So a while back as a gift from a friend for some help I did, I got a DIR-655 it’s a Wireless Pre-N router, it’s fancy, but it’s not holding up to my standards, I’ve put up with it for a while, and on WPA2 it held it’s own for a few months, but I had to roll things back to WPA for security since the new card for the old PC didn’t have WPA2 support (WPA Card was about $20 more.. insane) - so sadly in the mix mode it sucked, then I put everything in WPA mode - I have my connection die every 2-3 days, so that means all server connections, IM sessions, downloads, etc. all die, and since I have no log serv active (need to) I can’t see why it’s dying, and the logs are cleared when I come back, so no debugging the issue.
So I need a new router, something stable - as much as I love Pre-N speeds, at this point I think I may roll back to 802.11g, and just be happy there where it’s stable and happy.
That’s my ran for the day, now onto what should be a happy night of sleep… granting the connection to servers doesn’t drop again. Stupid internet. LoL.
So what do you do when it’s 2am, you can’t sleep, its a holiday, and the only think you can think to do is literally - stare at the wall? Well of course, pull out season 3 of house, put in a random disk (disk 5!) and start watching. But what a week thus far, got some projects done, some nearly rolling for testing nearing production, good stuff.
The PO Box is active and working, just switched out all of the billing systems to the new address for the few that utilize Check as a payment method, even then I am working to slowly phase it out and move to eCheck by default for “Check” payments, as I have outgrown most of the kiddos who pay via Money Order - but fun fun now that I have a PO Box + the box is closer than the old mail stop.
Anywhoo - it’s been 5 years since I started blogging as of last month, kinda crazy really - but for now I am going to go do my nightly rounds, stop the episode, and try for some sleep, bro will be here in the AM with Guitar Hero 3, I got Raving Rabbids 2, so tomorrow for the turkey fun we’ll have some games - I gotz 5 ciders and 2 nogs - tasty beverages = good. Now I have something to dream about now. Night. Happy Thanksgiving.
So as one who spends a lot of time at a computer, something to watch/listen to is a nice thing to have on hand for the long days, the late nights, etc. so I have various apps aside from the common ones like iTunes, Youtube, Google Vide, etc. two of which are in a strange “spat” of sorts, a open-source app called Miro has started a campaign against another content provider Joost comparing them as equals, however in my mind they are nothing alike, but they simply use a similar “Internet Television” theme.
Joost Is - A free application which gives you TV over the internet, this is not to be confused with the Web2.0 hype word of “Internet TV” which most consider things like Podcasts, Videoblogs, Youtube etc. the service carries classic TV, new shows, and specials, with a few random internet series thrown in, but its real strength is commercial content to your desktop with limited commercials.
Joost is NOT - A RSS feed reader, a “free content” provider, the service is geared to work with large companies, I mean take CBS for example - its not INTERNET TV it’s TV over the Internet.
Miro has for some reason taken up a stance against Joost, one can only imagine it is due to users jumping the Miro ship and heading to Joost for more select content to choose from, however as a “Internet TV” tool Miro is still pretty handy for all your Video Podcast/Video Blogs that are out there - Miro should just work harder to streamline their own content line-up and methods of searching HD/Free content that’s readily available on the internet, and continue to form alliance with web providers like Blip.tv who has embedded the app into their video player - gets folks a convenient desktop method for content.
If your looking for classic TV and random shows/cartoons/movies - give Joost a whirl, if your wanting to find new internet shows and original content not owned by “the man” then head to Miro, both have a place, and should hug and find happier ground.
Even though my journey in WOW has ended, I still have a few blogs and such that cover WOW and games in general, a few posted some of the new WOW ads, and I must say, I found one that’d make me go back… Foo.
Well it seems that Amazon has the Complete Series Box Set for Stargate SG-1 on sale today, if only I had a spare $180 to spare, oh wait I did, till I got AppleCare lol - oh well, I am sure it’ll come down again eventually, oh how the day goes by…. I need a nap.
My brain hurts - been a crazy start to a week, I think I may be sick. Weather change usually gives me a good run for my money - but all in all things aren’t too shabby around here, budget seems stable, customers are making an effort to get things squared away, and it looks like December 1 I will be canceling a number of services like Stamps.com, Old CC Processor, Old Billing Software, Old Support System - over $150 in monthly costs, so be nice to have them off the books, and hopefully before years end a few more new clients / projects to start the upswing into 2008.
Servers are still on my horizon, 8-Core’s is part of my nightly dreams lol - no but seriously, getting some new hardware is a big priority on my to-do list, I am going to try and keep hardware fresh each year, while a migration each year is a big deal, my hope is that this new provider will prove it’s ratings and customer reviews and give me a new more affordable, stable, and rock-solid support to rely on, not to say that my experience over the last 6 years has been bad with the current provider, they have had some changes which effect the business, so the new company will be the new home unless I hear horrible things before the move.
Code projects have been a big thing this week - and so far so good, got some headway on RM it’s really done, just trying to help out with the templates a bit since I know a bit more as I use Wordpress for CMS deployment a bit more than the site owner, so trying to get that nailed down and functional, pretty can come later since he mainly wants to get it online - so I think by Friday I’ll be good to go, 3 days before the due date, but at least they’ll be back up. EE is coming along, possibly some new functionality being added, which will score me $300 extra into the budget, so that’s a plus - but we’ll see.
Anywhoo - the day continues, I want to take a nap, sleep hasn’t been very restful lately, but I want to try and stay awake most of the day and only pass out towards the end of the afternoon if at all possible - so I’ll be getting off to work - I hope you all have a great Turkey Day here this Thursday! Take care all!
So today I went to check on my AppleCare warranty status, having bought the MacBook Pro last year - I knew I had only days before I had to get the AppleCare extention, and after missing the iMac’s I wasn’t going to miss this one, however according to Apple, I bought the laptop on the 19th (aka Today) one year ago, which by my post, is 2 days off from the truth.
So finding out the horror of many regarding AppleCare “lateness”, and not having a Apple Store (that’s another Dear Apple for another day) I zipped across town to CompUSA (Bleh) to snag a box, even though their site claims not to stock it, thankfully they did, and $349 later I walked out with a box and a worthless piece of software.
My note to apple is simply this - MAKE APPLECARE RENEWAL BE ONLINE! - for a company that made a fancy phone, and various things which key strength is the internet, you’d think they’d want to make it easy to protect their devices by buying, and renewing AppleCare online, no worry, no fuss, no mildly annoying CompUSA sales people - I mean they did it with iWork, you can buy the code online, why not do the same for AppleCare? Seriously Apple - do that, unlock the iPhone for use on other networks, a SDK for the iPhone, and a lower priced MacPro - I’d be happy and poor at the same time.
lol - no but seriously, getting some new hardware is a big priority on my to-do list, I am going to try and keep hardware fresh each year, while a migration each year is a big deal, my hope is that this new provider will prove it’s ratings and customer reviews and give me a new more affordable, stable, and rock-solid support to rely on, not to say that my experience over the last 6 years has been bad with the current provider, they have had some changes which effect the business, so the new company will be the new home unless I hear horrible things before the move.
