This has been a gumption killing week for me…
- Sunday
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The network ports on my old Direct Way 4020 Satellite modem died leaving me entirely without a net connection.
Net withdrawal began.
- Monday
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Told numerous depressing options for replacing dead modem before managing to get the “upgrade” option without resetting my contract period but with a potential 2 business week delay on receiving the new modem.
- Tuesday
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Over to sister’s to take advantage of the Hughesnet system I got her last year…
Updated her system, downloaded virus|spyware scanners etc, scanned her machine to make sure no spyware, rootkits, bots on the local network.
Hit the new HughesNet Fair Access Policy (FAP) limit on her “consumer” grade account. FAP throttled my connection to about 2KB/s with no recharge for 24 hours.
- Wednesday
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Scheduled delivery and installation of new HughesNet 7000S Satellite modem for Thursday!
FAP still in effect at sister’s.
- Thursday
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Satellite modem installed and net withdrawal symptoms receed.
Back to work!
- Friday
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Desk collapses onto the floor while rearranging office to discourage Miss Kitty from using my desk and possibly causing additional hardware failures. Fortunately only monitors were involved and were not damaged.
Found sturdy tables at Office Depot to use for work surfaces. (Staple’s tables were crap and staff were no help, but Office Depot’s tables were pretty sturdy and the staff ere very helpful. Thanks!).
Finish rearranging office
Backed up laptop across all other machines.
- Saturday
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Back to work.
Discovered that my mozilla local mail folder had been wiped sometime on Wednesday…
Realized had wiped all good copies of the mozilla local mail folder.
I hope next week is better.