The driveway picnic last Sunday was great. Most of the neighbors came. We have shade in the driveway in the evenings. Everybody had a very good time. We have a gelato truck coming tonight. We’re looking forward to it.
Last week, we got ants. They were on the stove top. They were in the pantry. They didn’t get into a lot of food, but they were a nuisance. We repackaged food and moved some of it to the refrigerator. We wiped up ants. And wiped some more. We got ant traps. Then we got “better” ant traps. In a few days, we were rid of the ants. Whew.
Danita made the best muffins. Chocolate toffee. We had them with split pea soup. They were so good, we were both a little piggy and had two. It’s a good thing, because when I got up the next day, there were thousands of ants all over the muffins. They weren’t in anything else. But they were all over the muffins. So we did more ant wiping. We ordered “better-est” ant traps. There were so many ants that I could finally see where they were coming into the house. This should be a big help when the better-est traps come in later on today. There’s no ants around today. But we’re not taking any chances. Everything is sealed or in the fridge.
Netgear is a company that makes network equipment such as routers. Somebody found that just about all Netgear routers have a serious security flaw. Netgear announced that our router is so old they aren’t going to release a fix. We have had several updates before this one. I understand that nothing can be support forever. But this router is only 3 1/2 years old. I think that’s a little harsh. There is open source software one can load on a router to give it new life. It’s called OpenWRT. Unfortunately, our Netgear router isn’t supported. So I purchased a new router. Made by TP-Link. I don’t know that TP-Link will be any better than Netgear. But I did make sure that OpenWRT will run on the new router. That doesn’t mean it will still be supported in 2023, but it’s a hope.
The rollout of the new computer for our office is going well. Our office manager found one glitch, which I was able to patch the same day. It’s not a permanent fix, but it’s fine for now. Yesterday I installed the software used to control the gate at the guardhouse. It seems to be fine. There were no complaints last night that I know of. I asked the office manager to issue a new card. I’ll make sure the new card works after the gate closes at 8 PM Monday. A vendor will be in this week to move software used to control the clubhouse doors. Next weekend, I should be able to re-configure the office manager’s old computer for our social coordinator. This project still has a way to go, but everything is moving smoothly. Smooth is more important than fast.
That’s it for this week. I hope everybody is doing well.