RustyRaven

RustyRaven, 5 months ago

She’s probably been out all night raging, and is currently in a carpark somewhere feeling really hungover and trying to remember what she got up to.

RustyRaven, 5 months ago

Ok, dog has been walked. Breakfast has been consumed. I will now sit down and do the work on my assignment that should have been done yesterday. I may need to tie myself to the chair, because my brain is already starting to come up with other things to do instead.

RustyRaven, 5 months ago

I have no idea what I want to eat. I came here hoping for inspiration, and have sadly found none☹️

RustyRaven, 5 months ago

I’ve ended up with chicken curry, rice, cucumber & mint raita, and the last tortilla. The chicken was pre-cooked, so it fell apart completely.

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RustyRaven, 5 months ago

Does anyone know of an accurate way to measure actual data usage? The amount Telstra is telling me I’m using is way higher than I think it should be, and is much higher than the total amount my devices are measuring.

At the moment I’ve disconnected everything from the Telstra modem and am going through the phone as a mobile hotspot. I’ve recorded the data totals both services are showing me so I can compare the amounts over a few days, then will swap back and do the same. If anyone has a better approach please let me know.

RustyRaven, 5 months ago

I have the day off and I’m supposed to be writing my assignment. Instead, I’ve been wasting my time on Facebook getting involved in discussions that involve me rewriting everything about 14 times in an attempt to avoid them tipping over into arguments. I have also hopefully helped bring some people new perspectives and options on FOGO bins, such is the exciting life I lead 🤣

RustyRaven, 5 months ago

The modem shows the same data as Telstra - and it also shows how much I have left on my data plan, so either it is sourcing it’s data from Telstra or vice versa. It is a 5g modem and has connection info directly on the modem, which includes what devices are logged in. I did find my old iPad was still plugged in and connected, but I turned that off a few days ago with no change, and there are no other unexplained devices.

I initially assumed I had an app or something chewing through extra data (like that time I installed the official Reddit app) but there are no apps showing as using much data and after going through any settings I can find to limit things like auto-play video, changing browsers to Firefox to block adds and trying to minimise time spent in pointless scrolling the data use has gone up not down. My tablet is calculating my usage as generally around 40-60gb a month, and probably close to half of that would be on the work wi-fi. But telstra has me at about 70gb and I can’t figure out why.

Obviously it is a low data amount anyway so it’s not really a major financial issue, but it is bugging me that it does not match up.

RustyRaven, 5 months ago

The food and organic waste bin (green lid).

RustyRaven, 5 months ago

Very cute - I was expecting yellow, but they got the fancy black model!

RustyRaven, 5 months ago

Procrastination achieved, so I’m taking a break from all that tiring procrastination. Cat’s litter box has been cleaned out, I did a bit more zucchini wrangling and the cucumber has been introduced to its new climbing frame (a clothes airer I picked up from hard rubbish this morning). My brain really really does not want to focus on this assignment. I was hoping to have a rough draft done by now, but I’ve barely touched it.

RustyRaven, 5 months ago

Given we only have fortnightly collections I would think Fear Of Going Off bins would also be an accurate description, as the smell of food scraps sitting in bins that long is a major concern of residents here 😁

RustyRaven, 5 months ago

I expected it to, but it didn’t for some reason. I probably need to do a full clear of everything, but it was not a convenient time so I just left it. ☹️

RustyRaven, 5 months ago

They look good - you will have to show us some inside pics too. What area are you in and how many vines do you have?