David asks… try web100.uvm.edu…

9pm local time. Lots of students in lab. Lots across the way in the library. Presumably lots wireless from their cabins. Results…

TCP/Web100 Network Diagnostic Tool v5.4.12
click START to begin
Connected to: web100.uvm.edu  —  Using IPv4 address
Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Done
checking for firewalls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Done
running 10s outbound test (client-to-server [C2S]) . . . . . 68.0kb/s
running 10s inbound test (server-to-client [S2C]) . . . . . . 124.72kb/s
Your PC is connected to a Cable/DSL modem
Information: Other network traffic is congesting the link
 [C2S]: Packet queuing detected
 [S2C]: Packet queuing detected

Lots of mysterious laptop problems on both windows and mac machines. Most seem to be wireless problems. Many, if you reboot/restart and try the same damn thing again they work fine. Worst is mapping the windows file servers where profs keep the course materials.  We've been working 8am-11pm trying to get all 35 faculty and all 738 students onto everything. Seeing some light at the end of the tunnel. uh oh.

The work-study students started in ernest with us today. They were busy with orientation before this. They are great. Very knowledgeable.

I did take 10 minutes today to simply lie on my back on a sunny and quiet piece of deck up on the bow outside the faculty staff lounge. Ahhh. that was nice.

We are traveling east and loosing time. Two nights so far we had to jump ahead an hour.

Classes started today. There is one class that EVERYONE takes… global studies with Gerry Bowler. Today he started with Greek myths and talked about the importance of memory. Stories survived invasion and occupation, transformed to meet the needs of the new communities.  The class is so large (800?) that the union is stuffed and the class is broadcast into all the classrooms (9) as well.

AND! Saw porpoises today. Also almost got dumped out of bed by a fairly abrupt roll….

lots of stuff falling around…