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Welcome to Orb Graffiti, a place for me to write daily about life and computers. Contrary to popular belief, the two are not interchangeable. EMAIL - I publish email sometimes. If you send me an email and you want privacy or anonymity, please say so clearly at the beginning of your message.. |
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August 05, 2002 - Updates at 1810 EDT
Good evening. Safe in Maryland, in the house with lots to do in order to prepare for the truck bringing all our goods here on Wednesday. Lots to tell, but no time right now. I'll write up more of a post, and put it in place tomorrow morning. All is well, relatively speaking. Now, four hundred thousand emails need sorting... I perhaps exaggerate a little bit. TTFN!
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August 06, 2002 - Updates at 0645
Good morning. This is another placeholder post. By the time I read 456 non-spam emails, did enough cleaning to prepare for what's necessary (our new bed, showers last night and this morning, etc.) and whatnot, I was plain out of steam. We slept (if you can call it that) on the air mattress last night.
Today's plan starts with a client meeting with my new employer, while Marcia stays here and holds the fort down against possible deliveries, and or heads down to do paperwork at City Hall for services and dog license. Then I'll come home, take over on the waiting part, and continue the cleaning process while Marcia goes in to her office for a while.
Local loop cutover for the DSL service is on the eighth, then it might be a while after that until connectivity is up for me. Now to get this posted and get going. See you later.
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August 07, 2002 - Updates at 1445
By late yesterday afternoon, we had no more dialtone at all in the house. There's always such finger-pointing in the services handoff between ILEC and CLEC. Sheesh. Now we've got two lines of tone and everything's headed in the right direction.
Ah, good afternoon. Let's see, what's the latest news? Our moving van arrived here with all our goods at about 0930. I unloaded about the first third of the stuff on my own, then a whole passle of people from Marcia's office here in Maryland turned up and lightened my load considerably. Not to mention helping me move the 7 pieces of furniture that I would have real difficulty with, on my own. So everything's in the house, mostly in the right rooms. Whew. One more hairy job to go...
I've got to drive back to Nebraska, pick up the Blazer, and drive it here. We looked into getting it hauled, or me flying out there, but the added expense of the rental car as a one way instead of dropping it off here in Maryland adds several hundred dollars to the cost of things. So as little as I'm looking forward to it, I've got four more driving days to go.
Now to check my email, then do a little route planning. See y'all later, either from the road, or more likely when I return. Ciao!
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August 08, 2002 - Updates at n/a
Drove to Davenport, Iowa. Maryland to across the Mississippi in one run, 853 miles.
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August 09, 2002 - Updates at n/a
Drove into Nebraska, returned the rental car, picked up the fixed Blazer. Drove back to the eastern edge of Iowa. 712 miles round trip.
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August 10, 2002 - Updates at n/a
Drove from Davenport, Iowa all the way back home. Another 853 mile day. Tired. Tired, tired, tired of driving.
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August 11, 2002 - Updates at 1620
Good afternoon. You can see the shortform version of my last three days just above. The shorter version is that I got back from my Nebraska run last night. Three days. Not bad, but ready to not ride in any cars for a few ... years. Today I'm assembling furniture. It'll take another four or five days before the DSL line is fully provisioned. That's all the news for now, I'll take time for a complete post later. Ciao!
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