What's up? I get the cast off my left hand/wrist tomorrow. Yeah! Also I get a mobility brace so I can move my knee, 30º at first. Which means I should be driving!!!

Spent Wednesday and Thursday with car stuff. Finally got a new one. Huzzah!

Here it is:


No, no, not the old Nissan Sentra in the front. The Nissan Altima 1998 GLE in the rear. Geeez!



Yes, another Altima. If I can get in an accident and only suffer the injuries I have, then at minimum my "new" car was going to be an Altima. Got a pretty good deal on it. Needed new tires which I got today at CostCo. The interior needs a good detailing/shampooing. Also, it could use a tune-up. (Probably missed its 60K... total miles 65,000.)

More after tomorrow's doctor's visit...

Okay, humble pie time. Stream-Jockey is in use. Of course I did a search for Stream-J and found nothing. Oh well.

New Word of the Day
Stream-J (stream-jockey): Like a DJ (disc-jockey), but applicable to a "jockey" of online music or of a shoutcast music stream. Example: Stoicite is a stream-j for AmpedOut.Net.

(Note: far as I know I'm the first to use this term when I became an alternate stream-j for AmpedOut last November. If you can prove me wrong, and point out a previous usage, I'd be most humbled.)

Cantenna/USB Dongle WiFi Fun!
I just ordered up a D-Link USB 802.11b dongle. It should work great with a homemade antenna or a cantenna (link1, link2). It will be cheaper and less work than your typical cantenna/pcmcia combo: no coax hardware, no hacking the pcmcia card. There should be little signal loss since the dongle will be directly in the can and no lossy coax cable-- just get a can and make an adjustable sliding slot for fine tuning. The D-Link is 40mW, which seems to be a standard power. It will be a nice supplement to my laptop since there is little I can do with its built-in wireless. Stay linked as I get the shipment and work on the cantenna.

Recently viewed DVDs

• Insomnia (2002): remake of a Swedish film, Al Pacino & Robin Williams & Hilary Swank, engrossing.
• The Thomas Crown Affair (1999): remake of 1968 film, smart & witty, well written & directed, wild sex scene between Pierce Brosnan & Rene Russo, Denis Leary at his cynical cop best.

No more walker!
Woot! The BynkMobile has been garaged. I have now upgraded to a cane/walking stick. The choice was either floral patterns on my cane or American flags. Guess which one I took.

   
The Bynkie Doodle Cane & Gimpy-Bynkie Doodle Dandy with KOMPRESSOR POWER.

The true nature of cats has now been revealed. Just watch out for KoUSes (Kittens of Unusual Size). Ahh, tis a Wonderous World of Phobias.

And here is an infinite amount of feline fun.

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bynk: knock knock
stoichic: who's there?
bynk: Little ol' lady....
bynk: (sorry, I was napping.)
stoichic: how's the knee w/o staples?
bynk: very nice
stoichic: yay!
bynk: no more 1 hour to bed
bynk: well, 30 mins
stoichic: hehe
bynk: walking around w/o walker
stoichic: awesome!
stoichic: that's great newss
bynk: though for long period I probably could still use a stick/cane
bynk: in 2 weeks no more arm splint!
stoichic: !!
stoichic: that's excellent news
bynk: Mom has bought a ticket to leave on June 3rd
stoichic: well, at least i know i'll get to see her before she leaves :)
bynk: yup
bynk: Monday I should have my money for a new vehicle... not as much as I expected. Oh well.

Just came back from seeing Doctor Key (2 hours later). They took some new X-rays. Removed the "cast" from the left hand to examine it. Still some bruising in the outer metacarpals. Definite bruising below the wrist on the inside. Hand prognosis? Two more weeks of wearing a cast. Ack, I miss two handed typing. It's like I have been partially gagged.

Knee prognosis: Finally the staple/sutures have been removed. Yes, it is healing but the tough part is the ligaments/tendons. They need to grow back. So two more weeks of no bending of the right leg. Then I will be able to bend it 30º. Two weeks more and another 30º. Which means 8 weeks for full mobility (120º). *sigh*

Follow up visit in two weeks...

Recently viewed DVDs

• Ben-Hur: looong (212 min), steeped with religion, good epic film, Charlton "Get your hands off me you damn dirty Roman" Heston.
• Monsters, Inc.: Pixar, fun, cute, nuff said.