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Trying To Get Motivated
The rain falls, the wind blows; it's April in Pittsburgh. I'd really like the soil to dry a bit so I can plant the new garlic (California Softneck), but the probability of precipitation is about 60% all the coming week. Speaking of precipitation, I just hope that I can get to the Lowe's and back without being drenched; I need a tub of joint ( Read more... ) -
Anniversary 150
Today/tomorrow marks 150 years since the battle at Fort Sumter which began the first American Civil War. Actually, I have come to the conclusion that the hostilities occurring between 1861 and 1865 were not a civil war, since the CSA had already seceded from the United States. In support of the legitimacy of the secession, I cite Rule #3 of the ( Read more... ) -
Yay! Yay! Yay! Yay! Yay!
As the astute reader may notice, something has finally gone right this week. I just bridged the Verizon modem/router and inserted the Lynksys router into the network. All that remains is to set up a couple of laptops.
You do realize, of course, that by saying this, I just jinxed myself. -
Structured Cabling: Finally Done (I Hope)
All but the aesthetics, anyway. I still have to close the ceilings, and I think that I'll wait to screw on the last wall plate in the back room until I get a two-banger tomorrow. A lot of tears and a lot of dead presidents went into this; I just hope that it's all worth it ( Read more... ) -
From Here, It All Counts
I'm listening to John and Suzyn call the Tigers@Yankees game on Opening Day. Ah, baseball! -
Taking a Detour
While closing the Studio ceiling, I decided that I had better remove the fouled insulation. The heat loss through the roof won't matter because except for two weeks in April and two more in September, the temperature is a pretty constant 90°F in here ( Read more... ) -
So Far, So Good
I am so thoroughly pleased to be one step closer to a working computer network. I've rewired the telephone as far as the network closet and brought telephone, data, and video lines to a box behind my desk. I had managed to get a DSL connection from the jack at the service entrance, and it even worked for about a day. The telling moments were ( Read more... ) -
Connected, Mark II
I may have my Internet connection back, albeit tenuously. Twice in the last 24 hours, I seemed to get the connection back. Each time, I tried to examine the configuration of the brand-new "modem" that Verizon sent me (By the way, it's not a modem, it's a router with a single port. Modems don't have IP addresses and routing software. This thing ( Read more... )