For anyone unfamiliar with the acronym FAP, it refers to our satlink provider’s Fair Access Policy—we’re permitted 200MB of data download per “rolling 24 hours”, and if we exceed it, our internet access is severely throttled. As in, below dialup speed throttled.

So yeah, that’s why you didn’t hear from me yesterday. It gave me more space for thinking, however, so I will probably have something somewhat substantive to opine on soon. But not today—in fact, as I type this I am in danger of being left behind. What began as a promise to Snolf the First to take him to a Rush concert has turned into an all-family overnight Rushian adventure. It should be a lot of fun!