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Speed tests
Aug. 3rd, 2017 04:12 pmEndless Speed Tests.
Check it once. 5.6 mbps
Check again, 4.8 mbps
As I call our telecom company, I yield 3.4.
This is DSL, so I expect it to be awful, but I paid for 20 mbps. I'd be okay with 10 and even if I try to be okay with it, it doesn't change the fact that we can't use our internet connections simultaneously without straining the connection.
The tech, who seems flustered for some reason, has us engage in the speed tests again. He resets the connection, we reset the modem twice. 5.8 mbps. He then asks if this is satisfactory and I tell him that there's no way we can properly use the internet like this, so he tries again. We use a laptop with a direct connection and I do three checks. 6.4 mbps. 6.2mbps. 2.8mbps.
I warned him beforehand that the connection starts to go bad the closer it gets to 9pm so he acknowledges that this is part of what I was talking about.
He offers to have a tech check our location. As of 1:40pm, I have yet to hear from any, but I hope they're at least checking the lines around the area.
No chance to use the computer, by the way; the old main drive has been going through multiple disk checks. I think it's safe to say that it's screwed. At least I moved most of my archives to my "dump" drive. I'll probably reformat the drive, get a crash disk recovery program, and see what I can salvage. The drive should still be good, but one too many outages and being docked while it happened probably added to this. Reinstalling Photoshop once I get home then try out the softbox again to get some proper measurements of its effectiveness. I'm tempted to also see if I can get a pipe and extend the lamp, just need the proper measurements for it too (and I'd need to cut the pipe, which I think would freak Michelle out if I do it on the patio).
I freaked out my team lead when I told him about the appointment and it ended up with Michelle saving the day by being there for the appointment instead. Yay for Michelle!
No cooking yesterday, just Oetker pizzas and corn dogs. Even today's lunch is leftovers and polishing off some of last week's meals.
Podcast
...was tricky, as the computer was going like crazy scanning the bad drive and making the guest room where I normally work quite loud.
So circumvented it with a laptop, dragging a mic on a camera and a set of earphones. Then some tweaking of making sure the proper input is used since the laptop defaults to other inputs. Finally got it figured out, a few hours of gaming, no problem. Timing seems to be difficult for us since we're all adults. One of us mentions that we're doing relatively well for a gaming podcast and all I can say is that if this is doing that well, then I feel terrible for every other podcast out there since I feel like this show is such a patch of audio snippets and duct tape, but I enjoy it so don't mind. I do make some cracks about how hilariously awful it would be if we start doing Squarespace and Blue Apron ads. Even if, that ain't for a long, long, time.
We have another game going for next week to make up for the delay last night. I'm hoping that the technician will fix the issues before we get the next sessions.
Maybe some day I will get these photos worked on. Someday... I miss working on photos. -_-
Check it once. 5.6 mbps
Check again, 4.8 mbps
As I call our telecom company, I yield 3.4.
This is DSL, so I expect it to be awful, but I paid for 20 mbps. I'd be okay with 10 and even if I try to be okay with it, it doesn't change the fact that we can't use our internet connections simultaneously without straining the connection.
The tech, who seems flustered for some reason, has us engage in the speed tests again. He resets the connection, we reset the modem twice. 5.8 mbps. He then asks if this is satisfactory and I tell him that there's no way we can properly use the internet like this, so he tries again. We use a laptop with a direct connection and I do three checks. 6.4 mbps. 6.2mbps. 2.8mbps.
I warned him beforehand that the connection starts to go bad the closer it gets to 9pm so he acknowledges that this is part of what I was talking about.
He offers to have a tech check our location. As of 1:40pm, I have yet to hear from any, but I hope they're at least checking the lines around the area.
No chance to use the computer, by the way; the old main drive has been going through multiple disk checks. I think it's safe to say that it's screwed. At least I moved most of my archives to my "dump" drive. I'll probably reformat the drive, get a crash disk recovery program, and see what I can salvage. The drive should still be good, but one too many outages and being docked while it happened probably added to this. Reinstalling Photoshop once I get home then try out the softbox again to get some proper measurements of its effectiveness. I'm tempted to also see if I can get a pipe and extend the lamp, just need the proper measurements for it too (and I'd need to cut the pipe, which I think would freak Michelle out if I do it on the patio).
I freaked out my team lead when I told him about the appointment and it ended up with Michelle saving the day by being there for the appointment instead. Yay for Michelle!
No cooking yesterday, just Oetker pizzas and corn dogs. Even today's lunch is leftovers and polishing off some of last week's meals.
Podcast
...was tricky, as the computer was going like crazy scanning the bad drive and making the guest room where I normally work quite loud.
So circumvented it with a laptop, dragging a mic on a camera and a set of earphones. Then some tweaking of making sure the proper input is used since the laptop defaults to other inputs. Finally got it figured out, a few hours of gaming, no problem. Timing seems to be difficult for us since we're all adults. One of us mentions that we're doing relatively well for a gaming podcast and all I can say is that if this is doing that well, then I feel terrible for every other podcast out there since I feel like this show is such a patch of audio snippets and duct tape, but I enjoy it so don't mind. I do make some cracks about how hilariously awful it would be if we start doing Squarespace and Blue Apron ads. Even if, that ain't for a long, long, time.
We have another game going for next week to make up for the delay last night. I'm hoping that the technician will fix the issues before we get the next sessions.
Maybe some day I will get these photos worked on. Someday... I miss working on photos. -_-
