Frustrations with my government: here. Warning: Mild adult content.

Frustrations with computers: I can’t get my Mac to see a USB printer shared on Windows 98 SE. I can’t get my Windows box to see the same USB printer shared on Mac OS 10.2.

I finally got the file sharing to work, at least. Yay for local mp3 sharing!

I may be doing tech geek work again. For money. As a job. Details are sketchy, it’s still a possibility.

The consulting company that I worked with before has hours again.

I’m also considering another option, but any info on that has to wait until I get a few details nailed down on workability. Nevertheless, I’m excited by it.

Lately, I feel as though I’ve been re-claiming my geekdom. I even considered putting Linux on my PC once I get it rebuilt. Then I realized that Linux won’t run Grapevine. Oh, well. When I get a newer PC with XP Pro on it, I’ll turn this machine into a Linux box. Maybe a firewall. That would be cool.

Motivation and creative energy are at a maximum. Full throttle. Warp speed ahead, Sulu.

Well, that’s done. The hub is plugged in to the router. I have 3 ports of 100 base T goodness (2 in use) directly from the router, and 5 ports of 10 base T goodness, none of which are in use.

I find it amazing that in a house of two macs and one (non-working) PC, it’s the ancient PC that’s the graphics machine. Parallel port scanner, zip drive, and cd-burner. Oh yeah. Bottleneck at the motherboard, baby.

Oh, and just in case I don’t say it enough in public:

I love .

I think, when I get home from work, I will add the hub into the mix as far as my cable modem and router go, thereby doubling the number of computers that can connect to my apartment’s network.

I haven’t done something like this just because I could in a very long time.

There is a phrase from the trip to visit that was noted as “LJ-worthy”. For the life of me, I can’t remember it.

Routers are stupid-easy to set up via web interfaces. Well, at least Netgear made-for-cable-modem-and-DSL routers are. Now I’m going to have to see if I can tweak it and mess with it. Any suggestions, ?

Yesterday was a good day all around, really. Thank you, , , , and . I’m tellin’ you, though, those Li’l Chef fries were undercooked.

Time to learn about RAID technology from Apple. Wonder if they’ve got anything I don’t know yet.

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Yoinked from .

I know I got sleep last night. I got quality sleep. I’m still tired. This annoys me a great deal.

Rackmount servers are the shit, but why have one in a home? Better to use older machines for things like linux-based routers, and get a minitower or tower rack for the closet.

I think my lunch break will include much Robert Jordan.

Cable modem has been wonderfully re-installed. They took the RCA. They dropped off a Motorla Surfboard. Dig it. No more multiple IP’s. They say that if customers want to run their own network, they can, they just need to get a router and set up NAT themselves. *blink* They’re not only allowing it, they’re encouraging it.

Anyone want to recommend a decently-priced multi-port router with NAT for me?

Oh. And I have an interview for a tech job on Saturday with GarbCo, 7-Eleven’s parent company. Keep your fingers crossed for me.