Monthly Archives: February 2021
R.I.P. Fry’s . . .
One of my favorite places called it quits today, though in reality it had been slowly dying for a long time.
I remember back in the late-90’s/early 2000’s when I was building up 2 or 3 computers a week for clients around the Houston area. The weekend Fry’s ads came out in the Thursday edition of the Houston Chronicle, and I always stopped on my way into the University to pick up a copy.
I think my biggest purchase from Fry’s totaled a little over $20,000 for 10 computers, monitors, printers, etc. for the computer area in an assisted living facility.
But over the last 4 or 5 years they went steadily downhill, with shelves half empty, and no one around to check you out. If you could actually find something to buy.
But they will be missed.
I spent most of the day at work trying to set up a Gigabit WiFi network in the office. not to access the Internet any faster, but allow quicker callup of data between the computers,
The databases for the Point of Sale resides on one computer, but also needs to be accessed from two others. And the UPS Worldship database is on another computer but needs to be access from three others. So there’s a lot of data moving back and forth.
So today I got the TP-Link WiFi 6 Gigabit Router installed and configured, and so far it’s working fine.
Friday I’ll start installing the four matching TP-Link WiFi 6 Gigabit Cards, in each computer, one at a time, and testing them out.
Hopefully this will speed things up substantially.
Wrapping up, I saw this warning label on the back of one of the machines on the food truck that was parked outside our La Quinta hotel during our Big Freeze evacuation.
I’m still not sure what it’s saying.
Thought For The Day:
Sometimes successful adulting is just not stabbing someone when you really want to.
Am I A Lucky Guy, or What?
Jan and I left for the Clear Lake area to have lunch at one of Jan’s favorite places, Twin Peaks.
Good Eats and Scenic Views. Am I a lucky guy, or what?
Jan got the Soup and Sandwich, with the Turkey Avocado Smash Sandwich and a cup of their Tomato Basil Soup.
And Sweet Potato Fries.
I got a bowl of their Venison Chili,
and their version of the Wedge Salad with Blackened Chicken.
All really, really good.
When we got parked at Twin Peaks before walking in, I saw this Shelby Cobra in the parking lot.
A very beautiful car, but a look at the tag told me it’s a replica.
The tag says ‘Custom Vehicle’ which means it’s a kit or or a replica of some sort.
But it’s a beauty, anyway.
Then it was on to the office to pick up some Amazon orders that had come in, the hardware store for Plumber’s Silicone Grease, WalMart for stuff, Sam’s Club for gas and prescriptions, HEB for more stuff, and then a final stop at Cowboy Coffee for drinks to sit out on the patio and listen to Jan’s windchimes.
While we were in HEB Jan got a call from her doctor changing her appointment to this Thursday afternoon, so Toilet Thursday is now Toilet Saturday. But we’ll see.
Our previous RCA TV had a built-in DVD player, but our newer Samsung model doesn’t. Mostly because it’s really too thin to mount one.
So we’ve been playing DVD’s on the computer and watching them on the TV. But then the computer is tied up. So I ordered a standalone player like this one from Amazon.
DVD CD Player with HD 1080p Upscaling, Remote, & HDMI & AV Output
It only took about 5 minutes to hook up and have it working. A very nice unit for only about $37.
Thought For The Day:
Personally, I prefer my wolves in wolves’ clothing.
