Fats, Vitamins and Minerals

Finally tested a Skype call through my dial-up modem and it worked pretty okay. My voice transmission to Paris was fine but the incoming audio was not so good since I was just using the internal speakers of my notebook computer - so that will need to be changed (I do have a good Altec Lansing subwoofer system but I rarely plug it in …)

Of course, the Skype call was just audio and not video. My phone line and modem settings must be pretty good since I do connect at 42-45kbps and I think Skype needs atleast 40kbps for both upload and download. On Saturday, we hope to run another test in multiconference mode (video and audio with 3-4 other people). I hope it all works out.

Earlier Alwin told me that he didn’t know what present to give his dad after he’d already cut and written a gift tag. I told him to give his dad a stuffed toy and my mom laughed.

The other nice thing about yesterday evening was seeing Alwin feed himself and not bug my mom so much anymore. I cooked some spaghetti (put some sundried tomatoes in it, some beef tapa and lots of cheese ) and Alwin always loves my spaghetti. And not only did Alwin feed himself he also tried beating everybody else to the food on the table. Of course Alwin can look after himself it’s just that he got rather spoiled by my mom so he kind of likes to bug everyone at home.

Anyway … my ex-partner finally emailed and it seemed the email just got caught in the spamtrap so it got in late. It was good to know that he’s okay in Amsterdam.

And I finally got the go-signal to set-up the independent WebSining website - so I’ve registered the new domain name and ordered a hosting package. When all that gets settled, which I hope will be very soon, work can start and we’d have a website before the deadline of the WebSining contest (which is December 30).

So it’ll be all work over Christmas and New Year, which isn’t really unusual. Work (done properly) is very therapeutic and relaxing for me; I will just have to remember to eat and eat and eat. Maybe I can gain back some of the weight I lost, and gain a few extra more this holiday.

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