March 17, 2003

It's easy to forget how

March 17, 2003/ Seth Bokelman

It's easy to forget how the "other half" lives. You know, the people without broadband? I've been on this 26,400 baud connection for about 24 hours now, and it sucks. Things I do in seconds now take hours, and some are just about impossible. For instance, I put up a couple of 9MB TIF files on my web site before I left, but the person who is supposed to retrieve them can't, and asked me to just convert them to JPG and e-mail them. No problem, except that it'll take me 3 hours to download the files so I can convert them. Fortunately, a friend back at UNI is doing it for me, where it takes merely seconds, rather than hours...

March 17, 2003

Don't ask me why, but

March 17, 2003/ Seth Bokelman

Don't ask me why, but AOL has a local dialup number for Sandy Valley now, so I can dial-in from out here, and am setting my parents' computer up with AOL now too, they can just use my account, as I only use it when I travel. Unfortunately, their crappy phone lines are getting 28.8K at best, so it's not exactly speedy, but it's better than nothing!

March 17, 2003

I'm at my parents' house

March 17, 2003/ Seth Bokelman

I'm at my parents' house in Sandy Valley, Nevada/California. The state line runs right through the middle of this valley, our house is about 3 miles from this dude ranch, in case you're in need of a hokey wedding location. It's been raining for the last couple days here, and is somewhat cold. It was honestly much nicer in Minneapolis than it is here, but I'm sure the weather will improve soon.