Guinness Ice Cream for St. Patrick’s Day

The office decided to hold a pot luck for St. Patrick’s Day, with a sign up for what you would bring. The rules were simple: the food had to either be Irish, or green. I wanted to do some ice cream, but something creative. In the recent past we’ve made lemon ice cream, and I will post the recipe for that some time soon, but I also thought there might be another option. The option that I came up with: Guinness Ice Cream. Continue reading

Goodbye Cable Internet

It was nice while it lasted, but something better has caught my eye. I know we had some good times together, enjoyed some great(and not so great) movies, watched TV together on the couch and learned new things. The time has come for us to say goodbye. I’ve cancelled my cable internet, the order should process today, but I disconnected everything last night. I’m selling the cable modem and the router is added to my stack of spare hardware. I’m back to loving DSL, and hope I can stay true to it going forward. Continue reading

25Meg DSL Does Exist in Ottawa

So, none of my fears came true and I now have 25Meg DSL installed in my house. The Bell systems will spend the next 72 hours analyzing the line quality and adjusting the line settings to achieve optimal speeds. As of right now I consistently get 25Meg download, and between 2Meg and 7.5Meg upload. I’m hoping that the system will quickly become stable and allow me to start using the upstream capacity for my servers. Continue reading