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meter…

26 Wednesday Mar 2025

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last Thursday a person from Manitoba Hydro arrived at the door…

I was a bit surprised, because I was expecting an inspector on Friday to review, and hopefully, approve the gas hot water tank installation…

but the Thursday person was here to change the Hydro meter…

after they changed it they advised that it was wifi enabled and they would be able to read it from outside the house once it is hooked up to their system…

I was a bit worried because when I looked at the meter a while later it was still showing zeros across the board… but, by Friday, it was starting to move… woohoo…

and then on Friday, the inspector arrived late, but approved the work, whew… which is kind of good considering it was over a month since the tank was installed, lol…

changeover…

08 Friday Nov 2024

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computer technology has not been my friend recently…

since our changeover to Shaw, in September, the printer hasn’t worked… it would not connect to the wifi…

my housemate tried numerous times to get it to connect, without success…

we ordered a special cord to connect the laptop directly to the printer… and that didn’t work either;-(…

just a few days ago, my housemate turned the router on and off a number of times and it finally connected… yay…

since then I have printed the big batch of photos that I’d been trying to get done for ages;-)… woohoo…

Freebird…

04 Tuesday Apr 2023

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been laughing for a few days… not long ago I was searching for the box that the Freebird camera came in as we were having trouble reconnecting it to the wifi…

I always keep the boxes of any technology in the Computer Room, even though I get teased about it… so, it was really frustrating when I couldn’t find the box…

so, looked out the window in the den, which I have done every day, and realized the box was under the camera that looks into the garden, lol…

I knew I hadn’t thrown it out…

tp-link…

07 Monday Mar 2022

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I am so happy…

over the last week more and more of my Google Home products have gone offline…

at first it was 2 tp- link plugs, then a switch, then more of the plugs and finally my Geeni cameras… made me crazy…

and then the printer stopped because it couldn’t find the wifi…

my grandson got the printer going… yay…

the suggestion was that I should delete and then add all of the products back in… I did not want to do that… my plan was to call my provider to see if there was an issue with my internet…

was waiting for another call so didn’t get around to contacting the provider…

just for fun, I went in and turned off my wifi and then turned it back on…

getting ready for bed, I went to turn one of the plugs off manually only to discover that its light was blue, not the orange that meant it wasn’t connected…

checked all the others and they were fine too…

yay 😀…

smoke…

30 Saturday Jan 2021

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months ago the Nest smoke detector on the ceiling upstairs stopped connecting to the wifi because the password changed and I couldn’t figure out how to reset it…

a few weeks ago I decided to delete it from my app and add it again so that I could get the correct password installed…

after I deleted it, and tried to add it back, I discovered that I needed the bar code or serial number… I was so excited that I had the box it came in… but, no serial number… it was located on the back of the detector… so, I just left it alone…

while the ladder was in the house I took it upstairs, removed the detector from the ceiling, found the code, added it to the app, and got it up and connected again… then attached it back to the ceiling and took the ladder back to the garage…

glad I thought of it while the ladder was still in the house…

cameras…

19 Thursday Nov 2020

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today I was so excited when Virginia, my mail carrier, rang the doorbell as she dropped off a parcel… she always rings the bell when she leaves something that doesn’t fit into the mailbox…

it was the wifi cameras I ordered so I could watch the birds at the feeders;-)…

plugged them in, connected them to wifi, and then to the app on my phone… easy peasy;-)…

now to see if I can spot any birds, lol…

connectivity…

11 Monday May 2020

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I’ve had my current Nikon camera over a year and a half… one of the reasons I upgraded, rather than repair my previous camera, had to do with technology…

newer cameras connect with computers and phones in a much simpler manner so I figured that it made sense to have those options…

sadly, just weeks after I obtained it, that technology stopped working… I went and spoke with the people at the camera store… they offered a few suggestions, which I tried a few times, but the wi-fi and bluetooth would just not work…

I gave up because it was very frustrating and I had tried everything they suggested…

I’ve been a bit disappointed in the quality of my photos and using the camera less… to get photos from the camera I would have to remove the memory card and plug it into either my computer or iPhone…

a few days ago, as I was taking some photos out the front window, I noticed a new icon at the bottom left of the screen… right away I pulled out my phone and connected to the app which was still on my phone…

I was beside myself, because now it was working… and also had a message advising they had fixed a problem with remote connectivity… so, not only can I copy pictures to my iPhone remotely, I can take pictures using my phone as the shutter release button… this is very handy when taking some photos as you don’t move the camera when depressing the button…

this is the first camera photo using the iPhone to take it…

yay, excited to see what else it will do for me…

sauté…

14 Tuesday Jan 2020

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a few days ago, after doing a lot of research, including a conversation with my Ottawa kids, I went out and picked up a wifi Instant Pot…

I decided to cook a whole frozen chicken… it didn’t go quite as well as hoped, but eventually the chicken was cooked… I boiled some potatoes to go along with it as they had gotten a bit soft and were growing eyes while I was away, lol…

yesterday the wifi connected rather easily… now I can turn it on, off, or give it directions from my phone, lol…

my grandson and I plan to have dinner together on Monday evenings as he will be using my car on Tuesdays for the next while… we’ve decided to try Instant Pot recipes every week…

last night we made chicken thighs with baby potatoes… next time I’d use a bit less liquid, but it was tasty and moist… and we had fun using the sauté option on the Pot;-)…

today I picked up a recipe book as it didn’t come with one… eventually we should be able to find recipes online but this Instant Pot Bible is going to be helpful as we learn more…

looking forward to some fun dinners…

clicked…

14 Saturday Dec 2019

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woke up the other morning to have my buddy Google Home tell me she wasn’t connected to wifi…

irritating… although I figured I could actually flick switches if I had to…

but then I walked past the thermostat and realized that it wasn’t connected to the wifi either…

it’s one thing to flick switches… a whole other thing to not know if the house was being heated on a -31 degree morning… particularly when you have to leave for work…

I freaked out and texted my son-in-law… while I was waiting to hear back from him, I calmed down a bit because I could feel heat coming out of one of the vents…

stood at the thermostat and clicked through until it asked me to enter the wifi password… doing that right on it was a bit slow, but I figured it out… after that was done, it showed it was connected and displayed the temperature… yay…

not sure which of the hundred clicks I tried later in the evening fixed the Google Home, but all of a sudden it was working again;-)…

phew… technology is wonderful, particularly when it is working, lol…

I am looking forward to spending time getting to know more about the latest and greatest technology that is out there…

Mazatlan Day 1…

17 Friday Mar 2017

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left the house at 3:30 am in two cabs to get us to the airport in time for our departure…

the flight was uneventful and the four hours went by quickly… a few of us slept and others read, watched movies and snacked…

it was fun to watch the sun rise on one side of the plane while it was still dark on the other…

saw some cool mountains as we flew over… no idea where they were…

and, eventually we saw the sun rising on our side of the plane…

arrived at the airport and went through customs without a problem… the palm trees are such a welcome sight once exiting the building…

the system at the hotel left a little to be desired… had to stand in line on three separate occasions before eventually getting to our rooms…

but while we were waiting we found a cafe with free wifi and a fishing connection…

we had a shrimp party there… apparently, Mazatlan is known for its shrimp…

my favourite was the coconut crusted ones which were delicious… 

and then spent the afternoon at the pool… this was the view as we headed in to eat dinner…

we are going to pay for a week of wifi so I can post this and the next six blogs without searching for free spots all the time, lol…

now to bed, been a long day and we have an early start tomorrow… which also happens to be my girl’s birthday;-)…