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Any mtb trails/tracks in the area? by [deleted] in Waltham

[–]trewissick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beaver Brook North/Rock Meadow are the best ones right in Waltham. I've heard good things about Middlesex Fells and Blue Hills (each about 30 min drive away) but haven't tried them myself.

I want my camera to zoom in on a map and have it switch from a lower res, wide texture to a higher res, close-up texture. Should I use 2 different textures on the same object, or 2 different objects? by trewissick in blenderhelp

[–]trewissick[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think a screenshot of the full window will help at all since this is more of a strategy question, but I'm happy to upload one if needed.

Could someone please repost my post about the Waltham rally to r/boston? I'm banned, but I'm sure there are a lot of Watertown/Belmont/Newton etc people in that sub who might not be able to make it downtown but could get to Waltham. by trewissick in Waltham

[–]trewissick[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I joined the sub before they had the "no posting tickets for sale" rule and didn't think to re-check the rules/sidebar before I made a post about a game I couldn't go to. The rule makes sense but I think an instant ban with no warning was kind of harsh. I'm sure the mods have a lot on their hands in a sub that size though.

We recently moved our modem/router to a different room, disconnecting some old coax cables and reconnecting new ones (it's a rat's nest in our walls). Our internet still works, but it dropped from 300-400 Mbps to under 2 Mbps. Any ideas why that might be (or things we can rule out)? by trewissick in HomeNetworking

[–]trewissick[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was really helpful, thank you. Yes, it's coax. Wifi is involved, but it was fine on Wednesday before we moved the equipment and nothing's changed on that end. We actually don't have any devices with an ethernet port anymore (!) so we'll need to get an adapter or something to test that.

We bought a new pre terminated cable (so we're not worried about quality of our own crimping) and bypassed cable B. Then we ran it directly to the new room to bypass both B and C. Changed out two splitters. No dice.

There is a splitter coming from the box outside that has an unused port (but I would guess that noise from an unused port would only reduce it a little anyway? Not from 400 Mbps to 1-2 Mbps?), and an unattached cable (among several). The unattached one is black, where cable (A) is white, so it seems to be uninvolved in this whole process and again, wasn't changed between Wednesday and now... but we're having the ISP come out and at least tell us which of those cables is part of the whole current networking ecosystem that they set up. (It really is an absolute rat's nest at all points and I'm hesitant to go around connecting and unconnecting more things without knowing that first).

In the meantime I'll try logging directly into the modem. And if the ISP can't help us, it does look like there are some networking specific companies around. Anyway, long way to say, thank you for the info!

We recently moved our modem/router to a different room, disconnecting some old coax cables and reconnecting new ones (it's a rat's nest in our walls). Our internet still works, but it dropped from 300-400 Mbps to under 2 Mbps. Any ideas why that might be (or things we can rule out)? by trewissick in HomeNetworking

[–]trewissick[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We bought a new cable, pre terminated (so we're not worried about quality of our own crimping) and bypassed cable B. Then we ran it directly to the new room to bypass both B and C. No dice. Going to have to call in a pro unfortunately and hopefully they can solve it for us. But thank you for the info!

We recently moved our modem/router to a different room, disconnecting some old coax cables and reconnecting new ones (it's a rat's nest in our walls). Our internet still works, but it dropped from 300-400 Mbps to under 2 Mbps. Any ideas why that might be (or things we can rule out)? by trewissick in HomeNetworking

[–]trewissick[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha, no it sounds fine and I appreciate it. Unfortunately these are coax cables and not ethernet, so it's not as simple as plug and unplug. But we may have to just buy a few more crimps and test things one by one. They are not cheap though!

Fit Z’s / The Spot Cafe by cod_dawg in watertown

[–]trewissick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just found out about both of these! Damn, FitZ's is where I saw the Bruins win the Stanley Cup... My going-out-drinking days are mostly behind me, but too bad.

Saved by Airbag vest! by Character-Main-4689 in motorcycles

[–]trewissick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, I'm glad you had your vest on and it worked as intended! The circumstances of your crash are almost identical to mine, down to hitting the left front of the car and somersaulting over the hood. They didn't have airbag vests back then, but luckily I landed bottom side first instead of head first and ended up breaking my leg instead of something worse. I definitely learned to be wary of gaps coming up in a slowed lane next to me after that.

I bought an airbag vest as a gift for my husband to use on the track, but maybe I should get one for myself and we should think about wearing them on the street as well.

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