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Old Sep 10, 2020 | 7:16 pm
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It was a busy spring

Never have I done so much "techie stuff" in such a short period of time:

1) bought a 2nd Thinkpad off eBay for use with distance learning/working from home. Upgraded its memory (8 -> 16 GB) and SSD (256 GB -> 1 TB), replaced the WiFi card, and purchased a sleeve for it. While doing the memory upgrade, I found that a bad SIMM had been sent and exchanged it.
2) broke the screen on my laptop, which I then replaced. Thankfully, this happened after the Thinkpad arrived.
3) replaced my Securifi Almond+ wifi router (bought off a Kickstarter) with an ASUS RT-AC68U running Asuswrt-Merlin firmware. The home network also got an upgrade to its TP-Link Powerline adapters, new Ethernet cables, a new switch, and better electrical organization.
4) did some repairs and upgrades to my 2006 MacBook Pro (runs Snow Leopard!): new charger, replaced the hard disk with an SSD, replaced the suddenly broken DVD drive, and upgraded to TexLive 2020.

And that was just March-June.

I also did some non-techie home appliance repair, replacing a shelf and the condenser fan in our refrigerator.
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