Author: jrwren

comcast speed upgrades

I heard about the comcast thing. I did speed test using one of those cool web browser speed tests. I didn’t have the fast speed the first time I did the test. So I pulled the power plug on the cable modem, counted to ten, plugged it back in.

I did the speed test again, et voila. The upgraded comcast speeds work. I’ll be hosting websites soon 🙂

TCP/Web100 Network Diagnostic Tool v5.2.1e
DO NOT USE YOUR CONNECTION WHILE TEST IS RUNNING
click START to begin
Preparing Speedtest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done
running 10s outbound test (upload) . . . . . 252.95Kb/s
running 10s inbound test (download) . . . . . . 3.22Mb/s

Your speed is 58.71 times faster than 56Kb dialup

Your PC is connected to a Cable/DSL modem

click START to re-test
Preparing Speedtest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done
running 10s outbound test (upload) . . . . . 323.34Kb/s
running 10s inbound test (download) . . . . . . 3.97Mb/s

Your speed is 72.29 times faster than 56Kb dialup

Your PC is connected to a Cable/DSL modem

click START to re-test

Distance: 69.5 miles Approximate Travel Time: 1 hour 26 mins

STOLEN
Distance: 69.5 miles Approximate Travel Time: 1 hour 26 mins

How far?

1. Go To Mapquest.com
2. Click on Directions
3. Enter your Current Address and the Address of your Childhood Home (or at least the town if you don’t remember the exact address)
4. Put the time and distance in a post like this.
5. Don’t forget to repost these directions. (Not the door to door ones)

But I used maps.yahoo.com because I prefer it.

Distance: 69.5 miles Approximate Travel Time: 1 hour 26 mins

Its also probably inacurate, because neither yahoo or mapquest are aware of my current residence. Our condo is less than 2 yrs old, in a tiny town of 3000people.

Searching in my drawer, I had to find a photograph of you. Were you really
quite like I remember? Cold Decembers on a pier, a can of beer between us.
We were dreaming on the railing of sailing on our own into the sunset: an
orange one with palm trees, dolphins bouncing round the boat. We’d live on
coconuts, I’d build a hut in wood and grass. Strong enough to last us
through the storm, keep us warm.
Why did our dream have to die? Tell me why.
You were out there with me. You felt the breeze past through your hair,
held a seashell to your ear, fearless, flying higher in a world built just
for us. No visitors, nothing there to hurt us.
So why did you run away? No explanation, no communication, not a word. Just
a square inch in the paper said you took your life – what a waste. Weren’t
you just a little hasty? God, what a pitiful waste.
Why did our dream have to die? I don’t know why.
You could have picked a graceful method: died like Cleopatra, where no
scars remain. A tube train just does nothing for your figure. My disfigured
princess!
Do you watch me through the night? Are you watching now? Well, I’d like to
join you, but I haven’t got the courage. But my dream lives on, will never
die, never die. On and on forever.

Sunday Funday

The Lions are winning right now. They will lose.

At one o’clock this afternoon, I went grocery shopping for a gallon of oil, a lemon, white chocolate chips, ground cloves, and frozen cod. I started cooking at about quarter till two. MMmmMmm good hobbie. I started with the oatmeal rasin cookies, a modified reciepe of course. I can’t seem to do anything exactly like the directions say. Once the cookies were mixed and baking, I started deep frying.

I wasn’t deep frying the cookies, silly! I started with onions, then did some mushrooms, and then did another onion to use up my batter. Oh so good. It was difficult to not eat everything I fried right then and there. With the oatmeal cookies done, I started on some lemon bar things. For that I followed the reciepe. They are damn good. Flavoring things with lemon zest is awesome. I’m taking a break now, before I finish up the lemon bars, and start fry cod and potatoes. Fish and chips anyone?

Day 2

My title is Security Infrastructure Systems Engineer. Although I’ve only seen it used once.

Not much details. So far I haven’t talked too much tech with people in my group, but I get the impression that I am years ahead of all except for maybe my team leader.

There are a lot of young guys 24ish that are just plain annoying. Was at a huge Ciber meeting today. It was a townhall with food and stuff. They are kinda funny, but they are far too clicky. They don’t exactly play well with others. My first impression is that they don’t have much of a work ethic and they have a strong since of entitlement with not much to back it up. Anyway, I’ve committed to this for at least 6 months in my own head. I just need to feel it out. So far I’m not sure I like the itty bitty scope, but I knew that would be the biggest change.

First day at the new job

It was the first day on the job. So I really didn’t do anything. OK, so now I know what I’ll be working on. It took most the day just to get my various ID information setup.

Ask me in 6 months or so if I like it.

I definitely like getting home before 6pm, instead of 7:30. I definitely like sleeping in about an hour later than I did before. I definitely like not having to drive M14 to 275 to 696 to Telegraph to Square Lk Rd. I definitely like working with people who seem like they know what they are doing. I’ll reserve judgement for whether they actually do know anything for a later date.