Well, it happened. Sir Cousin Paul and his wife have arrived in Charlottetown. VIP treatment in PEI style; the plane let them off a few metres short of the main door so they could go in through the baggage area.
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I’ve come to appreciate how well some of the network equipment manufacturers have done, in the context of remote maintenance of a given router or switch. I currently take care of several routers, via the net, and the interface allows me to get in, do the dirty and get out. No huge leaps of conscience, just make the necessary adjustments, hit ‘save’ and go. I even talked one of my sisters through the setup and subsequent remote control this evening, with the chance to tweak performance for her and implant a reasonable level of security.
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This evening I’m able to watch the webcam pointed toward a stage in Charlottetown, where the ECMA weekend is underway. Able to listen while I cut up the stirfry for supper, able to listen while relaxing on the bed upstairs. Laptops rule!
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Sometimes a visit to the archives will lead to new discoveries. Today, given that the place was almost empty due to a schedule shift, I had a chance to sit down to one of the computer terminals. I found that a database of all marriages in the province during the last 80 years is available; I found myself, some of my neighbours, my old college roommate. Birthdates, marriage data, all there for the taking.
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