Computer-technology upgrades; Labashi's return
(posted from home)
(This post covers 1 – 7 December, 2009)
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Monday, 7 December-
Today we had an appointment at a local retirement community to tour an apartment Labashi's parents are considering. We spent a few hours measuring, photographing and looking at carpet and paint samples. This is by no means a sure thing but we do have to go through these steps to provide helpful information for the decision-makers.
Later in the day I upgraded the operating system on the little Mac (from Leopard to Snow Leopard). The installation disk ran for an hour but the upgrade went fine. I then had the software update process check for online updates and went through those installations. Again, it all went smoothly (and I can breathe again!). All my applications came up with no issues.
That evening I updated the blog.
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Sunday, 6 December -
I spent the morning cleaning the house in preparation for Labashi's return. I didn't have it too bad-- just your basic vacuuming, dusting, and putting things in their place.
I finished up around 1400 and had to get outside a bit. Today's high was only 36 but it was a pleasantly sunny day so I rode the Concours to the Tollgate Starbucks to read the papers.
Labashi made it home by 1630. After unloading all her stuff we went out to dinner to celebrate her return, then watched the 'Dead Like Me' pilot and most of a Blue Man Group concert that evening.
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Saturday, 5 December -
Today the weather turned bad and we had a light snow. I worked on the web for most of the morning, then felt I had to get out. I drove to the Apple Store in Lancaster and bought a 'Time Capsule'. It's a combination hi-speed wireless router and hard disk. It works in tandem with the Mac operating system to perform automatic backups. It will also give a much-needed upgrade to our wireless network. Now I just need to figure out the best way to go about my series of upgrades.
Labashi was supposed to drive home from Michigan today but had called this morning to say she couldn't leave yet; she still had more to do. That's just as well, I suppose, since the snow has made the roads sloppy and tomorrow is to be a better day for travel.
I watched a few episodes of 'Dead Like Me' that evening. No walk today.
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Friday, 4 December -
I can't believe it. Today I started to send back the 'Long Way Down' disk and realized I had inadvertantly trashed the Netflix mailer envelopes for all three movies. How the heck do you send the movies back without mailers?
I called Netflix Support and they offered to send me the next movie in the queue. I'm to use the mailer to send back two DVDs and then they'll send another and I can again double up and so on...
The temperature today was near 60 so I thought I'd better take advantage and get in a motorcycle ride. I just buzzed in to Starbucks for a cappucino, enjoying the nice day.
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Thursday, 3 December -
My odd sleeping schedule is catching up with me today. I've been going to bed after midnight and waking around 0500 for the last few days. By mid-morning I had a headache and couldn't keep my eyes open. I laid down but twenty minutes later had to get up-- I couldn't sleep. An hour later I again had the overwhelming tiredness and went to bed again. After twenty minutes I thought I'd have to get up again but then did fall into a fitful sleep for a half-hour or so. But at least the headache lightened up and I felt pretty normal for the rest of the day.
I spent the evening researching the Snow Leopard upgrade. No walk today.
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Wednesday, 2 December-
Today I drove to Lancaster and the Apple Store (in the Park City Mall). I had intended just to look around and ask questions but after learning how I might connect up the Mac to our TV (so we can see Netflix Instant movies), I bought two cables plus a screen-cleaner kit and an upgrade to the operating system (to Snow Leopard).
I watched another two 'Dead Like Me' episodes on Netflix Instant and finished the first disk of 'Long Way Down'. The motorcycle adventurers have made the classic mistake of planning a far-too-ambitious schedule and now are complaining endlessly about seeing so little of the countries they zoom through to stay on schedule.
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Tuesday, 1 December -
Today I drove to Chambersburg to take care of estate taxes and interview a property-management firm my brothers and I are thinking of working with.
The trip pretty much blew out the day. On the way home I diverted to take a drive through the Michaux State Forest and stopped at the state park campground to check out the new buildings. It's now possible to get a shower there (in the unheated restroom) but I was surprised to see how much prices have gone up. It now costs over $20 for a PA resident to camp in a basic, no-electricity site (Sunday-Thursday only) and the electricity add-on is $5. Those seem like outrageous prices to me.
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(posted from home)
(This post covers 1 – 7 December, 2009)
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Monday, 7 December-
Today we had an appointment at a local retirement community to tour an apartment Labashi's parents are considering. We spent a few hours measuring, photographing and looking at carpet and paint samples. This is by no means a sure thing but we do have to go through these steps to provide helpful information for the decision-makers.
Later in the day I upgraded the operating system on the little Mac (from Leopard to Snow Leopard). The installation disk ran for an hour but the upgrade went fine. I then had the software update process check for online updates and went through those installations. Again, it all went smoothly (and I can breathe again!). All my applications came up with no issues.
That evening I updated the blog.
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Sunday, 6 December -
I spent the morning cleaning the house in preparation for Labashi's return. I didn't have it too bad-- just your basic vacuuming, dusting, and putting things in their place.
I finished up around 1400 and had to get outside a bit. Today's high was only 36 but it was a pleasantly sunny day so I rode the Concours to the Tollgate Starbucks to read the papers.
Labashi made it home by 1630. After unloading all her stuff we went out to dinner to celebrate her return, then watched the 'Dead Like Me' pilot and most of a Blue Man Group concert that evening.
------------------------------------------
Saturday, 5 December -
Today the weather turned bad and we had a light snow. I worked on the web for most of the morning, then felt I had to get out. I drove to the Apple Store in Lancaster and bought a 'Time Capsule'. It's a combination hi-speed wireless router and hard disk. It works in tandem with the Mac operating system to perform automatic backups. It will also give a much-needed upgrade to our wireless network. Now I just need to figure out the best way to go about my series of upgrades.
Labashi was supposed to drive home from Michigan today but had called this morning to say she couldn't leave yet; she still had more to do. That's just as well, I suppose, since the snow has made the roads sloppy and tomorrow is to be a better day for travel.
I watched a few episodes of 'Dead Like Me' that evening. No walk today.
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Friday, 4 December -
I can't believe it. Today I started to send back the 'Long Way Down' disk and realized I had inadvertantly trashed the Netflix mailer envelopes for all three movies. How the heck do you send the movies back without mailers?
I called Netflix Support and they offered to send me the next movie in the queue. I'm to use the mailer to send back two DVDs and then they'll send another and I can again double up and so on...
The temperature today was near 60 so I thought I'd better take advantage and get in a motorcycle ride. I just buzzed in to Starbucks for a cappucino, enjoying the nice day.
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Thursday, 3 December -
My odd sleeping schedule is catching up with me today. I've been going to bed after midnight and waking around 0500 for the last few days. By mid-morning I had a headache and couldn't keep my eyes open. I laid down but twenty minutes later had to get up-- I couldn't sleep. An hour later I again had the overwhelming tiredness and went to bed again. After twenty minutes I thought I'd have to get up again but then did fall into a fitful sleep for a half-hour or so. But at least the headache lightened up and I felt pretty normal for the rest of the day.
I spent the evening researching the Snow Leopard upgrade. No walk today.
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Wednesday, 2 December-
Today I drove to Lancaster and the Apple Store (in the Park City Mall). I had intended just to look around and ask questions but after learning how I might connect up the Mac to our TV (so we can see Netflix Instant movies), I bought two cables plus a screen-cleaner kit and an upgrade to the operating system (to Snow Leopard).
I watched another two 'Dead Like Me' episodes on Netflix Instant and finished the first disk of 'Long Way Down'. The motorcycle adventurers have made the classic mistake of planning a far-too-ambitious schedule and now are complaining endlessly about seeing so little of the countries they zoom through to stay on schedule.
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Tuesday, 1 December -
Today I drove to Chambersburg to take care of estate taxes and interview a property-management firm my brothers and I are thinking of working with.
The trip pretty much blew out the day. On the way home I diverted to take a drive through the Michaux State Forest and stopped at the state park campground to check out the new buildings. It's now possible to get a shower there (in the unheated restroom) but I was surprised to see how much prices have gone up. It now costs over $20 for a PA resident to camp in a basic, no-electricity site (Sunday-Thursday only) and the electricity add-on is $5. Those seem like outrageous prices to me.
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