2. My home router died this week. It had been slowly getting worse and worse and I had suspected the cable modem but when it finally gave up the ghost, I was able to quickly isolate the problem.
3. The key to solving problems like this is to simplify the system and then add components until it fails. I started by removing everything and hooking a single laptop up to the cable modem with nothing in between. When I found that it worked, I knew the problem was probably the router.
4. The speed increase is amazing. I must have been living with near dial-up speeds for quite a while.
5. While the router was down, the computers were off. It was a nice break.
6. I still looked forward to blogging some more. I would get ideas for posts, but not be able to write them. It was frustrating. Of course, the new router doesn't solve the blogger photo upload problem. It is still a dog. I've got a gaura photo to bring up, but I can't seem to get it to work. Update: My blogging buddy Justin suggested www.tinypic.com and it is the best! That's how I got the gaura photo up there.
7. I planted some festucas last week. What’s a festuca? This is.
They’re teeny right now, but they eventually grow to 8-10” tall. I can’t wait.
8. In the last two weeks I have become comfortable with cooking homemade spaghetti sauce and slow-cooked barbeque. I had done spaghetti sauce before, but I always needed a recipe. I’m used to Cajun cooking and I can do that by memory.
9. The key to the ribs is to use a dry rub of spices on them and then cook them in the oven at 250 degrees for 2-3 hours before putting the sauce and grilling them briefly.
10. Yum. I love ribs.
11. The death of my router stopped me from doing a World of Good (WOG) post this week. That’s two of the last three weeks without a WOG.
12. I’ve got two great WOGs waiting to be written and posted.
13. I usually visit lots of other Thursday Thirteens on Thursday mornings and leave my links. I don’t have time for that today. Let’s see what happens when I don’t. Update: I gave in when I came home tonight and I'm stopping by others' TTs.
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ribs are one of my most fav foods...yum yum
ReplyDeleteI've never heard of that festuca plant -- those look so cool!
ReplyDeleteIsn't technology amazing?
ReplyDeleteYes, I do cat blog. I plan on posting this weekend in fact. Thanks for asking!
ribs sound good. i think i might have to grill some this weekend.
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