The bits so far today...
Apr. 8th, 2008 09:39 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
susandennisNo newspaper at all. I went to the corner and bought one and then called my offshore friends back and once again learned how very sorry they were and that my name is Susan and they are compensated on how very many times they can use that in a call. We'll see what tomorrow brings.
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I have found a solution to the pledge drive plague!! Streaming from the Morning Edition web page! Doh. Except my bedroom computer has the worst speakers. I had a pair of small speakers that were older than democracy (seriously, I think they were for my original Sony Walkman), but I finally gave them to Goodwill during the last purge. Then I remembered my 'server' computer has speakers. So I robbed Peter to pay Paul.
In that process I had to move the night stand out to get to the electrical outlet.
In that process I found the motherload of Travis' toys. He loves those little furry mice that you get a the grocery store - 5 for $4. Every morning we play fetch with one until he loses is. There were about 3 weeks worth under the nightstand!!
Next time I'm somewhere, I'll pick up a pair of those small, cheap MP3 player speakers but for now, I'm totally set.
I also dug out an old website that I used constantly when I had my Treo. It's a list of all public radio shows/stations/etc. You can chose your favorite show and find out where it's currently streaming or chose your station or podcast ... he's got a bascillion options. Public Radio Fan. It's a treasure.
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This is apparently Twitter week! All of a sudden it seems people are either joining up or letting folks know they are tweeterers. I'm getting a fair amount of 'xxx is following you' emails. Half are from clearly commercial concerns and half are people I know or people I know of. I do like Twitter but would like it so much better if my Tweets could automagically get posted to LJ. The collect-all-day-and-then-post model just is not the same.
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I ordered a new DSL modem from Qwest. The modem I have was born about the same time as those Walkman speakers. The new one has 4 ethernet ports. I think I'm going to try my work laptop on a hardwired connection for a while and see how that goes. And the wireless should be better as well. It's supposed to be here tomorrow but with no tracking number, I'm counting on it when I see it.
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It looks like a pretty good lunch trailer day weather wise but now I have no car. Just as well. I could walk - it's about 3 miles from here - but I won't.
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I have found a solution to the pledge drive plague!! Streaming from the Morning Edition web page! Doh. Except my bedroom computer has the worst speakers. I had a pair of small speakers that were older than democracy (seriously, I think they were for my original Sony Walkman), but I finally gave them to Goodwill during the last purge. Then I remembered my 'server' computer has speakers. So I robbed Peter to pay Paul.
In that process I had to move the night stand out to get to the electrical outlet.
In that process I found the motherload of Travis' toys. He loves those little furry mice that you get a the grocery store - 5 for $4. Every morning we play fetch with one until he loses is. There were about 3 weeks worth under the nightstand!!
Next time I'm somewhere, I'll pick up a pair of those small, cheap MP3 player speakers but for now, I'm totally set.
I also dug out an old website that I used constantly when I had my Treo. It's a list of all public radio shows/stations/etc. You can chose your favorite show and find out where it's currently streaming or chose your station or podcast ... he's got a bascillion options. Public Radio Fan. It's a treasure.
--
This is apparently Twitter week! All of a sudden it seems people are either joining up or letting folks know they are tweeterers. I'm getting a fair amount of 'xxx is following you' emails. Half are from clearly commercial concerns and half are people I know or people I know of. I do like Twitter but would like it so much better if my Tweets could automagically get posted to LJ. The collect-all-day-and-then-post model just is not the same.
--
I ordered a new DSL modem from Qwest. The modem I have was born about the same time as those Walkman speakers. The new one has 4 ethernet ports. I think I'm going to try my work laptop on a hardwired connection for a while and see how that goes. And the wireless should be better as well. It's supposed to be here tomorrow but with no tracking number, I'm counting on it when I see it.
--
It looks like a pretty good lunch trailer day weather wise but now I have no car. Just as well. I could walk - it's about 3 miles from here - but I won't.
