Saturday, 14. November 2009, 21:21:57
clubbing, beer, leisure, chat
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Did anyone else feel the pain?
It's like waking up and finding that the net connection has gone bad over night.
As a plus, I got so much done today. I read tons of news, paid bills, cleaned the house some, and chatted on IM like a maniac.
Tonight, the disco. We're hoping top see some of the totally weird and strange out there.
The Coronas will taste so good.
Monday, 26. October 2009, 14:48:44
week off, fun, leisure, chat
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I have this week off from work, so my mood is fantastic. It's a great week for personal development and slouching around.
Clean the house? Oh no, mustn't do something so needed as that.
I started the morning off with a large strong coffee and some shaking of the the house with some trance from
Soma FM. I like the channel called
Tag's Trip:
"Tag's Trip: Progressive house / trance. Tip top tunes."I have plenty of heavy/good stuff to read this week, plus I have chats lined up all over the globe. It still amazes me how the computer can so easily traverse the planet. When I was younger, any international communication cost a fortune, now you pay the monthly ISP fee, or go sit in the free-wifi public library, and off you go!
This addiction to international communication goes way back for me. It has included letter writing (a long time ago), playing with the phone system
, "slight" manipulation of the
CB Radio service,
Amateur Radio, then the Internet.
Calling CQ, CQ, CQ, CQ DX. Can you hear me?
Monday, 5. October 2009, 06:49:20
im, online, instant messaging, chat
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Since the first time I got online many years ago, chat is still my favorite thing.
I had two chat windows open this afternoon. One was a friend in Iran, another was in Russia. At the same moment, an e-mail rolls in from Cuba. It was all coincidence, but my partner walks by, sees the screen, chuckles and says, "why don't you add Libya and North Korea while you're at it." I said, "if I could, I would!"
It's all what I like about the net.
Monday, 8. December 2008, 07:06:52
dd-wrt, router, linux, wifi
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What am I going to do for the next month besides be a major pest on my opera? I have off work until after the first of the year, with pay! As much as I hate going to work, it does provide needed structure to my life. I could very well CRACK before this time off passes. CRACK!
So far I have done the following piddling things:
- Changed most of the lightbulbs in my house to the energy efficient CF bulbs. This wasn't as easy as just screwing in the new ones as all the light switches were dimmer switches which don't work with CF bulbs, so I had to get out the wire stripper and needle-nose pliers and change the switches back to standard ones. The wiring in my house is real old, so this was difficult. Now I can run *all* the lights in my house for about the same energy as two of the old standard bulbs.
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- I took my new Sylvania Meso netbook outside and walked the extent of my property with it just to see if my WiFi reached all over the yard. It does, almost. I can sit out on the new patio, if I so choose, and surf the net, though it's mighty cold out.
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- I've practiced my Spanish some on mrmxo's blog. He's cool and a very nice guy.
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- I've chatted to the 4 corners of the globe on Jabber, Yahoo messenger, and IRC. I love long-distance communication. Even as a child I loved long-distance telephone, so the net is a natural and so much cheaper. Most of the people I chat with I met here on my opera, so if you have some type of messenger, let's chat. Jabber is compatible with Googletalk by the way, so give me a ring.
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- I've downloaded some large files.
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- I installed a second network camera. You can keep tabs on me until I detect it's being watched too closely, then I'll get nervous and disconnect it. Please call for help if you see one of us face down on the floor for more than a few hours.
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- I like to play with software and stuff, so just for the hell of it, I swapped out the DD-WRT firmware on my wireless router for the Tomato firmware. I don't know why. I just like to mess with stuff and see how it works. I guess that's why Linux has always been fun for me.
Below is a screenshot of the Tomato on my router:
Saturday, 1. November 2008, 17:00:12
chat, asl, internet, etiquette
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Don't ya just love it when the first thing you hear out of a stranger online is one of these:
- ASL (age, stats, location).
- Tell me about yourself.
- Describe yourself to me.
It's like the stranger gets to sit back and evaluate while I do all the work of typing up a description for them. You know, if you want information, some of these need to be in place first:
- You need to have more than a blank profile.
- You have to be willing to provide the same type information you are asking for.
- Even a tiny little friendly greeting first will go a long way towards coaxing out the information you want.
People can get so angry when they say "describe yourself to me", and I respond "you go first"! lol.
Oh I don't mind questions, even very personal ones. After becoming friends, even in the most perfunctory way, any type of question or curiosity is usually OK with me.
I love the curiosity of strangers online, sometimes, as long as it's not done in a piggish, brutish way. After the barest of net etiquette is met, the field is wide open for a fun "getting to know you".
Wednesday, 29. October 2008, 06:32:46
nocturnal, slack, download, idle
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Many people on my opera know that every 4 weeks I work, I get an entire week off. I have documented many of these idle weeks here in the blog. These weeks off are so good for becoming a total nocturnal slob.
What should I do with the rest of this week off?
So far there's been a WHOLE LOT of downloading.
You'd think I would have grown out of this by now.
Chat is always good. Send a message.
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