{"id":1485,"date":"2009-11-24T22:43:28","date_gmt":"2009-11-24T21:43:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chaosnode.net\/blog\/?p=1485"},"modified":"2009-11-25T17:44:14","modified_gmt":"2009-11-25T16:44:14","slug":"dentist-and-phone-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chaosnode.net\/blog\/2009\/11\/24\/dentist-and-phone-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Dentist and phone death"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nIn Japan there is a stock expression that is usually translated “A lot of things happened”, but usually it really means “I don’t want to talk about it” or “it is too much to explain” or even sometimes “this is not what it looks like”.<\/em><\/p>\n

A lot of things happened today, and I did want to tell you all about it. In fact, I did. I made you a long entry, but WordPress ated it. \u00c2\u00a0Right now, I can’t be arsed to write it all over again. \u00c2\u00a0Just take my word for it. A lot of things happened, but they were not THAT significant that I want to write them twice in the same day.<\/p>\n

Here is the short list though: \u00c2\u00a0I went to the dentist and got a new high-tech filling instead of the heavy metal filling that fell out last week. \u00c2\u00a0Nobody coughed or sneezed at me either.<\/p>\n

Ubuntu Linux 9.10 (the version that came out last month) has amazing support for wireless networks, something that was a bit of a complaint before. \u00c2\u00a0For instance my 3 different brands of USB network connectors did not work on the machine with Xubuntu (a lightweight variant of Ubuntu) but now it works perfectly. \u00c2\u00a0No need to install anything either. \u00c2\u00a0Just plug in, and the computer tells you there are networks. \u00c2\u00a0Pick one, give password, and you’re on. \u00c2\u00a0I don’t see how it can get better unless it also washes your dishes! \u00c2\u00a0And it is still free.<\/p>\n

I lost Internet access and dial tone for a while though. \u00c2\u00a0Some guy was working on top a phone pole nearby, but I don’t know if he caused the problem or just came to repair it.<\/p>\n

Next month I will discontinue the landline anyway. \u00c2\u00a0I won’t need it anymore. \u00c2\u00a0I have had it for over 20 years, and known it even longer. \u00c2\u00a0It belonged to Supergirl’s family before I got it. \u00c2\u00a0I doubt I could get it with me as far as to M\u00c3\u00b8ll though, the first part of the number is actually an area code, although it is more flexible than before. \u00c2\u00a0So it was time to let it go anyway. \u00c2\u00a0I recommend you use e-mail or, failing that, my mobile phone to contact me. \u00c2\u00a0 (“Failing that” as in you don’t have a computer anywhere around and you have something urgently important to tell me.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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