I cooked today. Minestrone! So when Oz walked in the door, we had cheese and crackers, then fresh, homemade soup and the New Year's beer. While we were eating, the Red Rocker candy order was delivered and he was presented with a whole pound of pistachio brittle for, ah, Christmas. But he was too full of soup and fancy cheese and beer to eat any right then. I guess we.ahem.he will have some later. Actually, I ordered so much candy that they threw in a free sample of the one kind I didn't order. I have an embarrassment of riches.
Yesterday, the embarrassment of geek riches. I expanded my wireless network.
When I got the new PC, I set up the old one on another table in my office to use as an archive and also for Oz to play with. Of course, the playing he wants to do involves reading comics online and thus networking was required. He wanted to run a cable across my office, right across the path that I take to get to my desk. I took issue with that, but he seemed to think that just shoving the cable under a rug should resolve any issues with tripping. Ha! Cables! So I went shopping and picked up a USB wireless network adapter. On sale, no less.
When Oz walked in the door yesterday, he got to read comics. On the internet, over my high speed connection. Wirelessly. The prime beneficiary of this upgraded home computer situation is his employer, because he won't have to spend extra time on Mondays catching up with his weekend comics.
270 words | January 4, 2006 07:40 PM | Real true story