res gestae

[sistawendy]

The day didn't start auspiciously: right after the Comcast guy came, somebody started doing something seriously vibratory to the floor in the apartment above mine. I also found that Comcast doesn't do wireless routers. Then I went to 425-land to get my repaired vacuum cleaner, and had to wait for boat traffic through the 520. (Yes, it's a concrete pontoon drawbridge.) Then I got on the bus without my laptop, had to get off partway to work, and come back to the Lake Place. No laptop, no work.

However, once I got to work, I fixed my first bug. Yes, it took a lot of hand-holding, and no, I haven't figured how to send out a code review yet, but at least I believe I've got it.

And I got an Apple Airport Express wireless router at tithonium's suggestion, and it's currently carrying my bits to you. The setup wasn't quite as slick as I expected - I'm already spoiled by Apple products - but it was still pretty good. That's right: Internet and wireless on the same day. (Cue the gasping and panting.) My fifties paradise apartment is now squarely in the twenty-first century.

Comments

[bork.livejournal.com]

Here's more info about 520: http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Projects/SR520Bridge/BridgeAndLandings/CurrentWork.htm

There's even an SMS service where they can text you 2 hours before a scheduled bridge closure. I find that immensely helpful.

[sistawendy.livejournal.com]

There were warnings about it on the signs, which I saw on the way east - just minutes before the bridge was scheduled to close. It wasn't completely unexpected, just a hassle. I (thought I) had time yesterday morning, and I wasn't sure I was going to have time over the weekend.

[schmi.livejournal.com]

What do you meany by - "Comcast doesn't do wireless routers"? I have Comcast and I have a wireless router hooked up to my modem.

[sistawendy.livejournal.com]

Do you lease the router from Comcast, though? I had to buy my own with the Internet-only package that I got. I didn't read enough of the fine print to find that out until Comcast Guy told me.

[schmi.livejournal.com]

No leasing because that never made financial sense to me. I usually buy one for $20 instead of paying their ridiculous $60/year or whatever it is.

They have an internet only package? Those bastards. Must be a new customer only thing. They made me get cable TV to get a "lower" price on my internet.