Writing and Technical Difficulties

I had a few modem technical difficulties this morning, but I did learn one thing that may help me in the future. My modem has a backup battery, which keeps some of the lights on when it doesn't want to work on cloudy days. I'm not sure why, but two or three cloudy days in a row cause my modem to tiptoe of into Internet Never Never Land. Normally, I can manually reboot it without calling in technical support.

That wasn't the case this morning, after attempting to reboot it without any luck I called the tech support line.  They weren't  getting any signal from my modem, so she had me take the battery out. After I put the battery back in the modem and router worked just fine. However, the time spent talking to the tech cost me writing time and phone minutes. I haven't checked my cellphone provider's website to see how many minutes the whole thing cost me because it was worth the price to get back online and let my cable provider know where I will be moving.

I thought the apartment was cable ready, but I could be wrong. The technician I talked to couldn't find the address or the apartment number, so she put in a request to see if it was cable ready. I don't know what I'll do if it isn't, but I will deal with that situation if or when I encounter it. I have too much to do this weekend to get ready to move in by either January 28 or January 31, depending on when the money for the security and cleaning deposit arrive. Oh well, it's these little unknowns that make life interesting.

My new computer - Part 2

After I got my new computer sit up and running, I realized that I have files on my old computer that I need. I am now in the process of downloading my documents to a flash drive so that I can work with them on my new computer. In addition, I decided that I could not sell the old computer therefore I had the cable company install a wireless modem.

I can now go online with both computers, at least until I get a new printer to connect to my new computer. At first, I thought I could connect my old printer to my new computer, but have since realized otherwise. I still need to get online with the old computer when I pay certain bills so that I can have a hard copy receipt. My next step is to get a new printer, in the mean time I will work with what I have and enjoy watching videos on my computer when I have the time to relax.

My new computer - Part 1

I love my new computer because I can watch videos without  dealing with buffering. I bought my old computer several years ago when I had a dial-up modem and before high definition television. When high definition television came in my old T.V. was not equipped to handle it, so I had the choice of buying a new T.V. or bundling my phone, internet, and television services. Since it was cheaper to bundle the services then to buy a new television, I bundled the services and chose a Direct Service Link plus Satellite service through the phone company.

That was all right for a while, but then I decided it would be more economical to go with the cable company. I now had a cable modem, which was truly high speed. The problem was that I still had my old computer. I had a high speed modem and a low speed computer, as a results, I encountered buffering when it came to watching videos. I now have a high speed computer with a high speed modem.

Sunday Thoughts on the past couple of days.

It's Sunday, October 10, and I haven't posted since Thursday, October 7. On Friday, I spent most of the day dealing with technical difficulties. My modem went out Thursday evening and I presumed it was nothing more then unplugging the phone jack and plugging it back in, but that wasn't the problem. The problem apparently has something to do with the fact that my alarm system goes through the phone line and it doesn't have the proper protection or splitter. A tech from the phone company is coming in on Thursday morning to take care of that issue.

I don't know why I didn't post on Saturday. I spent Saturday morning driving around Las Vegas and Saturday afternoon I caught up on writing. In addition, Mom had a difficult time Saturday afternoon. There are some days like that especially when we go out in the morning. Mom has Alzheimer's disease and get angry easily.

Saturday afternoon Mom was upset over something. I'm not sure what caused the problem, anything can upset Mom. When Mom is upset she either gets angry or cries and yesterday she got angry. Sometimes Mom gets angry because she has to take medication. Sometimes Mom gets angry because she has to wear a hearing aid. I still don't know why she got angry yesterday afternoon because going out in the morning usually brightens her mood.

Writing off line

I am going off line for a couple of days to connect a new modem. The job looks a bit more complicated then I originally thought. It may not be as complicated as it looks, I hope not. Anyway, I am going to attempt connecting it this weekend. If I have problems I have access to 24/7 tech support. I hope everyone has a good weekend.