Dreamwidth (quick) Update: 24 July 2011

[denise]

Hey all -- I'm sorry about the radio silence for the past few weeks (I've torn my rotator cuff and dislocated my wrist, and have been on minimal-typing for a while). I was hoping things would improve enough for me to do a full update, but enough people have been asking that I'll at least do a quick-hits:

* Check out erika's first Code Tour for development news.

* For the rest of 2011, we're concentrating on Mission: Feature Development. August's hackathon is usability bugs, so if you've been thinking of diving into DW development, check out the usability Bugzilla keyword for a list of the bugs eligible for a points bounty.

* We're increasing the bounty on styles submitted to dreamscapes, to help recognize the fact that creating a style is far more involved than creating a theme.

* Speaking of, there are new styles available for your journal: Five AM is now live, and Crisped and Dusty Foot will be going live with the next code push.

* I've been working on the dw_suggestions backlog, and will be moving more things over to Bugzilla in the coming weeks, so if you haven't stopped by for a while to give your opinion, now's the time.

I will be back with a more detailed update as soon as I can type more reliably! In the meantime, if you're having problems, Support is standing by to help you.

Comments

[adventurat]

Ow ow ow ow! I hope there's a really great story behind your wrist and rotator cuff injury, Denise. Because I share your rotator cuff pain, but OMG dislocated wrist? I can't even imagine. (Well, I can, but I'm better off not doing.) Here's wishing you a fast and complete recovery of strength, stability, and range of motion!

[denise]

No interesting story, I'm afraid, just the fun of having a genetic disorder that mostly affects my joints. Fortunately it also usually carries fast healing with it, which means that I'm starting to get better; the shoulder is still wonky, but after two weeks of wearing a wrist brace nearly around the clock, my wrist seems to be stabilized enough to type with at the very least.

(The wrist tends to pop out fairly regularly, usually three or four times a year; I've gotten good at reducing the dislocations and subluxations myself. Some people pop their knuckles before typing; I pop my wrists to re-settle them! This time it went out from me lying on the floor to play with the cat, then trying to push myself back up to sitting position. Lean weight on wrist, wrist goes pop...)

I hope your shoulder gets better quickly, too!

[adventurat]

Oh, my shoulder is fine. Well, with monthly massages, anyway. :)

I have a friend with connective tissue disorder that sounds much like EDS; with her it's her hips. *sympathy*

[denise]

Oh yeah, my hips are a lost cause. My right hip subluxates regularly, and the muscles around it are screamingly screwed up because of it (trying to hold the joint in place, replacing the function of the tendons which have just totally given up). I can't walk without a cane half the time, and I've got a manual wheelchair I use for any time I need to walk more than about a hundred yards or so.

I keep saying, I will be first in line to upload myself to the Matrix!