Archive for February 22nd, 2010

Today’s Business: 2010-02-22

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Today’s Activities

  • Cat duty. No cat duty while I’m on vacation.  Sister Jojo will cover for me until I get back home.
  • Dispense Mom’s meds.  Sister Jojo and Debbie will do this as well.
  • Shower. 
  • Schedule appointment for Mom with the retina specialists in Johnstown for sometime in April, 2010. 
  • Get together all papers and figures for Mom’s 2009 taxes.  IN PROGRESS. 

 

Log

08:45 AM: I’m up. My weight is the same as yesterday; 174.0 Lbs.

10:25 AM: Created audio journal episode:  AJE-2010-02-22-10-05, about yesterday’s train trip. 

01:30 PM: Watched today’s episode of   The Young and the Restless.

03:00 PM: Nap time.

04:05 PM: I’m up again.

05:45 PM: [Emmy]   and I just got back from Pizza Pronto.  Yum.

07:30 PM: Watched today’s episodes of   NBC’s Nightly News  and  The CBS Evening News.  This is a real change because I’m not used to watching live TV; usually, I catch these shows on the DVR, where I can skip the commercials.  :-)

07:45 PM: Upgraded   [Emmy]‘s  Wimamp to 5.572. 

10:00 PM: Resolved [Emmy]‘s iPod syncronization lockup problem.  See details   here.

12;00 AM: Fixed 32 broken links in the playlists that   [Emmy]   syncs to her iPod.  The links broke because I made changes to the paths of various music on my library drive to promote easier finding and overall better organization.  However, any playlists that reference the changed music must be updated to account for the location changes.  This is what I did tonight. 

12:15 AM: Time for bed.  I’m sleeping on the floor tonight, as   [Emmy]  has but one twin-sized bed; she’s sleeping on that.  So good night, and I’ll be back out here later on; probably in the morning, while   [Emmy]  is watching the   Pittsburgh Today Live   TV show between 9:00 and 10:00 AM.  Take care.

Tom Hesley

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Diary Revisions: 2010-02-22

Monday, February 22nd, 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:

  • iPod Sync Lockup: 2010-02-22
  • Today’s Business: 2010-02-22
  • Mom’s Status: 2010-02-22
  • Today’s Diet: 2010-02-22
  • Today’s Business: 2010-02-21
  • Today’s Diet: 2010-02-21
  • Shopping Trip: 2010-02-10

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    iPod Sync Lockup: 2010-02-22

    Monday, February 22nd, 2010

    08:00 PM: [Emmy]‘s  4th generation iPod Nana does not sync.  When she plugs it into her computer, iTunes gives a message: “Waiting for iPod.” Then, it does no more.  This message remained on the screen for several hours when [Emmy] first encountered the problem.  To localize the problem, I did the following:

    1. Tried syncing her iPod to the iTunes library on my computer using her data cable.  This worked fine and did not hang. 
    2. Verified that this problem still happens on her computer.
    3. Tried moving the iPod’s data cable around to the various USB ports on [Emmy]‘s computer. The same behavior was noted on at least three of the five ports; I tried both ports on the front and one of the ports on the back. 
    4. Then, I tried rebooting the iPod by holding down the touch ring at the 12:00 position along with the center button.  After the iPod came back up, it seemed to sync properly.  No more “Waiting for iPod” messages.
    5. Re synced the iPod again, this time on the front panel USB ports where this all began, to verify that it will sync on these ports as well, at full speed.

    This problem is solved.

    Tom Hesley

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    Mom’s Status: 2010-02-22

    Monday, February 22nd, 2010

    Pending Appointments And Issues

    1. 2010-03-12 @ 1:15 PM: Friday: PCP appointment to see if the edema has gone down. 
    2. 2010-04-14 @ 11:10 AM: Wednesday: Appointment with orthopedist for the next quarterly checkup on the progress of healing of her charcot foot. 
    3. 2010-06-18 @ 11:00 AM: Friday: Checkup appointment with eye doctor.

     

    Log

    Tom Hesley

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    Today’s Diet: 2010-02-22

    Monday, February 22nd, 2010

    Today, I consumed the following items:

    • Peppermint & spearmint tea and diet caffeine-free Pepsi throughout the day. 0 calories.
    • 11;00 AM; 1 cup organic skim milk.  80 calories.
    • 11:00 am: 1.5 cups Kashi GoLean crunch cereal.  380 calories.
    • 04:05 PM: 1 cup of low-fat blueberry yogurt.  200 calories.
    • 05:15 PM: 3 slices of veggie pizza.  900 calories.
    • 05:25 PM: 16” steak sub.  1200 calories.
    • 09:00 PM: 1 cup of low-fat blueberry yogurt.  200 calories.

     

    Total calories: 2960.

    Tom

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