Philippe's Blog

May 2022 June 2022 July 2022 August 2022 September 2022 October 2022 November 2022 December 2022 January 2023 February 2023 March 2023 April 2023 May 2023 June 2023 July 2023 August 2023 September 2023 October 2023 November 2023 December 2023 January 2024 February 2024 March 2024 April 2024 May 2024 June 2024 July 2024 August 2024 September 2024 October 2024 November 2024 December 2024 January 2025 February 2025 March 2025 April 2025 May 2025 June 2025

I just changed the IP address of all of my domains back to 24.37.91.254, the static IP we get from our Cable ISP Vidéotron. (I have a second ethernet card in my server with Vidéotron plugged in it, so my server does not need a router.)

I plan to move Starlink to the new house, make sure it works and then move my server there.

I want to move the internet access before we do on the 20th. So that we're not in a rush.

I have everything I need in a cardboard box. My big switch, small switch, router, Wi-Fi access points, faceplates and lots of cables.

I really want to put the Starlink antenna on the peak of the roof where there is no trees in the way, but my mother won't allow it.

The new house is next to the St-Lawrence river, but there are trees all around it.

Now, I want to put the antenna on the large shed we have not built yet (I hope it will be high enough with a pipe between the top of the shed and the antenna).

In the meantime, the antenna will be on the ground. It will still be less bad than at our current house.

I plan to use my mom's residential Internet access while Starlink is at the new house. (We have to accesses at our current house : business and residential).

At the new house, we will have Starlink. My mom also wants to get herself a Rogers "LTE to Wi-Fi" thingy as a backup if Starlink does not work. She's on FaceTime all day long for work and needs working Internet access.

In five days, I will be living in our new house.

We are officially moving on the 20th.

Today, me and my dad installed a door lock with a code to protect our stuff.

We already hired movers twice a few weeks ago to move a lot of our stuff from our current house to the new house's garage.

Yesterday and today, we started to move my stuff from my current room into my new office using our trailer. My office seems bigger with boxes in it. I think I will have enough space for everything.

To make it work, I had to set the first network card to "none" and the second to the one I want.

I set it to "[PCI] AMD PCnet-PCI II", but "[ISA16] Novell NE2000" also worked. I assume others should work.

To know if it should work, run "winipcfg" inside Windows 98 and select your network card. It will tell you if you have an IP address. (If you have selected "SLiRP", the IP address should be "10.0.2.15").

I found the answer in a YouTube video. I prefer text instructions.

If you ever change the card, don't forget to run the new hardware wizard thingy in Control Panel.

This morning, I noticed most of my websites were not working.

After some search, I discovered that all the "www" records of my domain names had disappeared on dynv6 !

I just added them back manually. Weirdly, all other records were untouched.

I finished watching the last episode about a half hour ago.

I watched it in French on Disney+ because the torrent was late (I just started the english torrent)

The ending is AWESOME !

I also just finished recording the episode in French and putting it on my website :

http://www.doctorwho2023.net/fr/

I hope they at least do a Christmas special if the next season is to air later.

I was searching for the latest torrent, but couldn't find it.

So I thought, "I'll just record it from Disney+".

I log in with my father's account, but episode 8 is not there ! It stops at 7.

Wikipedia said the episode would be available today.

Disappointed.

Also, it is very difficult to use Disney+ to find the latest Doctor Who episode.

I have to search "Doctor Who", click the fifth link (because series are mixed with episodes), select "Season 2" from the dropdown under "Episodes" and scroll down. Overly hard and confusing.

In our big shed, me and my dad took two hours to :

- Add a light (no photo)
- Replace the door.
- Cover the "second story" with plywood to replace the planks we used yesterday.

Today, me and my dad replaced the bottom two rows of siding on our large shed.

After removing the old boards, we noticed some rot and ant damage. We just replaced the bad lath with new lath.

The spare boards were found inside the shed. They were forming a floor for the "second story". (The planks were removed when I took the picture)

Today was photo day to sell our current house.

My dad was running around trying to fix anything that needed to be done before the photos. The photograph and the realtor were there at 11h30.

When they were there, we had to move the Starlink antenna a few times. I also had to change all of the bulbs in the kitchen chandelier. (The old ones were incandescent and the new ones are LED : because one burnt out, we had to replace all of them because they wouldn't match).

After eating some McDonald's for lunch, we :

- Made a little door for the outdoor water valve.
- Removed the old humidifier and replaced it with a metal sheet.
- Added some nosing on the floor between the laundry and furnace rooms (no photo).
- Installed our old toilet paper and hand towel holders into the basement bathroom.

It was a productive day.

Yesterday, me and my dad replaced the old floating floor in the laundry room.

We did it in two halves : Rip off half the floor, cover that with new floor, move the washing machines on the new floor and rip off and replace the rest of the floor.

It took us about four and a half hours to do the whole job. Faster than expected.

The old floor was easy to remove. I pulled on it and it broke at the seams. (The planks were glued together).