15 March 2008

π day

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Yesterday was π day, and tonight (thanks to Jordan) we ate pie. It was good:
Pies

 

5 March 2008

Networking

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We finally got an Internet connection installed on Monday 25th February, and for a while had Ethernet cables running through the hallway (covered by left-over carpet in the doorways to prevent against tripping to some extent). On Sunday 2nd March, however, we installed some proper network cabling. We now have cables running from wall jacks in Josiah’s room (where the cable modem and router is) to similar jacks in Jordan’s and my room. It took longer than I expected, mostly due to difficulty drilling a hole through the wall beside my wardrobe door.

It ended up being quite a flat affair, as you can see in these photos:
Jordan and Peter trying to make a hole past my wardrobe doorJosiah and Elaine spectatingRuth was happyJanice in her usual pose

The end result (at my end):
An ethernet jack with a cable plugged into it

 

3 March 2008

the beginning of a long term project

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I decided last night at Andrews suggestion that I should post the list of things I have learned since arriving at the KelpFlat. I is not yet exhaustive because I think the best way to go about this is to note them as I learn them and do the retrospective ones as they occur to me. here it begins (and this is the life skills list not the academic list as that is less widely interesting)

- a mousetrap is not only a device for confining small rodents but also a toasted sandwich with vege(mar)mite, butter and cheese
- the upstairs toilet flushes better when you pull the lever up rather than pushing it down
- hokeypokey can be made with golden syrup, water and baking soda (?)
- how to operate a cash register and eftpos machine
- josiah measures the milk in his tea by the amount he has to put in to see it rise to the top again and selects his tape based on the flavor produced when it is torn using teeth
- peter confirmed that andrew’s tape smells better than it tastes
- some walls are thick enough to necessitate two holes to create a conduit channel for ethernet cabling
- pudding is a generic word for dessert and not necessarily a set custard

stay tuned…

 

20 February 2008

Deep-fried signal

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It is taking us a while to get a proper Internet connection here at the flat (though hopefully we will get TelstraClear cable installed on Monday), but in the meantime I have been using a USB WiFi adaptor in the middle of a dish I constructed a while ago from Chinese parabolic cookware based on these instructions. This lets me connect to the VUW wireless network (well, sometimes at least), and from there I can use the SWANS VPN to get to the Internet. The dish sits in my window frame, carefully aimed up at the university, as you can see in these pictures:
The dish in contextA close-up of the dish

 

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