But there are a couple of good things about the asylum as well. Mostly mental. I am looking forward to living the same streamlined life here as I have in Kona. Well, not quite as streamlined. I’ll have more clothes. And a better food prep area. Maid service once a week.
When looking around the unit yesterday – I discovered that what I thought was a microwave is actually a microwave/convection oven. I am not sure what that means it does. Guess it means I could bake something if I wanted to bake something. If I want something baked, I go to a bakery.
The building has wifi and my unit is very near one of the routers. The signal seems to be strong and the speed is no worse than my current snail internet. It might even be better. And, my iPad picks up a nice strong LTE signal – so I can always tether my computer to my iPad in case of building wifi failure. Starbucks is a block away if blazing fast is required. My unit is in the old building – if I move to the new building – they seem to have some sort of wired service.
I will no longer pay any extra bills – here I pay for water, gas, electric, phone and internet. I use old rabbit ears for TV. Don’t know if the rabbit ears will work at the new place. A very limited selection of channels is provided by the building. I get lots more from my rabbit ears. Hope the bunny ears work.
My unit comes with a 4x4x4 foot storage unit. This is huge. Depending on how safe and climate controlled it is – I can see using it. For example – my 3 foot square coffee table that I would like to keep will fit in it nicely. I could also put the quilts in my old army foot locker and put that in the storage unit. I haven’t seen the unit. Seeing it – that is on my to do list.
Looking forward to living with less stuff to take on dust. That is good.
Rabbit ears… ok, not related with an animal friend this time, it’s a kind of tv portable antenna 🙂
Talking about big ears: wifi, like the one in hotel rooms. Maybe you should use a vpn for every day privacy, and sometimes tethering the lte for security purpose (banking, taxes…). Maybe I’m a bit paranoid, but I would no be pleased by the staff looking at my connection logs or my emails. (maybe it’s not the case).
In hotels, it’s just a matter of security, but in this residence, you are in their hands for a long time.
Yes, Laurent – I was/am concerned about the public nature of my “free” wifi. I’ll be using my VPN on a regular basis. I don’t suppose this is much a a concern to most of the residents but it is to me.
😉 I’m not surprised, in fact you have a better knowledge and are more concerned by security and privacy than the majority of my colleague who pretend to be IT engineer.