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It's Cold, Baby
Jan. 30th, 2019 09:23 amAs you may have heard or may be experiencing, Chicago is having a record cold snap. Right now my cell phone's WeatherBug says it's -22 Fahrenheit or -30 Celsius. As a result, for the second day this week I am working from home. (I stayed home Monday because of snow.) Today's work-from-home day is by order - all of the people at my employer's place of business are staying home.
Fortunately, being productive at home is much easier than it used to be. Thanks to laptops and the Internet, I can be productive and have meetings. When, of course, the Internet works.
I got up this morning and my Comcast Internet was down and a reboot of the router did not bring it back up. When I called into Comcast, once I got to the Internet option, I got a recording that said "we're having issues - it will be fixed at 3:30 PM."
This was not good at all. Fortunately, AT & T was able to set up my cell phone to be a wireless hotspot. The bandwidth is okay - I even held a video meeting! Right now, the plan is for everybody to go into work on Thursday as per normal. We're expecting temperatures to get above zero! Actually, the forecast for Sunday is mid-40s Fahrenheit. A regular heatwave!
Fortunately, being productive at home is much easier than it used to be. Thanks to laptops and the Internet, I can be productive and have meetings. When, of course, the Internet works.
I got up this morning and my Comcast Internet was down and a reboot of the router did not bring it back up. When I called into Comcast, once I got to the Internet option, I got a recording that said "we're having issues - it will be fixed at 3:30 PM."
This was not good at all. Fortunately, AT & T was able to set up my cell phone to be a wireless hotspot. The bandwidth is okay - I even held a video meeting! Right now, the plan is for everybody to go into work on Thursday as per normal. We're expecting temperatures to get above zero! Actually, the forecast for Sunday is mid-40s Fahrenheit. A regular heatwave!
