Diary - Dec 28 to Jan 03 2025
Jan 04 2025
Fri Dec 27 2024
Sleep 0330 to 1045, 1 hr nap (8-1/4 hours)
Sleep 0530 to 1230 (7 hours)
Sun Dec 29 2024
Sleep 0530 to 1130 (6 hours)
Mon Dec 30 2024
Sleep 0245 to 1045 (8 hours)
Tue Dec 31 2024
Sleep 0700 to 1300 (6 hours)
Wed Jan 01 2025
Sleep 0530 to 1230 (7 hours)
Thu Jan 02 2025
Sleep 0130 to 0830 (7 hours)
Fri Jan 03 2025
Sleep 0300 to 1130 (8-1/2 hours)
Sleep 0330 to 1045, 1 hr nap (8-1/4 hours)
- We played some Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands. Wish I could set up a VPN so we can do LAN play without me booting into Windows but Open VPN free account only supports two external connections (I could have the server connection be on my local network so I wouldn’t need VPN myself).
Sleep 0530 to 1230 (7 hours)
- We played some DDO.
Sun Dec 29 2024
Sleep 0530 to 1130 (6 hours)
- Bought Humble Comics Bundle: Hellboy Universe Megabundle ($18).
Mon Dec 30 2024
Sleep 0245 to 1045 (8 hours)
- Hit this issue with Epic Games Store where it says your account is not allowed to get a copy of a free game. Apparently free games are per IP address so if you’re using a VPN (e.g. iCloud Private Relay) then you might hit this.
- Just saw that New Amsterdam is leaving Netflix Jan 15. I have season 4 and 5 to watch but should be doable at two episodes per day.
Tue Dec 31 2024
Sleep 0700 to 1300 (6 hours)
- Darn. Castle no longer on Disney+. If I had known I’d have watched more.
- Finally setup my new router, TP-Link Archer AX55. Took a couple of hours. I used WPS to setup the printer connection and that was easy especially compared to using the 5-button 1-line LED UI on the printer (theoretically you can also connect a Windows computer via USB).
- MBP M4 connected with 802.11ax upload/download speeds are about the same so I guess I was already maxing out the Internet bandwidth with 802.11n. We’ll see if at least computer to computer transfers are fast.
- I slightly regret not getting the Ethernet version of my printer since the WiFi it supports (802.11b with WPA2 encryption) is a bit old and less secure.
- Downloading some stuff at 0200 and I did see it go to 60 MB/s which is maybe twice as fast as before, though I guess in the day you’re not going to see much of a difference.
Wed Jan 01 2025
Sleep 0530 to 1230 (7 hours)
- Turned on Open VPN server on my TP-Link router. Pretty easy: tell it if you want clients to access internal network or internal network + Internet, generate certificate (it uses external facing IP address, I assume I can’t change it to a domain name like www2.tgd-inc.com, export config file which you can then import to an Open VPN client. No passwords or login though so it’s a home network solution not an enterprise solution. The router also supports PPTP, L2TP/IPSec, and WireGuard servers all of which you can add clients with passwords.
Thu Jan 02 2025
Sleep 0130 to 0830 (7 hours)
- Went to Trader Joe’s about 3 PM. Quite full of people with all registers fairly busy. Besides the usual they had 1 lb. bags of shelled sunflower seeds for $3 which seems quite cheap.
Fri Jan 03 2025
Sleep 0300 to 1130 (8-1/2 hours)
- TT objected to providing so much info to our Reserve Fund bank just so she can have signing authority. I will probably need to have RB be co-signer on checks which is not ideal since TT is co-approver in our AP app. Feel a bit uncomfortable having a co-signer who is not approving the same expenses.
- I didn’t realize you can change your computer/device name in Settings > About > Name. Only became a problem when my new MBP’s default name of Kevin’s MacBook Pro kept confusing me since I have two MBPs. Also don’t like Kevin’s xyz I’d rather it be Kevin xyz without the ’s.
- Oh, I did get charged $99 for the iPhone “screen replacement” which is fine since I got an (I assume) refurbished iPhone SE out of it. Only I’m worried about is if the battery is old but still normal or if it’s a newer with less wear and tear.