Home Network Problems and Carved Birds
Well, my network went bonkers. I mean like crazy man. Somehow the power cord to the cable modem went roaming for greener pastures, and the battery backup could only hold the fort for just so long. (How I love mixed metaphors! But you get the idea.) As the modem wheezed away, apparently it damaged either the router or the NIC. Anywho, my network is sucking wind, and the connected eBirdseed bird cam is down. (Keep in mind that my network is completely separate from the eBirdseed.com network which is fine... that's why you're able to read this.) To remedy the situation on my end, we've purchased a new router, and shifted the modem over to another computer. Now, if we can just get the router working, that will breath life into our network, and bring the camera back online. In an arcane way this is really a bummer... We launched the bird cam about 15 months ago, and ran into trouble after roughly 4,000 views. Since then, I've reset the thing in our kitchen, and racked up another 15,500 views. All told, we were inching up on 20,000 hits when this new problem occurred - arcane bummer indeed. But stay tuned, I'll fix this mess, or my name isn't Phineas J. Whoopee.
On to the birds...
Obviously, the shots below aren't exactly of real birds... These are carvings by a local artisan - Fred Schmelke from right here on Cape Cod. It's quality stuff... The birds are (in order): Canada Goose, a Stilt, the Short-billed Dowitcher, and a Pin Tail...
So that's it... A broken network and bird models. What do ya want for nuthin'? Rubber biscuits?
See you by the feeders,
CapeCodAlan
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