Tue, Jan 26: jrnl-entry

Good morning Tuesday morning, 5:00am: I am racing to put together the questions for chapter 2 wired in networking this morning and upload it before the drop box closes and class starts at 8:00am. It took a little while but I was ready and out of the house by Seven O’Clock; when I joyfully meet the frigid air and get into my car which really doesn’t have very good heat, just enough to defrost the windows and barely allow me to take my gloves off half way to class on a really cold morning.

I arrived and uploaded my assignment right away, spending what time was left studying for the test. The test went alright, I achieved about 82% out of 25 questions. This was my only class today, so I left for home right away. I wanted to pick up my Ruby on Rails book, but I had not brought enough cash, so I figured I would come back, post yesterdays journal entry and get my book. I have to make my journal posts from school as I don’t get very good reception of my neighbors Wifi some days. Good idea: chew Five Gum instead of smoking and research Android.

So I came back to school and got my book, I then proceeded to the media center to post my entry, then proceeded to start writing my life philosophy for ethics. I was having a hard time retaining concentration so I left to study at the library in Milaca. At the library I researched networking equipment for a wireless bridge that supports dd-wrt and external antenna, I am trying to find the cheapest possible combination for a powered antenna and wireless bridge with a range of 20 meters or more omni-directional from the crest of the house. Here are the links to what I have found so far.
ASUS RT-N16 review $$
Asus RT-N16 dd-wrt wiki
ASUS RT-N10 EZ N (no dd-wrt support) cheaper w/ext. antenna
NETGEAR-WNR834B (no ext. antenna good price
Signal booster with antenna $$

So it looks like for the more optimal performance I would like the Asus RT-N16,
For me to set up internet at the house I have to set up my own line in my name, and there is only one phone line in the house so this could be expensive, The neighbors let me use there wifi which I use right now, but barely. This little gadget may be worth the investment, but I am still going to keep looking, I am not going to settle for expensive or limited capabilities, the 20 dollar netgear has good reviews on range, and is cheap but it is important to have the ability to amplify my signal on an external antenna.

After this all I went home and continued writing my life philosophy, and it really turned into an ancient writing on the wall about how one should live, tending to themselves, family, friends and neighbors. I am going to put a crack in the page somewhere to add part of an ethics paper I did in my technical writing class with a focus on my field of study.

My eyes have scanned a lot of pages today, the math I did along with starting class at 10:00am and leaving at 9:00pm leaves me wore out this Tuesday evening, I decided to sleep at 6:30 I then woke up at 10 O’Clock had a cigarette I have cultural math tomorrow; Wednesday morning.