So is it sacrilege to be drinking Australian Shiraz* with a grilled cheese sandwich?

Never mind.

Since the price came down and it's only $5 more a month than we've been paying, we finally made the plunge and signed up for DSL. I've been trying to get it installed for the last week. I delayed hooking up the equipment because the instructions said to install the software first. Verizon's little website scanner said that my computer measured up, even tho' it's so elderly; however, every time I try to install the software, it tells me "You don't have an Ethernet adapter!" Never mind that I went and bought a Netgear External Adapter last weekend, installed it after several false starts, and yes, the Device Mangler says it's there, working and installed properly. I called their Support, and they walked by through a diagnostic which told me what I already knew, said they would check our line and to wait 48 hours and try again. In the meantime, I could set up the equipment.

So I installed everything Friday, turned on the modem, and lo and behold, I have a DSL connection! Oh it's wonderful; forgive me, but after so many years of dialup, this is heaven! I'm listening to radioparadise.com and KCRW with no skips or hangups, and gotten several phone calls during that time. Amazing (to me)! I've emerged from the dark ages.

The software still says I don't have an Ethernet card.

I'll probably call them again, since the software has all the antivirus crap and such connected with it, but I'm tempted to just skip it. I've pretty much got what I want right now, right?

*the Little Penguin Vineyard, SE Australia - do you ever buy a product just because of the label? It brought back good memories of seeing little penguins coming ashore near Melbourne and getting to help tag the babies....

So is it sacrilege to be drinking Australian Shiraz* with a grilled cheese sandwich?

Never mind.

Since the price came down and it's only $5 more a month than we've been paying, we finally made the plunge and signed up for DSL. I've been trying to get it installed for the last week. I delayed hooking up the equipment because the instructions said to install the software first. Verizon's little website scanner said that my computer measured up, even tho' it's so elderly; however, every time I try to install the software, it tells me "You don't have an Ethernet adapter!" Never mind that I went and bought a Netgear External Adapter last weekend, installed it after several false starts, and yes, the Device Mangler says it's there, working and installed properly. I called their Support, and they walked by through a diagnostic which told me what I already knew, said they would check our line and to wait 48 hours and try again. In the meantime, I could set up the equipment.

So I installed everything Friday, turned on the modem, and lo and behold, I have a DSL connection! Oh it's wonderful; forgive me, but after so many years of dialup, this is heaven! I'm listening to radioparadise.com and KCRW with no skips or hangups, and gotten several phone calls during that time. Amazing (to me)! I've emerged from the dark ages.

The software still says I don't have an Ethernet card.

I'll probably call them again, since the software has all the antivirus crap and such connected with it, but I'm tempted to just skip it. I've pretty much got what I want right now, right?

*the Little Penguin Vineyard, SE Australia - do you ever buy a product just because of the label? It brought back good memories of seeing little penguins coming ashore near Melbourne and getting to help tag the babies....

Did this take me long enough?

I finally figured out how to use an ftp client, Photoshop's automated picture gallery maker, and a faster connection left me no excuse to finally get this posted. Although, Angus demanded reading from his dinosaur book at the same time, and in showing me a pretend "raptor egg" (actually a chicken egg), accidentally squeezed it too hard, and squished it right in my lap. Wonderful.

Despite that, the results:

http://www.angelfire.com/scifi/senoritafish/index2.htm

My garden club's flower show, which took place at the beginning of October. Warning - may require a bit of scrolling, although if you use Full Screen on your browser maybe not as much - and I went a bit crazy taking pictures, so you may not have the patience to look at all of them. I liked the vertical layout better, but the only choice was a slideshow, which I did not like.

Did this take me long enough?

I finally figured out how to use an ftp client, Photoshop's automated picture gallery maker, and a faster connection left me no excuse to finally get this posted. Although, Angus demanded reading from his dinosaur book at the same time, and in showing me a pretend "raptor egg" (actually a chicken egg), accidentally squeezed it too hard, and squished it right in my lap. Wonderful.

Despite that, the results:

http://www.angelfire.com/scifi/senoritafish/index2.htm

My garden club's flower show, which took place at the beginning of October. Warning - may require a bit of scrolling, although if you use Full Screen on your browser maybe not as much - and I went a bit crazy taking pictures, so you may not have the patience to look at all of them. I liked the vertical layout better, but the only choice was a slideshow, which I did not like.

Oops...

I just noticed that half the pictures for the Flower Show hadn't uploaded. Grrr. They're there now if you want to see some very cool flower arrangements. Many of them were done by my friend C., who's been doing them for her church for nigh on 30 years. She comes up with some very unconventional stuff - not your ordinary florist Happy Birthday flower vases. No, I didn't do any. I was the registrar for all the entries, and it was all I could do to get my few plant entries there.

Oops...

I just noticed that half the pictures for the Flower Show hadn't uploaded. Grrr. They're there now if you want to see some very cool flower arrangements. Many of them were done by my friend C., who's been doing them for her church for nigh on 30 years. She comes up with some very unconventional stuff - not your ordinary florist Happy Birthday flower vases. No, I didn't do any. I was the registrar for all the entries, and it was all I could do to get my few plant entries there.