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From chaos to beautyPosted by Synfinatic on July 6, 2009 at 10:23 pm in Life.So we’ve successfully survived our first week of the remodel. I’ve posted some pictures up on my gallery and hope to make regular weekly updates to chronicle the entire process. Tags: home, remodel
Move Report #2Posted by Synfinatic on October 3, 2008 at 11:38 am in Life.So things are coming along pretty well, albeit a bit slower then I’d like. After nearly 3 weeks of working with Speakeasy/Covad/AT&T on my DSL, it turns out that I’m too far away from the CO to get a decent connection so I’m moving over to Comcast. The Comcast service is indeed *VERY* fast (I saw ~30Mbps down and 3Mbps up last night!) and about 40% cheaper then Speakeasy, but not having a static IP and being able to run a full range of services on my server is a big negative. I’m in luck though- I’ve found a place I can host my server for free, so it’s all going to work out. We’ve also learned … Tags: home, utilities
Move Report #1Posted by Synfinatic on September 18, 2008 at 10:10 pm in Life.So yes, we finally moved to our new home. Anyways, I figured I’d give a quick score card for all the companies we’ve had to deal with so far, in no particular order: Comcast: C-. For some reason thought that changing our billing address meant we wanted them to disconnect our service two weeks early, so our plan of having Tivo tape all our shows while we were on vacation didn’t work. When we got back, Comcast said it was just a service outtage in our area, but after 2 days we called again and they admitted the confusion. Of course, by then it would take them 2 more days to turn it on, by which time … Tags: home, utilities
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