Stuff from 6 November, 2007
This is the archive of tumbledry happenings that occurred on 6 November, 2007.
Wedding Photo #3
This is the archive of tumbledry happenings that occurred on 6 November, 2007.
If he only had a brain.
Thank you. This is especially useful considering that my company is on the verge of bankruptcy, meaning we have to download our resignation forms as PDF files from the company website.
Only one thing: the free version of Foxit Reader doesn’t support the “filling out” of PDF forms; you know, where you can check boxes and type things in address/name/etc. fields. But, since you all you could do in Adobe Reader was fill in a PDF form, (and not save what you typed) I don’t think it’s much of a loss. In the past 7 years I’ve used Reader, I’ve only used that “fill in” feature a handful of times.
Also, Sagert, I’m sorry to hear about this — where will you work now? What’s the plan?
I’m going to go ahead and heart myself on this one because I’m feeling more than a little left out.
Of course its expensive when you buy from North Face! You should be looking into generic brands for a much fairer price. When you buy from North Face you pay for the logo on the apparel and not a big leap in quality.
Coudal Partners’ Layer Tennis | Week 6, Volley 3 could be called “Before you were born.” It’s phenomenal that it was put together in 15 minutes — be sure to check out the rest of that layer tennis match, it’s the best week thus far. You can also visit Marian Bantjes’s Website for more.
A recent post from defective yeti about serving trick-or-treaters called Halloween: Post Mortem reminds me how funny Mr. Matthew Baldwin’s writing is. Why did I ever stop reading?
The quantity of trick-or-treaters they expected to receive was described to us as “a lot.” I took this to mean, like, 100. Instead, it was more like “a throng” or “a battalion” … possibly even “a multitude.” I don’t know what time they opened their front door (the insanity was already well on its way by the time we arrived at 6:00), but it did not close again until well after 9:00. The stream of kidmanity was ceaseless.
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Our friends had purchased 100 pounds of candy; by the end of the evening, every last Tootsie Roll had been distributed.
Read the whole post for full effect — it’s hilarious.
Here’s some great advice on how to make sure your broadband internet connection is working properly:
For example, if you buy your own modem, NEVER say “I need my new modem INSTALLED.” Say “I need my new modem PROVISIONED”. 95% of the support people will know right away what you need and won’t bother asking you about Windows and you’ll be online 15 minutes later.
Know how to get to the status page of your modem (usually http://192.168.100.1/ [192.168.100.1] but may vary depending on model). Know that your downstream signal needs to be between -10 and +10 dBmV. Know that your downstream SNR should be above 33. Know that your upstream power should be between +30 and +50 dBmV. When my signal dropped because of a splice in the line gone bad, I didn’t tell Comcast “my internet don’t work”, I told them, “my downstream power is -16, which is out-of-spec, I need a tech to take a look at this”. I had a tech out the very next morning and was back online by the afternoon.
The above is from a Slashdot comment I ran across a while back. Filed for future reference.