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But you know what? I need it to rest and recover, not to party. Quiet, where I can hear myself think. Supposed to attend two parties tomorrow, and I'm definitely skipping one. Wish I could skip both. I've never been much for crowds of people being noisy and social. It pounds on my ears and makes me want to withdraw.
Wireless is now active at work. They turned it on yesterday afternoon while I was off. Tried it a bit, and it works as well as can be expected. I don't know how well it will handle a load, though. I did manage to throw together a splash screen with some basic policy statements on it. And the system is configured to block P2P file sharing, and shuts down when the library is closed. No sitting out in the park at midnight using our connection.
Trying to get hold of a book on the history of the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad, which is turning out to be more difficult than I expected. It was published in 1988 and I could just buy it. There are some used copies available. But I don't like to drop $50 on a book sight unseen. Since I'm the lord of interlibrary loan for another week or so, I ran through my request to borrow it from somewhere. No copies in Illinois at all, but they are at some libraries in Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan. We generally pick five and try them in order. First one wanted a $20 fee to lend it, which I declined. The next two say it is too rare and valuable to send. Waiting on the other two. There are a few more I can try if they both say no, but the odds are looking slimmer.
Bitter cold and clear tonight. Probably going to get into the single digits (F) before dawn, so we have the woodstove going for real. Lunar eclipse just at dawn probably won't be visible here because the moon will be too low in the sky, but those of you out on the west coast should look for it. Should be quite dramatic, as it's a full eclipse, the kind where the moon turns blood red.
OK, time for bed.
Wireless is now active at work. They turned it on yesterday afternoon while I was off. Tried it a bit, and it works as well as can be expected. I don't know how well it will handle a load, though. I did manage to throw together a splash screen with some basic policy statements on it. And the system is configured to block P2P file sharing, and shuts down when the library is closed. No sitting out in the park at midnight using our connection.
Trying to get hold of a book on the history of the Detroit, Toledo & Ironton Railroad, which is turning out to be more difficult than I expected. It was published in 1988 and I could just buy it. There are some used copies available. But I don't like to drop $50 on a book sight unseen. Since I'm the lord of interlibrary loan for another week or so, I ran through my request to borrow it from somewhere. No copies in Illinois at all, but they are at some libraries in Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio, and Michigan. We generally pick five and try them in order. First one wanted a $20 fee to lend it, which I declined. The next two say it is too rare and valuable to send. Waiting on the other two. There are a few more I can try if they both say no, but the odds are looking slimmer.
Bitter cold and clear tonight. Probably going to get into the single digits (F) before dawn, so we have the woodstove going for real. Lunar eclipse just at dawn probably won't be visible here because the moon will be too low in the sky, but those of you out on the west coast should look for it. Should be quite dramatic, as it's a full eclipse, the kind where the moon turns blood red.
OK, time for bed.
