Archive for February, 2020
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Wednesday, February 19th, 2020A good Wednesday. (19th) Ordered a new larger hard drive for the Drobo last night, really late, though. An 8TB to replace one of the 6TB drives that’s in it, from Amazon, hopefully it’ll be here Friday. Regular work day for me. Back in the office, after last week’s flu. Still coughing just a bit, […]
Customer, BBQ, Robotics, Python, Movie
Tuesday, February 18th, 2020A great, but very busy Tuesday. (18th) Had a new customer this morning. Got to meet him at his house, and help him reconfigure his internal network to be simpler, better, and also fully documented. Helped him get his two network printers working flawlessly, and helped get his 2nd computer set up for Remote Desktop […]
Austin, Food, Frys, Hobby Town, Lake
Monday, February 17th, 2020A great Monday. (17th) Got up and we all jumped in the car to head up to Austin (actually Cedar Park) for the Robotters International Festival. When we got to the H-E-B Center, it didn’t look very busy, but we went on in anyway. They had a few vendor booths, but it wasn’t clear that […]
Slept, Wine, Re-route, Wifi, Cake
Sunday, February 16th, 2020A relaxing Sunday. (16th) Slept in. Still not 100%. When we finally got up, Jill, our younger son and I drove up to Wimberly Valley Winery. We normally pick up our wine club quarterly shipment in person, we’ve been members for several years now. Unfortunately, they didn’t do wine pairings this time. They did a […]
Forgetfulness, Star Citizen, Work, Blog, Blahg
Saturday, February 15th, 2020A good Saturday. (15th) Still sick on Thursday and Friday. Called out of work on both days. On Thursday, Finished watching The Punisher season 1. As a family, we also watched the latest episode of Star Trek Picard. At some point, we started watching Phineas and Ferb, too. On Friday, I was able to get […]
Slept, No Work, XBox
Wednesday, February 12th, 2020Wednesday. (12th) Had a rough night. Called out of work. Slept a bunch, then woke up and felt somewhat human, so I worked in my office a bit. I reflowed and repaired an XBox 360 Elite. Pretty neat, it’s the first one I’ve done. The rear of the case is extremely difficult to open, and […]
Sick, TV
Tuesday, February 11th, 2020An ok Tuesday. (11th) Yesterday was a blur. I ended up with the flu, started getting sick on Saturday and it got worse from there. Sunday wasn’t too bad but Monday was awful. Mostly laid around today, still recovering. Called my boss and told him I wouldn’t be in tomorrow, and maybe Thursday. Finished up […]
Slept, Library, Customer, Driving, Instant Pot
Sunday, February 9th, 2020A good Sunday. (9th) Slept and slept and slept. I didn’t get up til almost noon, but when I did I felt much better. Still a bit of scratchy throat, and phlegm (TMI, right?) but I felt good. Jill, our younger son and I made a quick trip to the library to return an item, […]
Work, Instant Pot, TV, Sick
Saturday, February 8th, 2020A decent Saturday. (8th) Regular work day for me. I started feeling scratchy throat toward the end of my shift. By the time I was done with work, I had body aches. Jill and I Made Instant Pot cheesy ham and potatoes for dinner. We watched the third episode of Star Trek Picard as a […]
TV, Work, Instant Pot, RackerGamers, Family
Friday, February 7th, 2020A great Friday. (7th) Exercised first thing, still watching Knights of Sidonia. They’re basically half-hour episodes, so I watch one while I pedal my recumbent bike. Actually, they’re 22 minute episodes, so I still need to run at least one Looney Tunes cartoon to finish my half-hour. Regular work day for me. Pretty relaxed day […]
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