Done yesterday (20120617 Su)

[mdlbear]

A fair amount of packing. Bought more book boxes. The woman who came over this morning to give us an estimate on moving said we have over 400 boxes worth of stuff. I gather that this is atypical.

Some more work on the router configuration, which finally appears to be working more-or-less properly.

I made another batch of black bean and corn salsa. Yum.

I ended the day feeling reasonably contented. That's probably mildly unusual; noticing it is even more unusual. So, yeah.

Quite a few links in the notes.

0617 Su
  * up 6:50; W=199.2; d, n, t
  : DHCP still handing out the wrong DNS addy.
    -> yup -- DNS masq in the WAP.  Should probably put DHCP back on nova.
    Still seeing slowdowns with a WiFi connection.  What's up with that?
    Not nearly as bad as it was, though.  This will probably be ok.  Emacs over
    ssh is usable.
  $ HSX/mr: $18.72 Avalon Rising purchased from Prometheus
  * price flooring
  * buy: book boxes
  * bank:  cash
  * buy: pantsu, flax oil, niacin; extra drug boxes.
  @ 12 Impressively Active Animal Fathers (ysabetwordsmith) 
  * made another batch of bean salsa for dinner.  Better; I remembered to wash
    the beans properly in a strainer.
  ! contented
  @ 10 Ways You Should Never Describe Yourself | Inc.com (guru is one.  I
    still like it, because I got it from someone who knows what it means.)
  @ 4 Web Design Tips for Startups - the only one that resonates for me is
    automatically adapting to screen size.  Duh.
  @ The highly productive habits of Alan Turing | Ars Technica 
  @ 5 Things Nobody Tells You About Being Poor | Cracked.com 
  @ FBI Harrassment in Seattle - Some Tips on Staying Strong 
  @ The Oatmeal v. FunnyJunk, Part IV: Charles Carreon Sues Everybody | Popehat 
  @ The Guy Continues to Mess With The Oatmeal - Lowering the Bar 
    FunnyJunk -- The Oatmeal Response (from The Oatmeal's lawyer.  Classic.)
  * starting on music books.  I think that's box #3 for the day.  Maybe 4.
  @ pocketnaomi | CALLING FOR HELP - signal boosted on FB, DW/LJ, G+
  * PAY BILLS
  * I'm leaving a week from this morning!  I am _so_ not ready!

Comments

[technoshaman]

WRT the FBI in the City of Emeralds: If any encounter with the fuzz goes *any* further than a simple traffic ticket, get a lawyer, demand a lawyer, don't pass go without a lawyer, and don't say ANYTHING until you get one. (This advice from people who are professional lawyers in varying ends of the business.) If you get men in suits or uniforms at your door who don't have a warrant, call 911 (for all you know it's a home invasion), and call your lawyer.

If you don't have one yet, ACLU Legal in Seattle is 206-642-2180. Stick this in every phone you've got, send it to every email account you've got, memorise the sucker if you can, and if you're going to a protest, write it on your arm in Sharpie (unless the protesters have a different number for you).

(Yeah, we get *serious* about protesting up here... )

[chaoswolf]

I didn't have nearly that many. Think I had about 25 or 30, not including large loose objects that couldn't fit into a box. Not typical for me, then again; the only costs I had to endure were truck rental (for the uhaul), bribe (pizza to bribe my minions) and lunch type thing (to provide to the minion driving the truck.) Saved over $500 by having friends help.

You say you leave a week from today? Leave for Utah, or leave for here? I'm still looking forward to coming to visit.

[mdlbear]

I leave for Utah on Sunday. I leave for Lake Forest Park on Wednesday, and arrive Thursday evening. Westercon starts one week later.

[hvideo.livejournal.com]

It's not the number of boxes, the charge for moving is generally by the pound. Fen tend to have lots of HEAVY boxes (full of books), so unless the person making the estimate is aware of this they may estimate low if they just use the "average" weight of boxes.

[idea-fairy.livejournal.com]

Does the Postal Service still have that super-low rate for mailing books?

If so, how does mailing them to your new address (or to a friend in the destination city) compare to having the movers haul them?

[mdlbear]

I think the incremental cost of shipping in the moving van is still lower, given that the postal rate isn't so low anymore.

[judifilksign.livejournal.com]

When we moved from our apartment to our house fifteen years ago, we astonished the movers by the amount of books we had. They'd brought the medium sized "in town" truck, and we took our tightly-packed apartment and put it into the now full house.

I use my summer to try and de-clutter and get things out of the house. It's still overwhelming sometimes. I can really feel for you all deciding what to keep and what to move.

[mdlbear]

It needed doing. I'm not too happy about the timing, though.

Could be worse

[capplor.livejournal.com]

I bought a piano 6 moves ago.