Monday, December 27, 2021

The Candy Bomber - 20 Tons

 

Luther Energized - Chapel Wired for Two Desk Tops


My task was to get separate fiber optic bandwidth into the chapel. The only thing left for the trials was - the 4K camera and tripod donated by a member. That is how we started out. While I was cogitating about doing online services, a camera and tripod arrived from Brett Meyer. 

I have been moving hardware around but not finishing the library. I got the Christmas computer working with the LG screen but no-go on the Internet. I had a router problem, the pop-up said. 

I found a spare router jack to run cat5 into the chapel, parallel to what we are using. Both chapel desktops now run on about 800 megs download and 900 upload (your experience may vary). The teaching/writing computer is separate; there are hard drive and Dropbox backups.

Tomorrow I will test drive the new camera. It comes down to having newer equipment for more speed and less bottlenecking. The laptop (Snowball - motto - "I will work harder") will be in the library for Wiki searches.

CCNA, CIW Associate, A+, Linux+, Net+, iNet+


Eureka! The Missing Link.

 "Give me a place to stand on, and I will move the earth." Archimedes did the bathtub sloshing and said "Eureka!" which is Greek for I have found it - not the tub - but the way to use buoyancy for testing.

I did not make the big leap into computer science, though I took a lot of courses in it and earned some certifications. Every day I use HTML coding and sometimes basic networking.

I tried to activate the library computer. Yes, it was plugged in. The problem was linking to the Net. One way did not work so I did some other things. 

One way to improve Vimeo is to use one computer alone for its labor. I imagine CPU power, RAM, and broadband all share in that. 

I set up the laptop using wireless to achieve some independence. Several things still intrude on perfection - slow upload, old laptop. Ozarks Go (fiber optic) was not available to soothe my nerves, so I watched some YouTube on the topic and tried something. 

My dream was to use the Christmas desktop for the hymns, doing that in the chapel and running the upload/download at around 800, separate from the Vimeo desktop.

I looked over the Ozarks GO router and found a Cat 5 jack (RJ45 to be precise) and ran the cord from there to the library.  The computer shook hands with the cable feed and told me I had the wrong phone number down. I don't mind being wrong, but being right and getting nowhere with a screen - ack! Soon I had it on the Drudge Report, which is my way to measure Left Wing hysterics. 

So it was a success. The next part is setting up the second chapel, its cat5, the computer and its screen. First I will set it up roughly and smooth out the details later this week. 

Another ingredient is the 4k video camera. 

 Name your favorite Bonar hymn.
No fair using the Bethany Lutheran Hymnal blog.


Nutrition Revolution


I am going to summarize what I have been learning about nutrition, since I have been doing so much so wrong.

Walnuts are especially good for the heart. They are a satisfying snack and provide good cholesterol. I used them on ice cream, but that was not wise.


Raw nuts and seeds are very worthwhile for a variety of reasons. 

Furhman emphsizes green vegetables and leafy greens for the bulk of food, far more satisfying and a major advance in lowering blood sugar.

He also advocates a wide variety of foods for the vitamins and micro-nutrients in them.

 Eat To Live, why?


On the obvious bad list:

Corn syrup drinks and diet drinks are equally bad in upsetting blood sugar. Fruit juices should be viewed as drinking sugar syrup (usually fortified with corn syrup). "Sugar-free" juices are as bad as diet soda pop. 

Raw fruit is good because the pulp reduces the sugar effect and adds nutrients. Oranges - very good. Orange juice - very bad.

White bread products drive blood sugar up. Whole grain bread is far better. Popcorn adds to blood sugar without being nutritious. 

Fuhrman is wary of our overly meaty diets, does not like cheese and eggs, and puts all three on the seldom eaten list, yea even fish.

My parents grew up on their family farms, so they looked at vegetables as delicious and satisfying, many of those plants emphatically disliked by us children. That undoubtedly contributed to their long lives (90+ and 85) and infrequent need for doctors. However, they were happy to enjoy the post-WWII boom in fast foods and desserts. We ate TV dinners in front of the TV. Hungry? - warm up a donut. They were so well made that a petrified donut could be made fresh by a stay in the oven. I can smell the aroma now.

Unfortunately, I was only given a 70 year warrantee on my pancreas. I decided to reduce candy to zero, junk food close to zero, portions to medicinal size. Fuhrman said a bowl of green vegetables was satisfying. Really? - I had a large bowl of green beans (cooked) - and he was right! Night snacks are oranges only or oranges and walnuts.

 "Put that hissy thing down, NOW!"

I can disclose the secrets of the food industry. Do not let them know the following...

Bad food makes us crave more bad food until it reaches the point where even our favorite bad food makes us feel ill (or worse). Bad food makes us sluggish and ultimately damages the body in many ways, but always in little, baby steps.

Bad food is expensive - highly processed, and manufactured to last a long, long time. That means lots of salt and corn syrup. Sugar/salt makes us crave sugar/salt, and we get thirsty, so we drink sugar/salt soda pop with sugar/salt in it. Some people drink enormous amounts of corn syrup drinks or diet drinks, all day long, or coffee all day, often with fake cream and fake sugar. Now power drinks are normal for many. A local doctor measured a teen at 300 blood pressure - and the young man did not know it.

Excess caffeine in diet cola leads people to feel sluggish from loss of potassium, so they drink more. I speak from experience.

God created many ways to make alcoholic beverages, but they are also destructive when used to excess. One of the worst outcomes of college and seminary campuses is the excessive use of alcohol, which leads to dependence and ultimately addiction.

Back to the Sunny Side of Life

Sun gives us the best form of Vitamin D3. Walking once a day is considered the best way to exercise, by doctors of every persuasion. You will find very few people out walking, and the kids are bent over their digital toys while walking, even while biking.

But here is another bonus - good food generates a lot of energy and replaces craving sugar/salt/fat with a normal appetite. 

  • Fad Diets Are Destructive - 
  • Habits Are Life-Giving

Fad diets are the greatest invention since the slot machine. All of the diets are deeply flawed, which is why there are so many of them. It means nothing but woe, to lose 20 pounds and gain 30 back. I saw a series of pictures, before and after, in a cartoon - after, after, after - meaning even more cigs and weight.

If you can name three diets quickly, you are addicted. It really requires a meal by meal, day by day change in food buying and food eaten. 


 Seventh Day Adventists live the longest?