Just wanted to post a quick entry before the new week started.

On Friday, I went to an IHC InstaCare because my ear was definitely not getting better. The doctor that saw me there told me I had a case similar to Swimmer’s Ear. He put me on a stronger regimen of antibiotics, installed a wick to assist in the draining, and prescribed some ear drops.

By late Saturday, I was finally able to put my hearing aid in again.

Now it’s Sunday night and I can barely feel any discomfort at all. However, I still can’t hear as well as I could before - but it’s been coming back gradually. Since this condition has been all outer-ear related, I’m sure I’ll get all my hearing back... all I had to begin with, anyway.

I feel partially responsible for my ear condition. When I first started having problems- it was just a swollen glands kind of thing in my neck and behind my ear. I read online I should apply heat. What better way to apply constant heat to my ear area than to submerge that side of my head in warm bathwater?

That’s what I did. I’m sure that ignited a bacterial carnival fiesta inside my ear canal.

Zipping through the weekend

Over the weekend, I worked on a small enhancement for one of Iodynamics’ clients. They wanted a facility which they could use to upload a ZIP archive file to the web server, have the facility automatically validate the archive, unpack items from the archive, and update the database, etc.

I’d never done anything like this before, but it seemed pretty straight forward. I used the Archive::Any Perl module to accomplish the extraction. I could have used by the Archive::Zip module but all I really needed was extraction. Archive::Zip was overkill... but I’ll keep it in mind for future projects.