Network access for Ronadeth

Gave network access to "Rona 2" by installing a 16-port C-Net 10/100 switch near GloPM and making 2 short LAN cables. Took me about an hour because I had to McGyver the DC Adaptor just to plug it into the APC UPS. We all know how APC UPSes are "for PCs only" because of their "monitor cable" jacks.

Philhealth

Answered queries about their overpayment for 1 account, June 2007 arrears (no FINAL VAT posted yet) for 2 accounts, etc...

Street Lights report

Finished. Now to include it in the BCMS Program...

Street Lights report

DPP asked me to print out the bulb details of a particular Street Light account, so now I'm creating a Kristal report...

iPod working again

(Sept. 15, 2007):

Thank God, my iPod is working again!

I thought I would open up the case, since I've got "nothing to lose" cuz it's been displaying the SAD iPOD icon for about 2 weeks already...

To my surprise, a piece of broken copper connector fell out as one side of the cover was lifted.


While I was at it, I also reseated the ribbon cables on the boards and hard drive.

After this, the iPod started working properly again! No problems whatsoever!

That piece of copper might have been shorting out some circuits inside the iPod that's why the hangs were intermittent!

Oh well, at least now it's working again...

Auction

Woohoo!!! I won again yesterday (Victoria's Secret Pretty in Pink perfume and lotion) but it was "under contract" with Rose so she's gonna pay for it. Still, it feels pretty good to win again!

Oh, and 2 weeks ago, after winning the perfume, I won perfume for women, using my wife's account.


After I won, GEMD won for the first time this morning! Yehesss!!!

Firewalls and proxy servers

I'm still at a loss if I will take the Fortigate 60 for our Main Office. Marvin Lim of Comclark has managed to convince me to go for their wireless link by lowering the MSF's. But still, I would like to use Endian for the firewalls and the VPN, because they are Linux-based and I am more familiar with Linux than FreeBSD on which pfSense is based. I cannot find a way to make EFW to connect to the Fortigate 100A demo unit thru IPSEC. However, Endian Firewall Appliance seems too expensive for our needs. :-(

Gadgets

When it rains, it pours!!!

At my favorite auction site, I won a scanner last week, and a bottle of perfume today! Plus, I have a new digital camera, which I got just last night! I went to SM and I bought a neoprene carrying case just enough to house the camera unit (a Samsung S730) and 12 extra AA batteries (of course, I bought 8 more Ni-MH AA's to augment my 4 batteries). I also put in a 2GB 150x Apacer SD Card. Man, is it fast!!! :-)

My wife's cousin Bernard was kind enough to promise to give me his 4 Duracell rechargeable AA's before he goes back to the U.S. of A.

Indeed, it pours!!!

Thank you, thank you, thank you, Lord!!!