28 October 2024 =============== While lying on the couch with a flu AGAIN (thankfully, junior is in daycare) i try to busy my mind by browsing the gopherverse, learning obscure programming languages and hanging out in IRC... sometimes, being ill at home feels like the miserable copy of life as a teenager. This year it really seems like nearly everyone catches some form of respiratory illness every couple of weeks, at work we were never at full capacity this year as far as i can remember. Its never something serious, but allways enough that you have to stay at home at least for a couple of days. Is this the aftermath of COVID? The immune system out of training due to years wearing masks? I have no idea, but one thing is sure: It sucks very much. On a more pleasant side note: I have finally the time to read through the "UNIX Programming Environment"... a very good book that i started multiple times but due to life never could get to finish.