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Tendonitis
Almost 3.5 weeks ago, my foot started hurting, so I stopped running and exercising for about a week. When the problem didn't get better, I went to the doctor. He diagnosed it as tendonitis. It's now been over 2 weeks and things are getting much better. However, not exercising for that amount of time is making me stir crazy. I use my exercise time (running 2-3 times a week and cycle class twice a week) as time that I can do nothing else, but think. Hopefully I can start full force again next week. I'm so used to regular exercise nowadays, it just seems strange to sit around. I don't wish this upon anyone.
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Gigabit Ethernet
As part of my home audio system project, I decided to upgrade my network from 100 Mbps to 1000 Mbps (Gigabit). I installed 2 gigabit switches and a new ethernet card in my server. Luckily 3 of my other computers already had gigabit ethernet. I changed a few patch cables from Cat 5 to Cat 6 (Cat 6 is recommended for gigabit) and still have to replace the main cable from my office to my server. Hopefully this upgrade will speed up my backups when I drag down 65 GB of data from my server to my removable drive. I never thought I'd need/want gigabit and now I wonder why I didn't do it before. Cost is pretty minor (~$60 for each switch and ~$70 for a new ethernet card).
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Speakers arrived!
My speakers arrived today for my home audio system. 9 pair of various types of speakers are now sitting in our spare room (soon to be our TV room). I've posted some pictures in my gallery. I'm real excited to now get everything installed, but the person that was going to run the cable is in Florida doing hurricane repair work. One of his co-workers is supposed to get back to me about pulling the wire, but it looks like I may be searching for someone else to pull the cable.
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Home Audio System Update
Our speakers should be here by Friday which means that we can start installing everything. Very exciting. Unfortunately the person who was supposed to pull the wires is in Florida doing hurricane related work. Luckily, one of his colleagues is available to do the work. There is a ton to do as we have 9 pair of speakers, 8 controllers, and 3 audio sources. My dad is going to help me cut in the boxes for the controllers. Maybe next week we will be well underway with this. I didn't realize the scope of this project until recently. I have a ton of equipment on my floor and just got a box of Cat 6 wire today. As part of this work, I'm upgrading our home network to Gigabit ethernet. I'll try to post pictures (if I remember) as things progress.