Archive for October 25th, 2009

Today’s Business: 2009-10-25

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

08:10 AM: I’m up.  Looks like a clear day so far. So my to-do list for today is as follows:

10:00 AM: Worked on the  Music Hard Drive Repair Project.  Trying replacing the hard drive with a new one to see if the improper power-up sequence persists.

11:00 AM: Worked on the  Gutter Maintenance Project.  Re caulked some of the problem joints.

12:15 PM: Worked the   Shed Roof Replacement Project.  Installed the rest of the ridge vent.

03:00 PM: Went shopping   with sister JoJo and her daughter. 

06:30 PM: Finished the final trimming on the  Shed Roof Replacement Project.

07:00 PM: Worked more on the   Music Hard Drive Repair Project.  Repairs are complete.

10:12 PM: Weekly blog site backups   complete. 

10:30 PM: Talked with  [Emmy].

11:00 PM: Today’s repeating song (a repeating song is one that I listen to over and over) was Nick Gilder’s  Here Comes the Night.  It talks about women who play  “the lipstick game” which, presumably is the practice of wearing makeup and fancy clothes in order to attract a potential lover.  This certainly wasn’t Gilder’s biggest hit.  Of course, almost anyone growing up listening to the radio in 1978 would know his biggest: Hot Child in the City.  But this one I actually like more; it’s a bit more cerebral I think.

02:27 AM: Just finished adding some   new posts about some of the places I’ve lived.  Don’t know why I have so much energy tonight; I’m only just now starting to feel sleepy, and it’s after 2:00 AM. 

03:09 AM: I’m off to bed.  Take care and, see you tomorrow.  Good night.

Tom

New Posts Added

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

I added ths following new posts just now:

 

These document the days that I moved into some of my older apartments and other dwellings.

I also added the following:

 

Enjoy.

 

Tom

Weekly Backups: 2009-10-25

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

Weekly backups of all my blog sites completed. Total disk space backed up: 38.7 MB, which includes all databases, site code, and static pages. That’s an increase of 800 KB, up from 37.9 MB last week.

Tom

Music Hard Drive Repair Project

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

10:00 AM: Replaced the hard disk in the drive that failed last night at the   DJ Wedding Reception Gig.  Copying the music library to it now.

05:30 PM: The copying of the music library to the new hard drive is finished.

07:00 PM: The external hard drive with the new drive I just installed still exhibits the same behavior as observed last night at the DJ Wedding Reception Gig.  That behavior was that when turned on, the drive never completes the power-up sequence.  It spins up just so far, then shuts down and repeats the spin-up again and again.  It appears therefore, that the electronics in the drive enclosure have failed, and not the drive itself. So, I’ll no longer take this enclosure out on gigs.  It seems that I have two good hard drives with complete copies of the music library on each.

09:00 PM: The electronics I swapped was the USB to IDE bridge board.  However, there are other electronics in the case that have the power switch, the USB connector, and other functions.  Since I’ve already tried swapping the USB to IDE bridge without success, I tried swapping the whole case; I took the new Seagate 250 GB drive I populated earlier today, and put it in the case for a 200 GB drive that I’m no longer using.  So far, the 250 GB drive is working well, and I’ve tried powering it up and down several times.  It started correctly every time.  So, I’d say that this problem is fixed; I’ll scavenge the good parts I can from the defective case and throw it out. 

12:30 AM: I put the original 250 GB drive (the one that acted flaky last night) into another old 200 GB case.  It works great. So this project is complete, and successfully too.  :-)

Tom

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Shopping Trip:2009-10-25

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

Sister JoJo, her daughter, and I went shopping today at Wal Mart.  I purchased the following items:

  • Canned Cat Food (50 cans)
  • Cheerios (1 box) and Captain Crunch’s Peanut Butter Crunch (1 box) cereals
  • Pounce Cat Treats (2 jars)
  • Black Raspberries (3 containers)
  • Tyson Beef Roast Kit (1 kit)
  • Diet Root Beer, Caffeine Free (10 Liters)
  • Sun Maid Raisins (1 container)
  • Ritz Whole Wheat Crackers (1 box)
  • Eight O’Clock Decaf Coffee (1 pound)
  • Cream of Mushroom Soup (2 cans)
  • Chicken Noodle Soup (Double Noodle) (6 cans)
  • Pepperidge Farms Light Style Seven Grain Bread (1 loaf)
  • Half & Half (1 quart)
  • Cobalt Blue Tea Mugs for [Emmy] (4 mugs)

 

Total cost: $97.56

After Wal Mart, we headed for Dunkin’ Donuts for coffee and a bagel with cream cheese.

Tom

Mom’s Status: 2009-10-25

Sunday, October 25th, 2009

06:15 AM: Blood sugar: 160.  Covered with 5 units insulin. Mom did her own coverage this morning.

01:00 PM: Blood sugar: 121.  Covered with 10 units insulin because she’s eating potato chips and chicken noodle soup with lots of noodles.

07:43 PM: Blood sugar: 225.  Covered with 10 units insulin.  She’d eaten a Dunkin’ Donut earlier along with a piece of ”sugar-free” pie.

12:15 AM: Blood sugar: 269.  Covered with 12 units insulin.  It was high this time because she ate more of that pie her friend brought.  Boy, with friends like these, …

 

Tom