-
Good reads
It’s been a loooong time since I posted some good reading. 5 Things I Learned as the Internet’s Most Hated Person | Cracked.com "I watched every avenue of social media suddenly blow up with messages of abject hatred from thousands of strangers. For the first five days, I couldn't sleep. Every time I would start to doze off, I'd be shocked awake from half-asleep nightmares about everyone I love buying into the mob's bullshit and abandoning me. The ceaseless barrage of random people sending you disgusting shit is initially impossible to drown out — it was constant, loud, and it became my life." They Are Not Trolls. They Are Men.…
-
I swam!
Physical therapy has been progressing nicely. I’ve “passed” all my flexibility/range of motion requirements, and am focusing pretty heavily on strength while making sure not to lose the flexibility. I saw the surgeon Tuesday for a check-in, and they were a little disappointed at my strength at this point in my recovery. September 13 was the 3-month mark for the surgery, though, which is when I’m supposed to be clear to resume some more interesting exercise. With surgeon and PT approval, I’m doing so. I’m taking things quite slowly, because if I do anything off-hours that leaves me too sore to move (or worse, injured!), then my PT work will…
-
Moar PT
Halp. They keep adding exercises, but not taking any away. O_O My current routine takes about 45 minutes, and I do it three times a day. Forty-five minutes. Pendulums (I like front/back and side-to-side better than circular, but I do them all) Table slides (1×10 at two angles) Pulleys (1×10 at two angles) Single-side shoulder blade pinch External rotation stretch (1×15; done lying down with a cane) Lying cane raises (1×15) Isometric flexion (1×10) Isometric extension (1×10) More pendulums Each of those (sans the pendulums) has a 5-10 second hold on it. If not for audiobooks and kick-ass music, I’d probably be tempted to shortcut some of this. Which would…
-
First PT Appointment!
I’m a little late starting PT, as I mentioned before, but this morning’s session went well. The therapist had me lie down and relax as she gently wiggled my arm away from my body in different directions. I was impressed that my arm could get as high as it did after being in one position for seven weeks.
-
A New Granny Squares Design Incoming
So… not to put too much pressure on my designer, but I’ve actually hired someone to do a design for Granny Squares! Its current look was always intended to be revamped down the road — I just needed something simple and clean to get the site rolling. With a few thousand visitors a month now, and with 56% of my users on some form of mobile device, it’s time for a facelift. I’ve gotten a few donations from running the site over the last 3 years, and that’s enough to cover the design costs. I should have ready-to-implement designs by mid-August. I won’t promise an implementation date yet, but I’ll…