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The past couple of days, after lunch, my blood sugar spiked and crashed. Not to unsafe levels, mind you, but enough that I got really tired when my blood sugar crashed back down. Yesterday, I noticed it as I was sitting in a presentation at work after lunch and I needed help staying awake. Because…

I just woke up in the middle of the night with one of those headaches. You know, the kind that, for the last couple of years or so, would quickly escalate to a migraine complete with nausea. It’s something I mentioned to my doctor during my checkup and he confirmed its a likely symptom of…

Earlier this week, when I got my new medications, I also go this stuff: Yup, it’s a blood glucose monitor. There are many like it, but this one is mine. Fortunately I only have to use it twice a day: once in the morning before I eat and some other time during the day two…

After receiving the news earlier in the week, I had a followup consultation with my doctor today to discuss the treatment plan for my diabetes. The good news: he thinks it will be manageable. It’s going to require some meds, dietary changes, and of course exercise. And monitoring my blood sugar regularly. No insulin, thankfully,…

I’ve been called Big D at various points in my life. Comes with being a large guy most of my life. Now, it has a different meaning. I’ve been a bit negligent in terms of keeping healthy, I must admit. I’ve been having migraines from time to time and my legs have been swelling–anything from…

My dad had always been a musician as long as I known, anyway–at least until he couldn’t play guitar anymore because of his hands. That and smoking were two things I most strongly associate with my dad. When I was very young, I remembered going with my dad to Cassidy’s Pizza in Salinas where he…

I’m going to give a talk at West Sound Technology Association in the near future, and I have to write one of those dreaded “about the presenter” blurbs. Here’s what I came up with, I’d love to get your feedback. Dameon D. Welch-Abernathy, better known to some as PhoneBoy, has been in Information Security for…

I have been a life-long 49ers fan. It probably has something to do with growing up in the San Francisco Bay Area during the beginning of their Superbowl run during the 1980s. It’s the kind of thing that something like moving will not change, and based on the number of displaced 49ers fans out there,…

Not wasting any time after leaving TWiT, Podcaster Tom Merritt has already started a Daily”>http://www.dailytechnewsshow.com/”>Daily Tech News Show. You could say it’s another iteration of the Buzz Out Loud or Tech News Today format: top headlines with some in-depth analysis and discussion with guests, audience participation, and a snappy theme. Both Tom’s new podcast and…

Earlier today, I recorded a “podcast” about this: beexcellenttoeachother.mp3Download This Episode If you want to subscribe to this podcast–it’s more “personal” and less technical in nature, put this in your RSS feed: http://chimp.li/u/phoneboy/a.rss Anyway, while I kinda rambled here, the main message of the movie “The Breakfast Club” is that we all have more in…