"...it's nice to be back."
WB!
"...there's been death and cancer scares..."
I'm sorry to hear this. I am presently scrambling to get appropriate care for a dear friend that has just undergone brain surgery to remove a tumor, and has been left to die in hospice by an estranged relative given PoA by the big city hospital where the surgery was done. I have just attained medical PoA and am figuring out how to extract them from being held in captivity until they die of cancer. I know how traumatic these can be, and am sorry you have gone through them.
"...check out the MAGI frontend Altera."
That is great news. I do hope everything there works as advertised. LP makers certainly have incentive to make sure it does. Also in the last month or so Sovraniche has been announced on Hive, and I hope that also performs as advertised. You might look at that service as well. I have reblogged the initial post I saw they made here.
Thanks!