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[JenV]

https://westseattleblog.com/blog/?p=20301

[WSB]

Here’s a photo carrieann sent:

[MargL]

Another comment from someone saying they work for a bidding production co. that didn’t get the contract for this ad campaign…

https://westseattleblog.com/blog/?p=20658#comment-705392

I’m in the ‘this is fake’ camp but I love the campaign.

[WSB]

Someone left a really intriguing comment on our most recent update (thanks for the Times link by the way, they told us last night that was in the works and I just hadn’t gotten to putting it up today … the major new thing in it is the photo of one allegedly “found” on Sept. 11).

“Amanda Emily” says one of the historic “letters” has the wrong governor on the letterhead.

https://westseattleblog.com/blog/?p=20658#comment-705935

[maplesyrup]

https://westseattleblog.com/blog/?p=20747

[Ken]

Dagnabbit! I thought this was a resurrected thread. It is just the same old jumping to conclusions with not enough info.

If you don’t want to know how stuff works, then pay someone to do it for you.

<deleted rant concerning imaginary differences between computer brands>

If you want to understand what you’re really dealing with, think about how the issues you have are related and how they are unrelated.

The lights on your DSL modem or your comcast “modem” tell you whether you are connected to the internet at a basic level.

Ping and tracert/traceroute from the command line of either OS will tell you whether you are connected to the internet at a meaningful level. (Ip layer, traffic is sent via datagrams addressed to devices with IP addresses.)

Mail servers have ip addresses. If you are using comcast, your smtp server has an ip address. If you are using MSN or most other ISP’s your mail server has an ip address. This address is assigned by both comcast and isps.

When you mail does not send you may or may not be connected to the internet. Both Apple mail (depending on version) and Outlook (both) can arbitrarily decide there is some character or whitespace in your email and refuse silently to send it until you correct it. Your wireless connection 3 rooms away can also make your computer think the net is unavailable.

Some older houses (like mine) use plaster and lathe wall construction. This acts like a faraday cage to block signals in the microwave range used by wireless routers. There are ways to test this and ways around this.

A dsl modem can be hooked up anywhere in the house a phone line is available. A cable modem can also be hooked up anyplace a cable tv can. There are ways to optimize weak signals for either type, and the wireless function built into them but may require additional equipment in some house layouts.

Both qwest and comcast will by default, set up your computer in a way that is advantageous to them rather than to you.

In their perfect world each person would pay full price plus extra fees and tax for each computer that is hooked up to the net.

They cannot quite reach that goal as long as there are still users who understand what they are doing.

Most ISP’s promise the level of hand holding and “support” you need only where it can not be used as evidence in court. They not only can’t, but never intend to actually do so no matter what computer or OS you use.

That said, the basic details needed to connect either Macs, PCs or mobile devices to your ISP is available somewhere on the net if you look hard enough and know what questions to ask.

I could go into more detail if you want to contact me, but we have hashed most of this out before on this forum. Search for comcast or qwest in the box in the upper right to see the previous tales of woe and gnashing of teeth.

I understand the high-school team spirit sort of brand worship that goes on among Mac users and Windows users only in an objective sort of way. I was puzzled by pep rallies in high-school as well.

There is nothing inherently special or magical about either hardware or the software (though Time machine in 10.5.7 and up is very elegant)

I run OSX, windows or linux/BSD on both modern apples and on PC’s. I have ancient apples, old pcs and one lonely sparc station stacked in attic or garage piles in case I need them to fix something and I can use or repair any computer. I have no more respect for Apple certification than I do for Windows certs. I have known idiots with either one.

Currently Comcast is lying slightly less than qwest in their ads but how you use the net should determine which setup you use, not the fevered dreams of brand loyalists nor the PR hyperbole of tv ads. The download speed CAN be much faster with comcast, but it depends on what neighborhood you live in. In some cities and even rural areas the speed difference is far greater between dsl and cable.

I have used both and while Comcast is faster, the company is evil incarnate, it quickly fires or promotes away from the phone, any support techs who have a clue or speak english or both. Their way is the only way and every standard bit of networking will cost ya extra if you can ever find a CS rep who will admit to understanding what you want or indeed what the initials of their job description stand for.

Your choice of ISP might mean more than your choice of carrier. Comcast is it’s own isp and what you get is what they offer. No exceptions.

Qwest is the DSL transport. The isp choice is what determines what connectivity, latency and services are offered to the customer.

MSN might be a good fit for some but I find it nearly as useless as comcast myself. I use accretive technology mainly because they give me the networking I need, understand routing and otherwise leave me alone.

I also am a former employee so I have everyone’s cell phone number. :)

I have special circumstances and run servers and services over mine though. You would probably find the hands off approach I need quite distressing.

So.

Eliminate the possible/probable issues on your side of the wire before blindly hoping a change of carrier will fix the issue.

If you need someone to evaluate and diagnose your problems, my email is under my name above this post.

I do free work for those on public assistance, ss/ssi or unemployment.

All others can donate what they consider fair. My offer is outlined here.

Maybe I should bump it again.

https://westseattleblog.com/blog/forum/topic.php?id=6117

[MargL]

Recent bike theft stories – published to the homepage –

https://westseattleblog.com/blog/?p=20356

Any of these?

[furryfaces]

In August, the West Seattle Nursery and Beveridge Place Pub selected Furry Faces Foundation (F3) as the benefitting Charity for the monthly Beer (in the) Garden Event.

https://westseattleblog.com/blog/?p=19629

We just received a check for $320.00 which includes monetary donations from both the Nursery and the Pub. Add that to the $130 cash donations and F3 received a total donation of $450.00. A huge thank you to West Seattle Nursery and Beveridge Place Pub for chosing Furry Faces Foundation, and to all of you that supported this event. This money is going to help a lot of animals whose humans are financially restricted.

Cheers, F3

[flowerpetal]

Here’s one of the related posts from five months ago.

https://westseattleblog.com/blog/forum/topic.php?id=4940

[WSB]

https://westseattleblog.com/blog/?p=20614

We’ve been updating since top of the hour.

[WSB]

For anybody else who missed it, the story about Christopher’s judgment was in the main news section last month:

https://westseattleblog.com/blog/?p=19784

and received a fair amount of play/linkage around the Web/twittersphere/etc.

We offered Ms. Miller the chance to comment and she declined, as noted in the story.

[beachdrivegirl]

Sorry Homer you must have missed JoB’s sincere comment to me in the Fresh Bistro thread here:

https://westseattleblog.com/blog/forum/topic.php?id=5111

I was just returning the kindness. :)

Oh I hadnt realized that Macey’s & Macy’s were the same place my bad!

[WSB]

We reported this on the home page yesterday.

https://westseattleblog.com/blog/?p=20477

Did you get through to police? I know the person who reported it to us night before last was going to be speaking with them as well.

[LoveSunshine]

There are classes for parents/infants at both YMCA’s – West Seattle and Fauntleroy – swimming (starting at 6 mos, though) and Nurturing Pathways: http://www.nurturingpathways.com/li-seattle.html

Kindermusik offers music classes at Kenyon Hall: http://www.kindermusik.com/Classes/ClassesFind.aspx?n=t#C

The Little Gym is coming to West Seattle in November. They are already enrolling for the new location. Here is the WSB post: https://westseattleblog.com/blog/?p=19904

Community Centers have toddler gyms but you probably will be interested in them a little later.

And then there is a play group – http://moms.meetup.com/1926/

It’s mostly moms but dads are certainly welcome!

I’ll let you know if I think of anything else. And congratulations on the little one!

[WSB]

If anyone gets a “dogs seen” or cats for that matter note, also PLEASE call to our attention so we can put on the pets page. I just saw this now. It doesn’t have to be a full blown “lost/found/here’s a photo/here’s a phone number” – if you look at that page, there’s a whole block of “from e-mail, whatever just spotted running down 40th …” type stuff. Meantime I’ll link this thread there.

If you’re nowhere near a computer you can also reach us by phone any time … the myriad contact methods are here:

https://westseattleblog.com/blog/?page_id=2

Thanks to everybody for caring so much to try to reunite lost critters/owners :)

[WSB]

I’m thinking that the Google back end to the widget we use is just not a good one so I’ll be muddling around with it late tonight. Also we have a tech consultant working on a new round of upgrades and if there’s anyway to get “native” site search to go through both the main section and the forum, I’d love to bring that back. The two are separate content-management systems BUT designed to work together …

Meantime, I did find the main page item in which I called attention to the forum post.

https://westseattleblog.com/blog/?p=14325

https://westseattleblog.com/blog/forum/topic.php?id=3825

The search terms that worked were:

pregnant forum

[WSB]

The forum’s always slow on weekends – tends to be more of a work-week thing – and a holiday weekend would be even slower; looks like your post came in Saturday? Check again this time tomorrow. Also note that you can search for past recommendations by using the search box and making sure that you include the word “forum” so it brings up forum discussions – I looked up “landscaper recommendation forum” and this thread with a couple more names came up:

https://westseattleblog.com/blog/forum/topic.php?id=4632

[WSB]

Funny how the forecast keeps changing. Today was going to be yucky too – and hey – sun!

But there’s lots of other indoor stuff on the list too.

https://westseattleblog.com/blog/?p=20355

[WSB]

Check out the events that are on our events calendar – and there will be even more when we publish the Weekend Lineup tomorrow morning (earlier than usual since we know everybody’ll be taking off, I’m committed to having it up by 9 am)

https://westseattleblog.com/blog/?page_id=3402

[bluebird]

https://westseattleblog.com/blog/?p=20200

[Julie]

The “when to merge” question is that with which Tom Vanderbilt begins Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do http://books.google.com/books?id=_5KJG2rD8rEC&lpg=PP1&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q=&f=false (I recommended this book in another thread: https://westseattleblog.com/blog/forum/topic.php?id=5848).

It’s an interesting discussion!

[bluebird]

JanS, the name of it is referred to as the West Seattle Bridge, and in fact WSB featured the resolution to change the name. It is still legally a freeway.

https://westseattleblog.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/williamsbridge.pdf

The point is, everyone was jumping on BDG and CMP for saying stay to the right, when the middle lane everyone is arguing about IS the right lane and the lane I’m guessing they were referring to.

[miws]

Hi kamranistan,

Sorry this happened to you.

Did you file a report with the Police? Even in situations where it may seem hopeless that they can do anything, it at least documents the incident, which can result in more Police resources being directed to areas where a pattern is noticed. This can also be helpful in getting your GPS back to you, if it’s ever recovered by the Police, and they are trying to match up stolen items with rightful owners.

Also, if you haven’t done so already, you may want to provide this info to the WSB Editors, and they can also post it in the Crime Section.

Contact Info: https://westseattleblog.com/blog/?page_id=2

Mike

[JanS]

Julie, I quite understand what you’re saying. My post from a week or so ago :

https://westseattleblog.com/blog/forum/topic.php?id=6175

I live in my safe building because of gov’t. permits that say it’ll be done right, I drink the water out of the tap with no fear, because of gov’t….and on and on.

I just find Mr. Eyman reprehensible for pandering to those who simply don’t get it. They simply think that gov’t. should be out of their lives, should collect no money from them, should leave them alone to their own devices…yet they are the first one’s to scream if there’s a pothole on their street, or not enough police protection, or whatever today’s complaint might be.

Gov’t. permeates every aspect of our lives on a daily basis..and for Mr. Eyman (or anyone) to put forth something like this simply pisses me off.

[WSB]

Here’s the photo: