Friday, April 15, 2005
Another stay-at-home day—my back is still hurting. Went to the doctor. Fortunately, no x-rays required—he agreed the new orthotics had caused the problem and I'll be returning some of the ones I bought in exchange for less rigid ones. Break them in slowly, continue leg strengthing exercises, get rest, drink water, yadda yadda. Home. Rested. Lunch at home by myself: turkey pastrami sandwich. If you're interested in how China filters the internet, search Google on the April 14, 2005 Wired News article titled "China's Filters Strong, Subtle." Yesterday our outgoing mail messages for our home computers wouldn't send. After poking around some I discovered that our ISP is doing some new security filtering to our connection, so the fix is simple: set our SMTP server settings to them instead. The medication I have for my back pain is helping. Dinner at home with Patrick: pork chops, rice with vegetables, corn on the cob. Watched Kung Fu Hustle on DVD with Patrick.