A quiet morning

[mdlbear]

It's a fine, cool, grey morning; overcast with a hint of blue in the South and East. I've taken one kid to school and have been quietly puttering about the house: the housekeepers are coming, so things have to be at least picked up and put away. Otherwise they'll put things away, which wastes their time and often results in things being found in non-obvious places, weeks later.

Installed the Panasonic DECT phones last night, or at least the base station. Installed one of the remotes this morning in place of the ancient cordless phone between the kitchen and the living room. Recorded the answering-machine message this morning -- that appears to be one of the few things one can't do from a handset. As it turns out, any handset can join a call in progress just by clicking the "answer" button; I may very well want to give each of the kids a remote.

Very few things on my to-do list got done yesterday, so they're mostly carried over to today except for the phone installation and starting a sneakernet transfer system to take advantage of the huge bandwidth of my backpack, and work's hot new internet connection.

The flower_cat and I seem to have taken to going to bed earlier. This gives us some time for conversation and snuggle, and helps her get to sleep a little faster. Then I can usually get in another hour or so on the computer before getting sleepy myself. I vaguely recall doing something similar before the kids were born...

Sometimes this bear needs to be whacked with a very large cluestick.

Comments

[johno.livejournal.com]

"sneakernet transfer system to take advantage of the huge bandwidth of my backpack"

This reminds me of word problem in a computer communications class I had.

Which is faster sending data 10 miles?

A line with capacity of Y
vs
Rex the Sheepdog with a HD of X capacity hanging off his neck?

[mdlbear]

With the advent of 2GB microSD cards, the bandwidth of Carrier Pigeon Internet Protocol has become truly impressive. Somewhere up around 10base2 ethernet speeds.

And the limiting factor for USB hard drives isn't how fast you can transport them but how fast you can shoehorn the data through the cable.

[madtom-o-bedlam.livejournal.com]

Cluestick manufacturers would be doing a booming business if they could find a way to charge.

Sounds like a great morning.

[mdlbear]

Calm and quiet; last night was better.

Cluesticks don't work worth beans unless they're custom hand-made; the market for off-the-shelf ones is limited, and the market for used ones is almost nonexistent.

[angharads-house.livejournal.com]

well, at least the cluestick was there, in time (and perhaps even under budget); beats the alternative all to hell in hot and cold running lawyers!

glad that you ARE figuring this out. the River teaches lessons to they that sail upon it.

[mdlbear]

The cluestick was there in time but not, I think, under budget: the cost in some areas was pretty high. And those things hurt!

I'm glad, too. The scenery is beautiful, the rapids terrifying but exhilarating, and the deep water is wonderfully clear.

Fair winds to you!

Re: along the river

[callibr8]

The scenery is beautiful, the rapids terrifying but exhilarating, and the deep water is wonderfully clear.

Oh my YES!

Re: along the river

[mdlbear]

*smile*

I was sitting listening to an interesting but occasionally slow-moving talk and ran across your Thankful Thursday post. You're most welcome!