Katie ordered Netflix the end of last week. She was missing TV and we agreed not to get cable until this fall when it got cold out. Netflix is to tide the poor thing over. Well, Netflix has this Instant-watch feature where they stream the video to your computer or whatnot. I just HAD to …
Category Archives: computing
Sprint Airave Femtocell
I have had Packet8 VOIP for many years now. It predates my cellphone by a year, easy. I haven’t had any trouble with service. I do have a problem with getting spam from the email address I gave them. Actually, I am a tad pissed about it. My cell phone company called me the beginning …
HACKED!!!!
A friend’s website was hacked recently. It wasn’t a big deal for him, as it was a testing/playground site anyhow. The site was simply homepage defaced. The site was due to be drezzed and rebuilt anyhow. I was concerned because it was a Joomla website. My sites at work are Joomla sites. I tracked down …
internet & kittens
Finally got the internet today at around 9:15. Evidently they had hooked up someone else. Hrmph. This Apartment building is 30 years old. You would think they figured out how to hook up the right phone line by now. I mean, come on, somebody moves in and out every year, so that’s 30 hookups and …
Biting the hand that feeds you
Or, My trip to the Emergency Room (ER). This morning at 5:30 or so I am awoke to Brother exchanging words with another tomcat outside my bedroom window. Well, after a few moments of listening to their threats to each other, I roll over to rap on the window to chase the other cat off …