--- vlxsixhundred <a_change_of_plans_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>A thunderstorm a few weeks ago fucked up my modem...
You can get surge protectors for your phone lines. The
cheap and nasty method we use at some of the low-budget
site offices is to tie a know in the phone line. Helps damp
the spikes, but tends to cap connection speeds a bit too.
Then again, low budget site offices fequently can't get a
good connection, so no loss there!
Be grateful that it only cooked the modem. I've repaired
systems where they pretty much had to replace all the
box... In Far North Queensland all of our computer and
coms equipment has heavy shielding, as we get around 20
'lightening days' per year. Compared to our Indonesia
sites that only have 7 lightening FREE days per year, even
the heavy shielding doesn't always save the systems.
> Started a new job last Monday, too, so
> I'm really busy learning a shitload of new stuff.
Keeps interest in the job. Horrible being bored! You
think if there is nothing on, you can surf the web etc etc.
For some reason, you just feel bored and do nothing! NOT
a problem for me of hate hence why I've been relatively
quiet. :-) More stories on the way, incidentally!
> I'm going to be online every day this week after work,
> catching up with e-mails...
And if it is like me, just READING let alone responding!
> sending some much overdue images out, and trying to
> catch up on posts here.
We look forwared to it, flood away!
> Got some new art to post here, but I'll have to clean
> up some
> space, which I hope to get to by this next weekend. The
> fan-art page is about 60% done, but I still have a lot of
>newer art to put into it.
Looking forward to seeing the site updates. You'll
probably have the group cleaned up before I go to post the
next story anyway. :-)
> Other than that, I'm tired as hell, and will be going
> to bed in about 20 seconds.
Only problem with lots of learning is it does draing the
mental energy. Look after yourself, else you'll end up
sipping Nyquil again.
> Thanks for hanging around here, and I guess I'll
> talk to you all starting tomorrow evening.
You'll stop putting things off starting tomorrow? ;-) We
hang around because we firmly believe that you'll be back.
Besides, when there is a chance of spying some quality
anthro tail, why wouldn't you hang around? :-)
> For the sake of sanity, I'm gonna limit my online time to
>about 2 hours or so per night.
This translates to about 4 hours in JMH time...
> Oh yeah, the new temp page for the Archives is at:
> <http://jabarchives.com>
Just stopped over - still the temp page, but nice cheetah.
Looking forward to seeing the running site. Good to see
Val Kyrie's going to 'have a home' as well, in addition to
old favourites. :-) The counter says we're up to 57,470
hits, in only _5_ weeks! Damn Cheetah, you really are
going to be hosting a highly desireable site!
Relax furs, stress doesn't make things go faster, it only
makes them more painful.
Scrapper, Black Dragon, who needs to take his own advice!
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Received on Sun Sep 28 2003 - 20:45:29 CDT