ASUS router cannot connect to internet using Century Link in Transparent Bridge Mode (PPPoE, DSL )
How do you set up your ASUS router to work with Century Link? With a bit a lot an ungodly amount of patience. Ultimately, these were the settings that worked: Use the chat support on centurylink.com and get your PPOE login and password. You will need your Account ID....
Verizon data is throttled, and stuck in Safety Mode
Why does Verizon’s customer service suck? I pay a premium for their service. Is there a more expensive phone service I can buy, where I can talk to a human? Dealing with Verizon this week felt like I had signed up for a 2010 Cricket Phone. This week I...
Verizon The Page isn’t redirecting properly because you use FireFox.
I can’t pay my bill because Verizon gets buggy with firefox. Just use Chrome....
MS Word won’t let you add a comment to text inside a text box or to text in a footnote.
Microsoft Word won’t let you add a comment to text inside a text box or to text in a footnote. I don’t even know what to say here, just… c’mon guys....
Microsoft, Make it Wild. I need it in the *
Dear Microsoft, 20 years. 20 years is a long time. It’s as if our kid went to college and we still haven’t gotten divorced. So that has to count for something, right? I mean I sold off my Apple stock in the late 90s for you. It’s been 20...
Cyndi Lauper’s “Time after Time” is about Time Travel
I’m on the 40th or 50ths loop of Cyndi Lauper’s seminal 80s hit, Time after Time, when the tears start. Maybe it’s because it is Sunday night, or that my meds are off, or that it is winter and the short days aren’t good for me. But it feels...
Miele Wand Clog Update 2021
I had written years ago about my problem with the Miele SET220. Well, Miele got in touch and replaced the wand for free. Top notch customer support. My vacuum wand was missing a critical piece that covered up the cable. Having this cable exposed is what turned the wand...
Fuck you Starbucks
Can’t I enjoy anything without someone mining it, and trying to sell it back to me? My nostaligic past-that-never-was is my happy place you fucks. There isn’t any goddamn starbucks there. And if there were, you would be the goddamn soulless corporation selling a hollow identity in a dying...
Microscope. 2 steps forward, 1 step.. uh sideways?
Pretty excited to get the next step of my microscope project. Don’t remember if I did a write up for it yet, but basically I want to be able to look at the tips of record needles to see if they are damaged or not. I cheaply acquired a...
Faux aging wood with vinegar/steel wool is super unpredictable
Really frustrated how different the color on these is coming out. I wanted something deep and grey/black as shown on the bottom pieces. However the two longer beams just turn really red. I even re-created my formula to have less “rust” color , and without the Tea I normally...