Weekend News
Study Desk (Tidy)
A fairly full weekend almost over. Much time spent tidying the study – and it’s much better for the work that’s been put into it, It’s also enabled me to commission an old Apple Imac in some sort of electric blue. It’s a bit of a beast, somewhat slow, and with a paltry 10Gb hard disk I’m wondering how I’ll get on with it. Something of a challenge, but it’s rather fun to give it a go.
At the same time I’ve been able to take out a network hub and one of the ATAs for the phone system, so that will save a bit of 24 hour juice. You probably won’t be able to see the difference in the Pachube data, though.
I have also patched two POTS type extensions into the study from the Grandstream GXW4004 under the stairs – so that’s now utilising all four channels. Because it supports loop disconnect dialing, it enables me to have my Ivory 332 on the desk with its gorgeous real bell ring. It’s a nice contrast with the Grandstream BT200 which keeps crashing every three or four calls – so maybe there’s been s dodgy firmware update recently. Time will tell what happens to that.
Piano practice, and homework, has been patchy this weekend, despite some enthusiasm to win a competition to do the most piano practice this week. Project work has been minimal – looks like someone’s going to have to learn the hard way that M&D aren’t joking when they predict Homework Club.
I have also patched two POTS type extensions into the study from the Grandstream GXW4004 under the stairs – so that’s now utilising all four channels. It enables me to have my Ivory 332 on the desk with its gorgeous real bell ring. It’s a nice contrast with the Grandstream BT200 which keeps crashing every three or four calls – so maybe there’s been s dodgy firmware update recently. Time will tell what happens to that.
Piano practice, and homework, has been patchy this weekend, despite some enthusiasm to win a competition to do the most piano practice this week. Project work has been minimal – looks like someone’s going to have to learn the hard way that M&D aren’t joking when they predict Homework Club.
