June 16th, 2004
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Elmo has my CAT-5
After two months of blogging without a net connection at home (and thusly roughing it during the early and late hours at work), I gave up, as is clearly obvious, around May 12th. I have a bunch of entries in notebooks which may or may not make it out of the “concept” phase, we’ll see.
In the meantime it’s worth noting that I yet again have entered the world of the home-connected, and as we speak I am seeding bit torrents from ets, monitoring Chinese pop phenomena, and planning an attempt at another (hopefully more advanced) photography portal. All this while destroying my neck thanks to my laptop on a table and a tall desk. If I weren’t planning on going to China next month, you can bet I’d be purchasing a 19″-21″ LCD screen and stand come this 25th (pay day).
The means to which I am communicating are via the yet unproven DION broadband via KDDI. Ideally I have 40mbps down, but since I am 2.1km from the nearest signal amp, they tell me I can expect 12. I have yet to witness such velocity, but that may be in part to the fact that Windows just can’t rasterize a web page fast enough, even on my monster of a P4-2.4ghz. The branding that comes with this internet service (and a 52.00$ a month service fee) is none other than Sesame Street. So in addition to having furry puppets manning my relay station looking for dropped packets, I got a nylon picnic “blanket” and several “frosty cups” bearing the google-eyed patron saints of telecommunication. Grand.
BTW, I think I’m not the only one, but does anyone else who knows a little about computers basically just set the DNS and jack into the modem, not even opening the CD and box of walkthroughs/software/manuals that come with a new DSL/Cable setup? Apparently I have web space, email, and a login to Seh-saym Street or something [Mr. Hooper's online portal is SO taking out groceries.com in the next three quarters], but my desire to just have an uplink has pushed all of that aside. I guess if I get bored or have a transitionary period between my still-leeching CMU web space/email and something else, I may look into it. Until then, if you want Cookie Monster’s IP and blog, you’ll have to specifically ask.
