August 11, 2008

Stable?

Downstream Upstream Max Allowed Speed (kbps) 3008 384 SN Margin (dB) 13.50 21.00 Line Attenuation (dB) 36.00 20.00 CRC Errors 14638 117 maybe? possibly?

August 6, 2008

Free Jabber / XMPP clients for a Blackberry?

anyone know of any good jabber clients for the blackberry? I’ve tried a couple with little luck, and most of them cost more than I can afford for this test. Features required Must run on BlackBerry 8703e v4.1.0x Connection server can be configured differently than jid address (i.e. you@morgajel.net for jid, jabber.morgajel.net for connection server.) This rules out Mobber as far as I can tell Requires SSL/TLS Non-strict cert checking Let me know if you have any suggestions.

August 5, 2008

Line status…

Sat Aug 2 11:45:39 EDT 2008 Downstream Upstream Max Allowed Speed (kbps) 960 480 SN Margin (dB) 4.70 6.00 Line Attenuation (dB) 50.00 31.50 CRC Errors 47385 282 Sat Aug 2 12:32:18 EDT 2008 Downstream Upstream Max Allowed Speed (kbps) 480 416 SN Margin (dB) 8.50 7.00 Line Attenuation (dB) 50.50 31.50 CRC Errors 79196 557 Sat Aug 2 14:39:16 EDT 2008 Downstream Upstream Max Allowed Speed (kbps) 1152 576 SN Margin (dB) 11.

August 4, 2008

Stupid People Wasting My Time

ok, this has been gnawing at me for the last few weeks. As I get older I become a lot less patient with people who waste my time on stupid things. I try not to get involved with religious or political debates mainly because they always seem to lead to hurt feelings and me putting someone on a life-long banlist. However. I’m getting *really* pissed at the anti-science bullshit that’s going on.

July 30, 2008

Epic Fail

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 what the modem is reporting, it does not mean that the connection was usable- most of that time PPoE couldn’t authenticate.

July 21, 2008

Intro to Vim Tip #6 (Multiple viewports)

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 reference): From Command Mode: :sp splits the screen horizontally :vsp splits the screen vertically Ctrl-w Ctrl-w moves between viewports Ctrl-w [right arrow] moves active viewport 1 to the right Ctrl-w [left arrow] moves active viewport 1 to the left Ctrl-w 3[left arrow] moves active viewport 3 to the left Ctrl-w q will close the active window.

July 21, 2008

Letter to Cyberonic

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 to piece together what is going on. For the record I’ve tried several different DSL modems and routers and have successfully removed them from the equation.

July 20, 2008

Evil Plot

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 to hold onto a length for crimping

July 19, 2008

I see Dead People

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 i’m gonna get out some 4x4s and iron nails ’cause somebody needs to get crucified for being an idiot

July 17, 2008

Rage… Building…

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 mile away and completely unfixable. I plan on calling the proper people about the illegal line and having them re-run it.