Had planned on either going kayaking or if it was too chilly going to see Advatar Sunday. We woke up to one of the coldest days so far this winter so decided on going to see Advatar which turned out was sold out.
So we invited a few friends over and had a very nice Christmas get together BBQ complete with warm fire in the fireplace. It was the first time in a very long time that I really felt the holiday spirit.
Today was get better internet day by having AT&T install U-Verse.
The install went pretty smoothly although the first installer had to come back to make some line adjustments after the second installer put in a trouble ticket.
I'm a little further from the whatever it is that I need to be closer to (I'm 3500 feet and 3000 feet is the max I'm told for the max speed) so I'm not getting the fastest speed but compared to what I was getting on ADSL this is screaming.
The box is HUGE that they put in. I guess this is due to it also having jacks for TV and phone that I'm not using. You would think they would have a box for VDSL only customers like me.
So far the only downside is the 2Wire 3800HGV-B Gateway that doesn't not allow loopback and can't be put in bridge mode so that I could use a different router.
So we are stuck with having to turn off wifi on our iPhones if we want to control the X10 stuff and then having to turn wifi back on to control iTunes. Other than running my own domain server behind the gateway there doesn't seem to be a workaround, at least not one that I've figured out. Maybe this is a sign that it's time to learn how to setup BIND.
Today's Free Smut,
Babe In Stilettos and Stockings
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