Update

Sorry to leave you hanging like that. Vinny's doing just fine now; the fever disappeared as quickly as it came. By Wednesday afternoon, he was feeling just fine. Who knows what the deal was.

Anyhow, I have for you this morning another segment of the supercomputing course. This is because I had already written most of it by early last week. I will write about the family gathering at some point when I get the time, but for now, I am afraid I am positively swamped, because I have an actual deadline of Monday, July 23, by when I must have some real results at work! I'll try to keep my vast audience entertained as best I can between now and then.