Whacked schedule...

[alexpgp]

I stopped by the AMC theater on the way home yesterday and picked up my wallet. Everything but the cash was in there, but considering I only had about $10 to lose, I'm not complaining all that much.

I eventually arrived home at a little after 10. Lee and Dwayne had gone off somewhere to play D&D. I sat down with a couple of beers and watched L.A. Confidential, and got to sleep fairly late (around 1:30 am).

* * *My Magellan 310 GPS unit seems to be on the fritz. It cannot seem to lock onto more than 1 or 2 birds at a time. I don't know if this is a consequence of being indoors (it never made a difference before), or whether something has actually happened to the unit. Heck of a thing to have happen right after buying a $30 interface cable for it.

* * *I got a really confusing e-mail from my client about today's sim activities (or lack thereof). It seems that the sim schedule is heavily dependent upon both Endeavour's landing and where it lands. The bottom line today is this: today's sim (and thus, today's work) is cancelled. The client is trying to schedule something for me for the afternoon, so the day is not a complete waste.

Ah, well. It's not as if I couldn't use a day off and go do a bunch of stuff that needs doing. OTOH, the e-mail also indicates a possibility of scrubbing tomorrow's sims as well.

(I just heard that a landing today has been definitely cancelled. According to the e-mail I got, that means the sim is back on for today. A call to the client reveals that the e-mail is obsolete; the sim is still off. They'll call me on my cell if any status changes, or if a work opportunity crops up. Ye gods.)

In any event, it might make sense for me to start on a document I had received last Friday (60+ pages, 20,000 or so words), the deadline for which is a cool three weeks away.

Gotta run and get ready for the day. Although I've been up since roughly 8 am, I've not done a thing in the "morning ablutions" department, preferring instead to catch up on mail and Web stuff. My bad.

Cheers...

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[silpol.livejournal.com]

My Magellan 310 GPS unit seems to be on the fritz. It cannot seem to lock onto more than 1 or 2 birds at a time. I don't know if this is a consequence of being indoors (it never made a difference before), or whether something has actually happened to the unit. Heck of a thing to have happen right after buying a $30 interface cable for it.

That is exactly of indoor use. Just put it out of the building, and it should see all of them. It is well known backdraw of all GPSes.

[alexpgp.livejournal.com]

Well, I took it outside and was able to hit 7 satellites, but the thing would not go into "track" mode, but that might be a consequence of having the wrong time set in the unit. Unfortunately, attempts to set the time via the setup screens don't work.

I have a theory as to why the thing doesn't work indoors anymore (because it used to): I suspect the leaves that are now on the trees above the house may be blocking the signal (there are no leaves in winter, eh?).

Cheers...