Aaaah, the ever-giving cornucopia that is my office, life and travel calendar! Another work deadline, SEG conference, UW G&G-related travel, Krewe du Vieux Brewe Doo and preparing for it. All while the internet squelch continues at homebase. Some updates:
The Problem With Cox: It turns out that the recent city-wide Cox internet upgrade works only if the software on your cable modem is updated as well, depending on the age of your modem. So, while Cox sent out a “we hope you like your new and improved internet connection, happy-happy-joy-joy” note, most of us require ~30 minutes to see said note when stupid Cox hasn’t bothered to inform us that more needs done. Fortuitously, Jerry informed me of the requirements:
– a competent Cox tech-support specialist
– your MAC address
– 2 or 3 days for said worthwhile Cox tech-support specialist to enter your MAC address into a software upgrade package … et voila! … faster internet like God intended for it to be. In other words, if he/she is good, a Cox tech doesn’t have to schedule an appointment to come out to your house. In other other words, put aside some time for a housecall from Cox.
The Problem With The Green Project: Remember the Metroblogging post in which I happily gloated that we can now take our recycling to The Green Project in the ‘hood … I mean … Treme (Marais & Press, to be exact)? They only accept paper, cardboard and metal (steel & aluminium), i.e. stuff they can sell. No plastic and glass?!?! I hear the Tulane Art Dept. is accepting glass. As for plastics, I’m keeping mine until proper recycling resumes in this city. Remember: each time you put a recyclable item in regular trash, a kitty dies. That reminds me, I have to call Alley Cat Allies and donate time and goods towards trapping feral cats in my neighborhood. More things to do – gah!
Volunteers of America Drops Bid To Purchase St. Vincent’s Guest House: Hallelujah, praise be to Yahweh, do the cabbage patch! Coliseum Square Association president, Robert Wolf, informs that what our neighborhood feared will not come true – the slumlords will not buy this historic property and turn it into low-income housing. Latter & Blum is “aggressively marketing the property” at the corner of Magazine & Race in the Lower Garden District. We’re keeping a well-focused eye on who purchases it.
Meanwhile, the Queen Anne Victorian at the corner of Melpomene and St. Charles is GONE. Just like that, another historic New Orleans structure disappears. Pictures forthcoming.
Over dinner at Bacchanal last night, I boosted their wi-fi (while the mosquitos ganked my blood) and managed to upload a large portion of my photo backlog:
Rollergirls Bout #1 & Loki’s 40th Birthday Shenanigans At The Kingpin
Forget about Recycling, I heard this week end that our raw sewerage is being pumped directly into the Mississippi. Nice thought
Forget about Sewage, they’ve been dumping petrochemicals in the Mississippi for decades. Ain’t called Cancer Alley for nothing. Just because they mess it up doesn’t mean we have to mess it up more.
How true..and I have the Cancer to prove it
How dare you oppose low income housing!
It’s not the low-income part to which I’m opposed, it’s building dilapidation and introduction of violent criminals on parole that bothers me. If they turn it into housing for low-income single moms or old ladies and take care of it, they can have it. Gun-totin’ baby daddies need not apply.