Today’s Business: 2010-03-23
Today’s Activities
- Shower. DONE.
- Cat duty. DONE.
- Order the meds Mom needs this week. DONE. She needs more N insulin, atenolol, and potassium.
- Pay all (4) pending bills.
Log
09:20 AM: I’m up. My weight droped a pound today, to 173.5 Lbs. See here for a summary of the progress on this goal so far in 2010.
09:30 AM: Listened to more of the Best African American Essays: 2009 book overnight.
02:50 PM: Posted the Improving Pavilion WiFi #2 piece.
07:00 PM: Continued researching using my Linksys WRT300N V1 access point / router as a WiFi repeater. I got that going, sort of, though I couldn’t get it to repeat my secured WiFi network, and the version of the dd-wrt firmware I installed on that router yesterday seems a trifle unstable when setting various network parameters. Given these factors, I think I’ll explore other solutions to the weak-wifi-at-pavilion problem; ones that do not involve repeating.
07:30 PM: Added more to the Improving Pavilion WiFi Attempt #2 piece.
09:15 PM: Watched today’s episodes of The Young and the Restless and NBC’s Nightly News on the DVR.
10:15 PM: Talked with [Emmy] on the phone, mostly about President Obama’s healthcare reform bill that was passed today. I’m thrilled.
11:00 PM: Browsed on eBay for WiFi hardware that could facilitate a stronger, more reliable WiFi connection at the pavilion.
12:30 AM: Okay, the garbage is out and I’m going to bed. Catch you again tomorrow.
Received Mail and Shipments
- Newspaper-style coupon and advertisement mailer.
- 5 digital talking books. Hmmm. I’d better tell the library not to send me so many of these at a time, particularly since they’re in short supply and since one reader who can download them via the Internet and the BARD site.
- The 2010-03 issue of Consumer Reports magazine.
- Offer to switch to DirecTV. No thanks.
- Post card from the census bureau, reminding us to complete the forms we received a few days ago as soon as possible. Will do.