This and that...

As if life isn't difficult enough when your currency loses nearly half its value against the US dollar, I am reliably informed that some employers in Russia are cutting salaries in response to the crisis. It is not clear whether such cuts in pay involve a concomitant cut in hours, as would typically be the case at a US company undergoing financial "turbulence," but even if it does, things are certainly not looking up for the person on the street, as the price of a number of staples is going up.

It may be that fax communications are coming back. Doctors in particular seem enamored of fax, as it is purported to be more secure than email. I wonder about that, especially since (a) so many people who receive faxes do so electronically, and (b) just because there may be a facsimile machine at both ends of a link doesn't mean that data isn't vulnerable as it transits the great, big telecommunications "cloud" out there.

I had occasion to send a fax today, as it turned out, to Network Solutions, in an attempt to take care of some domain details. I hope they respond in a timely manner.

Work came in, work went out.

I am discovering the power of org mode journaling, in the sense of recording time-and-date-stamped events of significance (e.g., calling and leaving a message with someone at the Social Security Administration).

Cheers...