I think we've got a modem fail

Not definitive yet but I've been running around with my tech hat on this morning since I lost Internet.  I rebooted everything and got it back online but it dropped off again.  So I did some network cable tracing and managed to plug my PC into the modem directly.  I actually used my network cable tester that I've had for fifteen years and didn't throw out when I shut down the shop.  Weird and kind of nice.

The problem is I'm not a hundred percent sure if it is modem or my mesh wireless system.  The modem is new but refurbished.  I'm one hiccup away from sending it back.  Now I'm waiting for the hiccup.  I've got 28 more days.

Meanwhile it is all humming along just fine again.  Nothing worse than an intermittent failure. 

And also meanwhile it was down to 50 (10) degrees this morning.  Dana and I sat out on the porch and had our coffee all bundled up in blankets.  It was wonderful.

There is zip on my schedule today.  Zoe and I did our walk, briskly.  I ran into a rather tightly wrapped Asian woman who decided she needed to tell me all about her teenage daughter who she's trying to work up to walking five miles but it isn't going so well and they are only at the two mile point.  The woman had a running monologue about it at me for a few hundred yards during which I tried to keep up with the thread of the story and with her pace lagging in both counts.

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As long as I have Internet

So far so good on the consistent Internet.  It has been up for the day.  I'll assume it was a hiccup unless/until it goes down again.

Two funny things.  

Dana wanted me to save the instructions for the propane heater.  The paper ones.  I said, yeah, OK, just appeasing her.  Then with no Internet I tried to find info that I had saved on the Arris modem.  Turned out I didn't need it but it did make me think.  I need to turn off the electricity in the house for an hour or so and then try to do all the stuffs.  I immediately put the paper copy of the heater instructions in with the heater.  And I'm rethinking everything I've got.

And, long as I've got Internet problems I may as well make it worse.  I've been eyeballing the Gen 5 Echo for a while but at $99 it seemed pricey.  Simultaneously Amazon lowered the price to the amount I had earned in my Prolific account.  Seemed like a sign.  So I've ordered it for our living room and will rotate the rest around likely putting the next best one in my office.  

We use them pretty continuously one thing or another.  I've got a pretty extensive music list that I put on random and play when I'm cooking and having it on a really nice speaker would be good.  As long as I've got Internet.

Zoe accepted into the study

Just got this from The Dog Aging Project people:

Thank you for the time and commitment you have already invested in determining eligibility for the Test of Rapamycin in Aging Dogs (TRIAD). We know this has been a long process, and we appreciate your dedication and Zoe’s patience!

After reviewing your dog’s lab results and initial cardiology screening, we have determined that Zoe is an ideal candidate for participation in TRIAD, and we would like to invite you to enroll Zoe in this clinical trial. 

Rapamycin is, apparently, a drug used in humans also but this is a much lower level of it and the hypothesis is that it will extend the life and healthspan of dogs.  

Trying to contain herself

As you can see, she's super excited about it.

Don't know if she gets the placebo or the rapamycin but she does get an amazingly  thorough physical twice a year at no cost to us.