that I'll be able to enjoy the rest of the week.
- posted by The Rampant Coyote @ 3:31 PM (Permalink)