Archive for June 26th, 2003
::DSL! And sick puppies…
Thursday, June 26th, 2003
Well, as I suspected it might, the DSL package came today; SBC Yahoo DSL. We got the promo for this month (it’s on till the 30th if you want to catch it) — $29.99 a month for 12 months, with free DSL modem and no activation fee. Pretty sweet deal I guess. So it came at about 3 today, and I had it set up by 3:30, and was already trying to get the HTTP port redirected to my laptop. It was a breeze, really. After about 9 hours of use (not constant use, time since I installed…) I am quite satisfied with the speed and reliability. The only thing I am not satisfied with is the crapload of crappy software that they install when you pop in the setup CD (which, coincidentally, you need to do in order to setup the account). But it wasn’t hard to get rid of. And now I am back to my flawless windows system, made complete with the addition of broadband. This just about says it all. 
Ooh, and the DSL modem is VERY cool. My dad went for the upgrade package for an extra $50 and got the Wireless version. So now I’ve got a wireless network for my laptop at home! Hehe.. and I’m running a web server on my laptop too. It’s probably the world’s first Wireless Laptop web server. Please visit (dynamic IP DNS courtesy of no-ip.net) triswebserver. Now remember, it’s only on when my laptop is on, and that’s only when I want it to be on. So good luck. If you do manage to catch it, comment this and let me know how the speed is.
And on a completely different note, it turns out that the sick puppy was contagious. She is completely fine now; in fact she’s more than fine — I had to play with her for hours to wear her out tonight just to get her to go to sleep and stop yapping. Must have been all that sleep she got yesterday…. lol. But yeah, we have another 5 puppies who will no doubt go through the same thing… three of them have already started. They’re all asleep now, at least, so I can get some sleep and prepare for tomorrow, when I’ll have to watch them all day. Someone please remind me why we have puppies…
Oh well. All in a day’s work. And they are cute when they’re not barfing. ::