Archive for February 13th, 2010

Today’s Business: 2010-02-13

Saturday, February 13th, 2010

Today’s Activities

  • Cat duty. DONE.
  • Dispense Mom’s meds. DONE.
  • Shower.  DONE.

 

Log

09:00 AM: I’m up. My weight is the same as yesterday; 74.0 Lbs.

10:00 AM: Continued a battery-duration test on my new iPod Touch.  Click   here   for details.

02:15 AM: Watched the 2010-01-24 through 2010-01-31 episodes of   NBC’s Nightly News   show on the DVR.

02:30 PM: Posted the   iPod Touch Recharge Times   piece.

10:00 PM: Talked with [Emmy].  Her upstairs neighbor went on a noisy rampage tonight, making numerous thumps and rumbles. I think, when I go out there in a week or so, I’ll say something to this fellow.

11:00 PM: Watched the 2010-02-01 through 2010-02-13 episodes of   NBC’s Nightly News   show on the DVR.

11:20 PM: Upgraded to the FileZilla FTP client, version 3.3.1.

11:50 PM: Skipped the 2010-01-26 and 2010-01-27 episodes of Dr. Phil, which dealt with topics outside my areas of interest. 

12:10 AM: Finished the   weekly system backups.

01:00 AM: Reviewed site log files.  The number of visits is up significantly since last summer when I began keeping stats.  This is very encouraging. 

01:05 AM: Going to bed now.  So, I’ll catch you all back here later on.  Take care and good night. 

Tom Hesley

Received Mail and Shipments

  • A get-well card from a neighbor for Mom.
  • My monthly bank statement for my personal checking account.
  • Bill for Mom’s monthly medical insurance premium.
  • The monthly bank statement for the WPSBC Alumni Association’s  checking account.
  • Ten-dollar instant money flyer from JC Penney.

 

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Diary Revisions: 2010-02-13

Saturday, February 13th, 2010

Today, I either added or modified the following posts in  the   Tom’s Diary   blog for improved brevity, clarity, categorization, decreased spelling errors, appearance,  and search-ability:

  • Weekly Backups: 2010-02-14
  • iPod Touch Recharge Times
  • Today’s Business: 2010-02-13
  • Today’s Diet: 2010-02-13
  • Mom’s Status: 2010-02-13
  • Today’s Business: 2010-02-12
  • iPod Touch Battery Test #1
  • Today’s Business: 2010-02-11

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    Weekly Backups: 2010-02-13

    Saturday, February 13th, 2010

    Weekly backups of all my blog sites completed. Total data amount backed up: 60.0 MB, which includes all databases, site code, static pages, and now, log files as well. That’s an increase of 10.4 MB, from 49.6 MB last week.  I did add more content over the past seven days.  But this week, I’ve begun to also keep the log files that show detailed site activity, for historical and analytical purposes. Thus, the bigger-than-usual increase in data amount this time.

    Tom Hesley

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    iPod Touch Recharge Times

    Saturday, February 13th, 2010

    So I’ve been curious about how long it takes to fully recharge my new iPod Touch, 64 GB portable player with wifi.  So yesterday, I ran it completely dead.  See details of that test   here,  and this morning, I charged it up again.  Here’s what I observed during this recharging process.

    Summary of Results

    Using an iPod stock charger, the iPod Touch, 64GB WiFi version fully recharges from completely dead in approximately two hours and five minutes (2:05).  It charges to eighty percent capacity in an hour, as the system appears to utilize high charging currents during the first half of the cycle.  In the second half, the current falls off, so that the charging becomes less aggressive; probably done to keep the battery from overheating as it approaches the fully-charged state.

    Test Conditions

    • I purchased my iPod Touch brand new, eight days ago.
    • An Apple stock charger was used; not a high-power USB port on a computer.
    • At the start, the Touch was completely dead, and so, would not even power on.

     

    Test Scenario Description

    Starting off at 0 minutes of charge time with the iPod completely dead, I plugged it into Apple’s stock charger for iPods. 

    At 17 minutes into the recharge, the battery icon that appears when you press the home button (bottom center) showed approximately 25% charged status.

    At 23 minutes, it showed approximately 40%, and the body of the charger itself had become noticeably warm. 

    At 30 minutes into the recharge, the indicator showed 60% charged.

    At 46 minutes, it showed 80%.

    At 62 minutes, it showed 85%.  The charger still felt rather warm at this point.

    At 86 minutes, the battery status icon showed that the battery had recharged to approximately 90% of full-charge.  The charger appeared to cool off some at this time.

    Finally, at 125 minutes, the charge cycle completed, leaving the battery at 100% once again.

    Tom Hesley

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    Today’s Diet: 2010-02-13

    Saturday, February 13th, 2010

    Today, I consumed the following items:

    • Peppermint tea and diet caffeine-free Pepsi throughout the day. 0 calories.
    • 12:30 PM: 1 dozen of sugar-free vanilla wafers.  390 calories.  Thank goodness they’re all gone now.  These are highly addictive even though they’re sweetened with Splenda, and I’m strongly inspired to not buy them again.
    • 01:00 PM: Pork roast and vegetables.  800 calories.
    • 04:00 PM: 1 cup organic skim milk.  80 calories.
    • 04:00 PM: 1.5 cups Kashi Go-Lean Crunch cereal.  300 calories.
    • 05:00 PM: 1 skinless chicken breast.  200 calories.
    • 05:00 PM: 4 buttered rolls.  600 calories.
    • 07:00 PM: Candy.  120 calories.
    • 10:00 PM: 1 cup apple cider.  200 calories.

    Total calories: 2690.

    Tom

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    Mom’s Status: 2010-02-13

    Saturday, February 13th, 2010

    Pending Appointments And Issues

    1. 2010-02-19 @ 11:00 AM:  Friday: Appointment with her eye doctor to check the progress of the clearing up of the blood in her right eye.
    2. 2010-03-12 @ 1:15 PM: Friday: PCP appointment to see if the edema has gone down. 
    3. 2010-04-14 @ 11:10 AM: Wednesday: Appointment with orthopedist for the next quarterly checkup on the progress of healing of her charcot foot. 

     

    Log

    09:25 AM: Dispensed Mom’s morning meds.

    09:25 AM: Blood sugar: 200.  Covered with 20 units of log insulin.

    12:00 PM: Blood sugar: 143.  Covered with 8 units of log insulin.

    05:30 PM: Blood sugar: 127.  Covered this and her late lunch with 15 units of log insulin.

    05:30 PM: Dispensed Mom’s after-lunch meds.

    07:45 PM: Dispensed Mom’s evening meds.

    11:00 PM: Blood sugar: 227.  Covered this with 17 units of log insulin.

    11:02 PM: Dispensed Mom’s night-time meds.

    Tom

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