I should have left out of here

on my own about noon to memory Express. I'd be getting my Ram about now, out to Harvey's and on the #54 bus by the time Anne gets up. I'll give her about 3pm, if not I'm out the door on my own. This is bs. She's just stalling. 

I got my sdd and enclosure yesterday. Management is so cheap here, they got rid of all the intercom pannels to reach individual suites from the outside to save electricity on the power bill. That decision impacts deliveries because there are just 2 intercom pannels. 1 per building. UPS was at entrance C. We're in A. C has the intercom pannel for something like 200 suites. To let the driver in at C the driver would have to walk through 2 building doors 2 flights of stairs, 3 hallway doors. Time is money for these people. The UPS driver asked if he could meet me at my entrance because I'm a senior and I don't walk to well these days. Thanks. The Amazon driver for the enclosure product was already at the door to A and just called our land line. In management "infinite wisdom" the rational was to not only save on the electric bill but because "everyone has cell phones", And no doubt we're going to be paying for the rental office electric bill, possibly subsidise their internet as well. That's what we're paying a 25% increase in our lease for next year, seriously? Also where is the privacy when on our call display it shows the name of the management company?

Ok that was a long rant from me today. Not much going on for me otherwise. Before bed this morning I was able to (I think) clone my current C drive (system drive) I tried to clone in another partition on the new drive my E drive so everything will be in C. My Cloning software said there was an estimated time of 7 hours? Wow. And that was after I had to temporary disable my firewall and auto protect. Since I don't (yet) have the necessary screw driver to remove the old m.2 drive for the new one, there's not way to tell if the old C was cloned over. Looks like I'llbe heading out tomorrow to get the Ram. I called Memory Express to let them know I'll be in tomorrow. Anyway, that's all for now.   

I'm considering a

kvm (keyboard/video/mouse) switch, eventually. What this will do will allow me to run multiple computers on one monitor. It will also allow me to use the same keyboard and mouse on the same monitor switching back and fourth between operating systems. I saw a 4 port kvm switch at Best Buy for about $40. I've used a kvm switch before, and it worked great between both computers. That was about 10 years ago. However, that's packed away in a huge suitcase buried in the closest somewhere. The switch was about the size of a coffee cup rim with big bulky cabling. Next time I win any cash on black jack, I'm getting this switch.

Some more details are emerging out of Tuesday's massive fire in For McMurray. Hours ago the Alberta Government released $100M for evacuees. Adults will get about $1200 and children $500. Many evacuees will be getting a glimpse of the devastation too see what is left. A organized exodus began earlier this morning. This is the largest evacuation in Alberta's history. Its been quite a year.

So, today I'm out of here at 3pm. Note to self, don't take the #3 bus to work. I'm going to leave a bit earlier so I can get there 20 minutes before the shift. Hopefully, I'll have a full shift and a full shift Saturday. For whatever reason, my shift is cancelled, or I'm fired, I'll be at the other job tonight. I hate this. Ever since Xentel closed late 2012, keeping a job has been a struggle. I'm screwing up on my market research job, my other job is done on the 20th of this month. If Xentel hadn't closed I'd still be there today in the office right now. 1:30-9pm. I'd cut back when pension kicked in. Now I'm struggling to gain enough hours for a unemployment claim and keeping the job I have. And I have another 16 months of this crap? Ugh. Anyway, that's all for now.

Since yesterday at about 3pm there is a

huge out of control fire in Fort McMurray that consumed whole neighborhoods. People were evacuating all afternoon by the tens of thousands. Many people lost their homes, businesses jobs as well as pets caught in the inferno while at work. The unforgiving blaze wiped everything in its path. Many 8-10 story office buildings as the downtown cor was untouched. There were some very mature communities, wiped out. Hospital patients were sent to here Edmonton. With all the dry conditions and temperatures in the 30's, July in May. Crazy Fortunately there was no loss of life. The fire even preempted the US primaries, national and other news. Over 1500 structures were raised due to the fire. This was the largest evacuation in Alberta's history

I've been harping about the Lenova pc stick 300 a lot to Anne over the weekend. I said I had $60 for it. She resisted, complained etc. For $130, Windows 10, 2 Ram, it does everything I need it to do better then my big tower for $130. I was surprised when I came home Monday night and there it was on my desk. After wrestling it took me awhile to set it  up but once it was, It works great. I have just 2 concerns about this: First I can't use my keyboard. I need a ps/2 usb adapter. I called around town and nobody has them. I saw one at Memory Express for about $10 and they have them for about $10. I'll get one next Sunday on the 15th. The other problem with the Lenova is there is no audio jack. My fast  track sound card works ok if I plug it in directly into the stick but not in the usb hub I've had for a few years now. 

I've been playing telephone tag with a job lead since Monday. I left a message thinking that its ok to call me back if its about a job. I forgot the umber to call last night so I'll call when I get into the office at my other job latter today. This prospect jobs hours start at 4pm and I'm on my commute without a cell phone. I checked it against my contact I have on file and its a different phone number. Monday I received the call at about 2pm. I was initially called on Sunday for a donation, which I had to turn down. I need a donation. Which leaves me to wonder, if this was for a job because it was a mid afternoon call? Most likely if I call this number later this afternoon it will ring busy. I took down my contacts Phone # and I can do a follow up anyway, just to see what happens.

And finally, after a couple of weeks of playing telephone tag with my pcn I was able to get the appointment clerk to call me. I'm seeing my pharmacist next Wednesday morning at 11am. As for today, I'm out of here at 3pm for my shift, lodge tomorrow, work at the other place Friday and Saturday. Anyway, that's all for now.

I picked up a webcam

on my way into work yesterday afternoon, leaving out of here a bit early. I got the logitech C270 at Best buy for $50. I proceeded to resume my commute at Clareview station and got my coffee at Starbucks at Central. I was at my destination within 15 minutes of catching my bus. If I have a shift Saturday, (more on that later) I'm catching a bus from Central. Seems to work out better.

I read from my "Descent of Angels" book, as I'm just about to wrap that one up. (took me long enough) With about 20 minutes on the clock before I needed to show up at the site I did something I haven't done in almost 20 years: Visit a near by pawn shop. They had some mixers but they were expensive, some cameras selling for like $40 but no iPads. Lots of iPods though. Something to file against for later.

I went to work and sat in on a briefing. We have some projects but we might have some time off at the clients discretion. Super doesn't know when we'll begin the next project but all of these are slated for November. I could walk in this afternoon for a briefing on the new project or it could start 2 weeks from now, we don't know. If I'm on the schedule for next week, then that's a good sign. I'll have a cheque for Anne on the 13th but I'm  not going to tell her about this, just yet. She'll explode. Most people I work with have other sources of income. One needs to, doing this kind of work. I'm going to hold out until Friday. I'm in for this evening and I could get a update tonight. If no update tonight I'm off tomorrow for lodge and in on Friday business as usual. If no update Friday, I'm in Saturday.

I got the full shift in yesterday. I don't know about today as we're cleaning up the file. I left the office with my blood sugar way down. I bought a regular bottle of Coke and a candy bar and the store owner had the last dying minutes of the hockey game on. RNH scored the 4-2 empty netter. After a brief wait consuming the Coke and candy bar, I felt better. I didn't feel all that great with the knowledge I could be off work for awhile . I was home at 10:30pm and after supper and the news I was shocked to learn Connor McDavid suffered a shoulder injury in last nights game. I unpacked the webcam and installed it on my Windows Xp system. The webcam worked until I installed the software from the Logitech site. Every time when I tried to use the software to make a recording my computer shut down on me. Then I realized that it was most likely due to system requirements on the box, over a half a gig of Ram and I have 1 Gb of Ram that wasn't seated properly when I bought it in 2007. Most likely its the wrong Ram. My laptop is bloated with adware rendering the laptop almost unusable. I could get a 2.5" drive and a copy of Windows 7 and start fresh or see if I can get the proper Ram and get 2 Gigs this time. I might go that approach. Anyway, that's all for now.