Getting Better
I am not sure if my section of the network has been upgraded yet... or if it just
that enough of the users are moved to the new egress that my path is less congested.
Either way... the performance is getting better.
better network speed this AM
I am awaiting the network upgrades in my area. It is rumored that maybe I will be
able to see a 5mb connection once in a while
Chores instead of camping
Since the weather was slated to be poor this weekend we decided to cancel the camping
trip. So instead of camping I sanded my drywall seams and then primed what will eventually
become my new office in the other end of the basement. I got the first coat of primer
applied early this evening. With some luck maybe I can get another coat applied tomorrow
afternoon. I have to say that room is really starting to look pretty nice now
that it has an even color on the walls.
I went out Thursday night and caught two nice lightning photos. I am trying to feed
my photoblog again. Tomorrow morning the plan is to get up early and drive to metro
to pick up my friend Carlos. We will tool around the Twin Cities Sunday morning trying
to capture some new photos. (I need to keep the photoblog fed.)
Compression????
The 3 tests (above) that I just ran were using a Flash
based test tool. The flash content is compressible and I am getting intermittent
messages that the content in test is get compressed to provide the perception of more
bandwidth.
My original test in my last post was
using a Java based test
tool. The Java tool is nice because it's payload is hard to compress so it presents
a good view of the performance.
http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest
Scotty... I need more speed
My ISP performance is still not very consistent. I am thinking nice thoughts and crossing
my fingers trying to patiently wait for them to upgrade the towers in my area. Hopefully
in the next week or two.
Download: 862 (Kbps)
Upload: 425 (Kbps)
Download: 784 (Kbps)
Upload: 480 (Kbps)
Download: 1123 (Kbps)
Upload: 1203 (Kbps)
What is a sign that you don't have broadband?
I thought things were slow... but not quite this bad.
(Green is my download speed... red
is my upload speed as goofy as the result look.)
My ISP is working on upgrading the network... but has not gotten to my portion of
the network yet. Crossing fingers and trying to think positive thoughts.
May Snow in Minnesota - Does not sound like Roo weather
I am watching the weather on NOAA
web site. I am trying to decide if we are going camping this weekend. Right now
the forecast is not looking too good
How does that work? At first it does not sound very favorable for snow...
so I am thinking that we might see a couple of flakes overnight... but not a big deal...
then the next sentence is talking about a couple of inches of snow.
Come on... this is a May forecast that we are talking about... give me a
break!
Roo Season is almost here
We hope to take the Rockwood
Roo out this weekend. You would sure think that by first weekend in May the weather
would be nice enough to hit the road.
The forecast for this weekend is looking iffy right now. Rain on Thursday and Friday
with a chance of snow Friday night. Low 50's on Saturday and mid 50's on Sunday. We
are only going about 75 minutes away for a short shake-down trip to Sibley
State Park...
......but still that weather is well, yuck. 
I changed out the batteries in the smoke and CO2 detectors tonight. I also packed
up some of the blankets and sleeping bags and put then in the storage under the couch.
I spent some time looking around inside and planning some storage mods for the 2008
season.
I am reserved but hopeful that we can hit the road on Friday afternoon for Sibley
State Park
Roo Chocks
I built the chocks yesterday and assembled and tested them tonight. Right now I just
have it setup for one of the trailer. We will try it out and see if we need one for
the other side. Initial testing seems to show an improvement in stability.
I used 4x4 lumber that I had in my scrap pile. There are two pieces cut about 7 inches
long with 25 degree taper on each end. I used a 3/8" thread rod with jam nuts on one
end and a small piece of threaded steel plate in the middle of the other block. (I
cut the block in half, add the threaded plate and then glued the block back together.)
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The link above will point you to some of my research notes. I will try to post a picture
when time permits.
