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BlogToday I had Jury Selection for Wayne County Courts. I drove down to Detroit, missed two exits, and finally arrived only 10 minutes late. Once there, not more than an hour passed and I was called into a murder case. I told them I was a web engineer, single, with a B.S. I also told them I listen to police band radio and my uncle is a parole officer. Apparently that was too much for the defense since he said "The defense would like to thank and excuse Juror number 13." It was for the best since I have Cougarfest tomorrow and being selected would have kept me away.
Today my dad, girlfriend and I ripped out the strip of weeds next to my approach and replaced it with rock. I wound up making two trips with half a square yard of rock in my S10 pickup. The weight turned it into a low-rider which was pretty cool (see
webcam). Now instead of "yucko" plants dominating my driveway I have a nice reddish strip of rock. I also managed to paint half my front chain-link fence. I probably inhaled enough aluminum paint to get me high for a week in the process. Next time I think I'll get a mask to avoid becoming "metal man."
07/11/2003: 06:03 am - Cable modem connectivity intermittent
Road Runner appears to be having more connectivity issues today. I plan to get my line checked soon if I don't see any "scheduled maintenance" this time. For over a year I've had reliable service and now suddenly every other day it's out. I'm hoping it's just a result of the storms and not a long-term trend.
Monobrow.com... that is all.
Apparently all hell broke loose at my cable provider over the holiday. This would explain the intermittent availability the last few days. The following is excerpted from
RoadRunner network status page:
| Opened |
Closed |
Notes |
| 7/5/2003 9:00 AM |
7/5/2003 10:13 AM |
Road Runner is currently experiencing issues with the Domain Name Service (DNS). Subscribers in the affected area(s) may experience trouble reaching certain web sites at this time. Our engineers are working quickly to resolve this issue. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. |
| 7/4/2003 10:08 AM |
7/4/2003 10:24 AM |
Road Runner is currently experiencing issues with Internet connectivity. Subscribers in the affected area(s) may have no connection to the Internet or latency/slow connectivity. Our engineers are working quickly to resolve this issue. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. |
| 7/4/2003 1:45 AM |
7/4/2003 8:39 AM |
Road Runner is currently experiencing issues with Internet connectivity. Subscribers in the affected area(s) may have no connection to the Internet or latency/slow connectivity. Our engineers are working quickly to resolve this issue. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. |
| 6/26/2003 8:54 PM |
7/4/2003 8:31 AM |
Road Runner is currently experiencing issues with Internet connectivity. Subscribers in the affected area(s) may have no connection to the Internet or latency/slow connectivity. Our engineers are working quickly to resolve this issue. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. |
07/04/2003: 06:36 pm - Cable modem connectivity intermittent
The server will be up and down until
RoadRunner solves their connectivity issues. The recent storm may have knocked out service and since it's a holiday I don't expect it to be back soon. My solution: a Nukie party complete with
Nukie PizzaEnorym and I drove around Plymouth today, so I got some
great candid shots. Got some ice cream from Dairy King and went cruising for some action. Fortunately we didn't find any, so we called it a night.
6/26/2003: 07:06 pm - Server experienced a power outage.
6/27/2003: 09:33 am - Power is restored.
I was washing dishes when the power went out this time and it almost felt like a brownout. Lights dimmed, went out, came back, dimmed, then went out for good. UPS still has no battery, so the server was out the entire time.
Webcam and
Blacknova won't update until I can get home and start them up again. I pray every day that the UPS battery will arrive and save me from the electrical company whims.
My recent
needle miss caused a bruise that eventually turned into a head. Well, now my elbow has one as well. The first one is somewhat productive, sometimes writing code even. This new one is just pissed off and difficult to reason with. I hope I don't get anymore, after all: three's a crowd.
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