Friday, February 16, 2007

  

I admit it! I AM AN IDIOT! You remember how a while back I mentioned that I was writing a story? (A long while back?) Remember how I forgot the passwords? Turns out, I go in to look at the directory they're in, and I think that I'm opening a different file, but I end up opening "jeff.doc" I enter the passwords that I was expecting to use on "untitled-story.doc" and start reading the past stuff so I can keep the flow going correctly. Then I'm thinking, "Wait a minute...That's not how this story started! Thats....OMG!" Then I had a moment of temporary insanity while I celebrated the fact that I was so stupid that I used the same passwords on every other word document I had ever composed! I feel like a complete moron!

As for the blog project... I haven't worked on it yet for tonight/today. (and it's 2:53 as I write this line.) My internet connection was down for about an hour, so I couldn't get in to get the file from my host's servers via FTP. The cable modem was blinking it's Receive light at me, which means it lost its Receive channel on the cable network. The send light was out, and so was the "Online" light, so I was "Offline." It was a very lonely world isolated to just this small LAN.

Which reminds me.... My dad wants to move the modem and router upstairs. All of our computers in the basement here take advantage of what little extra boost the 100BaseT network will give them, but I am afraid that there is no wireless network card that will work properly with Win98 or NT. So I told my dad he would probably have to buy a wireless ethernet bridge and a Fast or Gigabit ethernet switch and install them as a replacement for our wireless router, reducing the cost of buying 2 wireless USB or PCI adapters to about $150 and still allowing flexibility. I asked him if wireless access points could be used to bridge distances in a PtPo802.11 type deal and he was acting like I should know that. See, the distance from the intended install location and the placement of all the cables on the network, it would be well over 200ft to run a connection upstairs. So we're screwed for going the cheap method. The longest cable we have is a little over 15ft, and it's crossover, but used because of the MDI/MDIX capability in our router, which probably wouldn't work with any other switch.... yeah, we're having network fun. I just told him he should buy different antennas or raise the router up on the wall rather than set it on a desk. He doesn't know if it will help. I think I might pull the cord for \\MAIN out and move them up high and see if he notices tomorrow when he uses his laptop. :) I won't even say a word about it either. This should prove interesting.

Speaking of interesting, they now sell "one-handed" keyboards. How does it work? There are two models: A full sized keyboard for a normal desktop, and a "mini" model for desktops with tablets and such. How does it work? If you hold the space bar, it emulates the opposite side of the keyboard! For example, holding space bar, the F key will type the J, Q the P, and so on. That;s pretty nifty, eh?

I'm going to buy this graphics card for my (\\HSRESQ or Angela) computer soon. It has DVI, VGA, and S-VIDEO ports/jacks on it. This way, I can get cool monitors and they'll work betterer. (I.E. maybe they 19" monitor isn't too far out of sight.)

I thought I lost $35 today, but I found it in the pair of jeans I wore yesterday. :)

Well, 'tis time for me to scram here. Seeya! :)

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