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Epic Fail

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Why yes, my internet connection is still fubar’d, thank you for asking.
Here’s your epic fail for the day- my internet connection:

Downstream
Upstream

Max Allowed Speed (kbps)
1184
768

SN Margin (dB)
4.70
6.00

Line Attenuation (dB)
34.50
20.50

CRC Errors
2516
413

This image is my download speed since I started monitoring. Note that this is just [...]

Intro to Vim Tip #6 (Multiple viewports)

Monday, July 21st, 2008

One feature of vim I don’t use enough is the ability to split the screen and view multiple files at once. I use this feature all the time when I use vimdiff, but not really any other time. I thought I’d take a moment to lay out some uses of it (thank Linux.com for the [...]

Letter to Cyberonic

Monday, July 21st, 2008

sent at 12:01pm:

Hi guys, I’ll try to sum this up real quick to get you up to speed:
Name on Account: Jesse Morgan
Issue: Damanged Line/ Connection problems
land line: ***-***-****
Contact Number: ***-***-****
Address: ************
I’m having line issues- I’ve called both cyberonic and AT&T (before I dropped their service for yours) several times over the last few weeks trying [...]

Evil Plot

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

Ingredients

kid
hose
sprinkler
yard
wife who doesn’t want to get wet

step 1
take the kid outside to play in the sprinkler
step 2
immediately get wet with the water that’s still in the hose and warmed from the sun
step 3
get the kid soaked
step 4
take the sprinkler off of hose
step 5
show kid how to drink out of hose, hand him hose. Make sure [...]

I see Dead People

Saturday, July 19th, 2008

This is a followup with another developer about DeveloperX…
(02:23:21 PM) me: hrm…
(02:23:25 PM) DeveloperY:
(02:24:18 PM) DeveloperY: man can i go beat whoever developerx is
(02:24:30 PM) DeveloperY: omfg
(02:24:47 PM) DeveloperY: seriously they should get crucified
(02:25:03 PM) DeveloperY: who the heck can be that retarded
(02:25:10 PM) DeveloperY: to not know wtf release is
(02:25:37 PM) DeveloperY: grrrrrrrrrr [...]

Rage… Building…

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

So AT&T managed to screw me yet one more time. The “loop link” is damaged, so the best Cyberonic can provide is 3meg/768 rather than the 6meg/768 that I should be getting.
If I’m lucky, the problem with be with the illegally run line through my neighbor’s yard. If I’m unlucky, it’s a damaged like 1/4 [...]

What’s blue and white and still not working?

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

My internet connection.
SO here’s the scoop
5 days until cutover:
I call AT&T, tell them I’m moving and need to transfer my Static IP DSL service on the 30th(Monday). Tech says no problem it’s all set. I am pleasantly surprised at how little of a hassle it was and that it was way smoother than any other [...]