Journey's End

Home again

Can't say how good it is to be home again. It really rocks, internet connection not withstanding :P

Why the NDS is a better than PSP

Nintendo DS is better than a PSP for gamers. The reason is simple really, the NDS offers developers much more game-space due to its unique hardware combination of dual screens and a random access control in the form of a touch screen.

Let me explain what I mean by game-space …

Rise of the white cells

3.4 wcc count today with a neutrophil count of 2.8 yesterday. It means I am engrafted and the new bone marrow is working away at producing a working immune system for me, yay!

Still no platelets though, which is keeping me in hospital. But hopefully they will pick …

Mr 0.7

White cell count is 0.7, horrah! Lets hope things keep looking up so I can go home and possibly head to ruxcon06.

All is rather well, still a bit crooked, but much improved now.

Cheers,
Steve

Bugs

They finally figured out which bug I have, so hopefully my temperature will be fine tomorrow. Today was a pretty tough day - nil by mouth, then temperature of up to 40.8c

Cheers,
Steve

Still good, still good

Getting some problems in my mouth, lips are peeling again, skin is cracking, but still good, still good...

Days kinda have a routine now. Wake up, eat, sleep, eat, go online, eat, play pool with uncle/friends, exercise some, go online, sleep.

Wonder how long I can keep that up …

D0 Transplant day

Got my cord blood transplant today between 9:30 - 10:30am. All went well, not much of an reaction except for a bit of fever. Though I do smell now due to the preservatives used.

There is an occupational therapist here called Lucy who specialises in making young people's stay …

phps handlers

Cool trick to avoid making duplicates or symlinks to .php files in order for people to view your crappy php source. Also nice when your webhosting doesn't provide a handler for .phps. Go go more .htaccess fu and php'ness.

In summary place the following in a .php file somewhere, like …

Michael Jackson works here (acting)

So there you have it! Still in the show business too, and now a doctor! :-P

Here is also a better shot of the radiotherapy machinary, it is apparently part of an linear accelerator in Sydney according to James.

D0 tomorrow, transplant ETA 9:30-10:00am.

Cheers,
Steve

We are now XHTML 1.0 Transitional

The document located at \<http://freespace.atomicscript.com/> was checked and found to be valid XHTML 1.0 Transitional. This means that the resource in question identified itself as "XHTML 1.0 Transitional" and that we successfully performed a formal validation using an SGML or XML Parser (depending on the …

Site wide gzip compression

After some googling and .htaccess magic all .html files on this site are handled as php files and through the use of the following bit of code in the blogger template all files are gzip encoded for faster delivery!

\<?php
ob_start( 'ob_gzhandler' );
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Above code is present at the top of …

The Ray-o-death

[](http://freespace.atomicscript.com/uploaded_images/radiotherapy_gun-745809.jpg)\[thanks to the seal for some touch up!\]

Actually it is just the machinary to make X-Rays that shoots into me as part of procedure for a transplant. Enjoy!

gDisk working

Spent the day hacking around libgmail 0.1.5 so it works with gDisk. Now I can upload/delete files and also deleting labels, so yay!

Haven't got around to contacting the authors of either gDisk or libgmail, but I will eventually. For now it will just be for my …

That stuff packs a punch

ATG really knocked me around last night. Felt like I had the worst flu ever: a headach like some one squeezing my head in a vice, achy joints and at temperatre of 38.5. Took about 7 blankets to keep me warm.

And then it was too hot!

The ATG …

STOP THE PRESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well actually stop the protocol. The protocol has been put on hold for a week at least due to my drainage tube which is getting examined tomorrow.

Cheers,
Steve

So it begins...

About to get ATG, an immunosuppressive agent with nasty side effects. Preparing to feel pretty shitty...

Cheers,
Steve

Radioactive man!

Had a gated pool heart scan yesterday, where they took 4ml of my blood, infused it with a radioactive isotope called Tc-99m and re-injected it into me. Tc-99m as it decays releases gamma radiation which easily passes through living tissue.

It takes a few days for Tc-99m to decay to …

Back in hospital

Checked in today into RPA, starting the whole transplant procedure. Not sure when I will be well enough to post again once they start the chemotherapy and total body irradiation.

Unwired is evidently working since I am posting here. The reception is not great, but its better than dial up …

System Administrator Appreciation Day

Happy sysadmin day!

Every one be nice to their sysadmins today... remember, they read your emails ;)

Cheers,
Steve

MM-7b finished and done

Finished my modified MM-7 so it uses proximity detection to avoid walls etc. Here are some pictures before I take it apart and build something else:

Here is a video that shows it off :D

The MM-7's controlling logic is done in NQC.

Cheers,
Steve