Pulled the case out to find that it has so much dust in it that the extra nic card just sitting on the bottom of the case isn’t visible at all. Perhaps this is a contributing factor to some of this machine’s problems. And perhaps the paper clip lying across one of the boards.
Next step: thoroughly clean this case with no static discharges (in this dry humid house)!
Network cable now run through the floor to the hubs and switches.
Next problem: power. I have lots of power supplies boxed up in either the garage or the bedroom. I may even have one under my desk somewhere. The ones under my feet are a rats nest of shared power; the unspoken implication of course being that all computers will have to be shutdown for this move and then some devices may be left without power. Wife’s computer will need a power strip, preferrably a decent surge protector and beyond budget, a nice UPS. Hmm. I wonder if the old UPS removed during the “short hunt” awhile back works? Alright. That will give me a reason to remove the cobs webs. First I need to download all pictures from the Compact Flash cards because I want to photo document the office clean up and the computer move. Meeting in 2.5 hours.
Follow the trail of bouncing digressions…
Upcoming problems. What to do with her printer? Possible solutions: 1) move it with the computer, 2) hook it up to a different computer for networked printing.
I’d really like to build an addition to the house right now.
I also like having my wife near me and this is going to separate us; however, it could be a nice transition for me moving into an office job.
I am upset with myself that I can’t move faster and that I have not put ourselves into an economic situation to be able to setup the household computer network the way I have planned. I am moving the wife’s computer upstairs but I have a bad feeling about this and it’s not the correct operating system for a shared environment and it needs to be behind a separate firewall that is more filtered and controlled. Time and money; time and money; time and money; mostly money.
Played and read with the baby for a bit then gave in at 8:25 and turned on the television.
Had some coffee and read the paper.
After the 5am noise patrol, I fell back into a deep sleep. I should have stayed awake and worked. I had a bizarre dream that centered around the wife and I meeting some people with secret words in a cemetary. Had something to do with this elegant old historic house that was going to be sold off.
At 7:30 I heard the baby prancing around laughing loudly. The 7 yr old saved her from the crib (normally we let her play in the crib some but he did good). I medicated the 13 yr old and brewed coffee.
This basement is fridgid today.
A New Day!
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This Morning
* Woke at 4am and tended to fire. Should have stayed up.
* 5am noise wakes me. 10 yr old girl awake in bed; I check fever and she seems fine (I think). 13 yr old boy awake in bed
Going to take a break to regroup my thoughts and maybe read. This is a bad sign. It’s usually followed by deep sleep.
Returned home with the 7 yr old and unloaded the car. Began cooking pizzas for dinner and refueled the fire. Checked on the sick 10 yr old. Fever still high but feels cooler to me. Cooked 2 pizzas and fed the wife, the 7 yr old, the 13 yr old and myself. Cooked cup cakes for devouring tomorrow. Refueled fire.
Whew! Shopping done. I can’t step foot in Walmart or Home Depot without dropping $100. Anyhow, minus the forgotten milk, we are set for the next couple of days.
Cooking home made pizzas tonight. Maybe some treats. Ran into the guy hired to be a meat cutter at Walmart. He was hired before they changed business models. Now ALL meat is shipped in prepackaged. He sounds bitter but exclaimed “at least I get paid meat cutter wages to be a stock boy.”
Time to check on the sick 10 yr old then run to the store for supplies.
The snow has arrived.
It’s also 5pm and I’m starting to get a little strung at the apparent lack of productivity today.
Cleaned 7 yr old’s very icky trash can. Cleaned kitchen counter tops. The 13 yr old cleaned the stove quite well!
Time to shift gears briefly.
My computer crashed yesterday when I was trying to brag on the 20 mth old. Yesterday as I was preparing breakfast, I pulled out our George Foreman Grill to fry up some sausage (btw, this is a great addition to the kitchen!) and the baby, unprompted, seeing me pull the grill out says “hot hot” and blows twice. It’s adorable and makes me feel better that she recognizes things, like the wood stove, as hot and dangerous.
I told her she was smart and she said “smart” while doing the Baby Sign for “smart.” My wife signs great and I do ok but we still went to http://www.babysigns.com and bought the whole system. It really works!