Island Musings

The AirPort Extreme is situated at one end of our house and is the gateway to the Xplornet modem. I have Airport Express extenders in the detached garage and opposite end of house. The garage is not critical. 

To my surprise my WiFi serves 11 devices. Most are low data requirements but a couple of items are data intensive. I use approximately 300 gigs of data each month. 

…was a good year for me and Motorheads in general. Most American and foreign manufacturers had a performance offering and my choice was a 1967 Pontiac GTO. GM and Ford each had numerous ‘candy’ to temp the wallet of anyone interested in cars that performed. Ford and Chevrolet tempted us with the Mustang and Camaro, both of which were fun cars.

I don’t recall what made me choose the GTO over the Mustang but I did love that car and so wish I still had it.

A friend and fellow Motorhead sent me this link which reminded me what a great car the Ford Mustang was. If you have any interest in the vintage Mustang, you are welcome. :). Plan on an hour.

https://revologycars.com

Industry-watchers have been anxiously awaiting the government’s next move on internet-as-a-basic-service since the CRTC made its ruling in December 2016. While there have been few major developments in the basic service saga, the CRTC used a September 2018 to slyly revise some of its speed requirements for the deployment of internet-as-a-basic-service. Whereas the Commission previously noted that Canadians should expect 50Mbps download speeds and 10Mbps upload speeds, the CRTC’s September 27th, 2018 broadband fund application document revised those targets, stating that project proposals must meet a minimum download speed threshold of 25Mbps and a minimum upload speed requirement of 5Mbps.

Read more at MobileSyrup.com: Here are the top Canadian telecom stories of 2018

A wise friend once said, “a good deed done without fanfare or knowledge of others is a more worthy good deed”.  With that in mind I have been thinking about a dear friend who, while visiting Africa, met a young mother raising 3 children in poverty. My friend and her husband were so touched by this young family they committed to the cost of food, medical treatment as needed and an education for the three children.  They kept that commitment. The three children grew to wonderful young adults, two obtained PHDs and the third is about to graduate from college. They have contributed to their culture and country and are employed in and contributing to the betterment of Africa. Each has traveled to Canada to spend time with their Canadian parents. 

A wise acquaintance frequently refers to the good old days when politicians ran for public office, not because they needed the job (the money) but rather ran because they felt they could govern in a way that was for the greater good of the people. I usually sputter at that point and remind him that he is talking about lawyers and other wealthy elite. When have lawyers and wealthy elite served any interest that was not their own or that of their cronies?

A few friends in the US and a couple Canadian friends tease me about my love of this place I call home and I do understand that it can be illogical and sometimes viewed (seemingly) through rose coloured glasses.

The article linked below which refers to another place not that far away is a great example of love of place. PEI has changed in my 42 years here but there is still no place I would prefer.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/vickie-morgan-newfoundland-plan-1.4943214

Many years ago on a blog now gone I wrote much the same as outlined in this article.

https://futurism.com/the-physics-of-death

I took it a bit further. I contend that when a new life begins it draws its energy from the finite pool of energy. Thus, once our energy is released by death it returns to the finite pool and gets distributed to new life as needed.

Not sure where Karma or reincarnation fits in here. I suspect the distribution is random and bits of my energy could easily end up in a worm as it could end up in a world champion motorcycle racer. Still, it is nice to think we might have some control.

A friend sent me this link and it is a perfect example why I have (sometimes illogical and irrational) referred to our tiny place as paradise. The political implications referred to in the video as ‘the plan’ had significant implications to the culture of PEI. The development plan brought change to most parts of life in paradise and while progress is hard to impede I yearn for simpler time.

https://www.nfb.ca/film/eastern_graphic/

…but Herself is at her happiest when she is caring for her pack. When she said she was going shopping I knew what to expect.

From the CBC

It’s now a five-way race for leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party of P.E.I.

Kevin J. Arsenault kicked off his leadership bid Wednesday night.

I wonder if he can bring the needed spark that the Tories desperately need.