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MY EVDO IS WORKING! I’M ONLINE NOW!

The above picture was taken last night, in the gazebo - of my new laptop computer (on battery backup power only) - connected to the internet with that new EVDO card I have been raving about … More →

I took my laptop to the cottage this weekend, and did a little work. WHAT A PLEASURE! I actually did some work! The laptop battery, fully charged, lasts for an estimated 5-1/2 hours .. but, I had it plugged in while I was using it and keeping it charged.

In my house, the built-in wi-fi/bluetooth/wireless detector recognized my own network and hooked up to my wireless G broadband router immediately. Actually, it also noticed a few other networks in my general area too! That’s with no extra wireless card inserted into the laptop .. just turn it on - and I’m not only connected to my other computers, but the network. It’s pretty sweeeeeeeeet.

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Good News: Part 3 - My Laptop Arrived Today!

Yaaaaay .. it’s a beaut! I’ll take pictures when I set it back up again

Bad News: EVDO Revolutionery Obstacles

Naturally, the second thing I did after receiving my new laptop today (the first being me taking it out of the box) was to install the software and check out the EVDO Wireless broadband internet connectivity.

Well .. the light was on the card, showing power, but the software was saying there was no power. Rather than fiddle with it, I decided to just pack it up and take it down to the MTS Connect Center where they promised they would help get it set up if I needed it .. I figured .. why not?! It would probably be faster than me reading instructions, trying to figure out Windows Vista Business, etc etc.

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In my quest to get internet access at the beach this summer .. I mentioned earlier that I wanted to “Join the EVDO Revolution” .. because …

*Mobility High Speed is the latest evolution of North America’s leading cellular digital technology standard
* I think that’s pretty cool
* Dagnabit! I need Internet Access at Victoria Beach!

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The Yearning

Ever since I made my last time payment on my home Dell Dimension 8200 computer October 9, 2006 (Desktop #1) I’ve been itching to buy a new Laptop computer. It’s been almost two years now, since HART’s ancient Laptop has been up on the market for sale and still sits in a spare room in my house, not used. The last time I tried to sell it .. the infamous Blue Screen popped up. It sits collecting dust.

Although .. truth be told .. I don’t *REALLY NEED* a laptop for my business .. I *DESPARATELY WANT* one for many reasons. I’m been using my Desktop #2 (aka the SIMS2 computer) for all my backups. Especially since this Desktop #1 crashed this past February 2007.

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I have finally converted my old static website for my business HBS MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS to a blog format.

HBS Management Consultants is a Proprietorship name that I operate under for my system consulting, accounting, bookkeeping and income tax preparation business. All my other earnings are maintained separately under a different registered business name, but is also a division of HBS Management Consultants .. like HART-Empire Network for my blogging ventures, and PapillonLvr,com for product related ventures (Ebay, watch repair, Online Stores, etc).

With the new HBS Management Consultants (HBSMC.com) site .. I will *NOT* be moving any discussions or type of postings that I have been doing on this 1-800-HART Blog .. in fact, I really just wanted to create a static site that is my online “business card” site, except with a content management system such as blogging software (wordpress).

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Have you been following the Exchange Rates Lately?

Here are the average annual exchange rates for the following years by CRA

1995 - USD - 1.3726
1996 - USD - 1.3618
1997 - USD - 1.4267
1998 - USD - 1.5422
1999 - USD - 1.48584024
2000 - USD - 1.48520240
2001 - USD - 1.54841633
2002 - USD - 1.57035976
2003 - USD - 1.40146175
2004 - USD - 1.30152024
2005 - USD - 1.21163240
2006 - USD - 1.13409360

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My how time flies .. when you aren’t watching TV! I mean, except for Stargate SG-1 on Thursday nights and 1 movie the day after this was assembled .. that’s all I’ve watched on our new TV.

Click the specs in the link above, if interested .. but I took pictures after assembled, and I now must make room in my camera for more pictures. I figured .. rather than delete the pictures, I may as well blog about it! It’s a SONY BRAVIA - KLV-40S200A and I’m not ashamed to admit (weeks later) that we actually bought this at the Brick!

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Thanks For Your Patience! I’m Back!

* Now .. where do I begin?

April 30th has now come and gone, and there is still much to do. My last delivery to the drop slot at Canada Revenue Agency with an envelope, was at 11:22pm and there were 13 other cars there with people just like me delivering envelopes too!

I wouldn’t say that I am “well-rested”, but I did manage to sleep about 8 hours last night. That’s actually an accomplishment because, for the past 25 days I haven’t slept more than 4-5 hours a night, and for the past 11 days I have been averaging about 2-3 hours a night ‘power sleep’ with a 6-hour exhaustion sleep every 4 days or so to catch up. I literally have been up since Saturday Apri 28th after a 3-hour sleep in my bathtub until 2am this morning May 1st.

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* It still continues..

When I posted my Slowdown Notice before going to sleep late Friday night, Saturday morning (April 21st) .. I had 87 items in my ToDo list. If anybody is interested, this is where I stand at this very moment, Friday morning April 27th…

I have, according to my Easy Task Manager ToDo list .. 42 “ToDo” projects in total. One project could be an associated group of companies, or a family of 6 tax returns to do. Here is the breakdown of those 42 items:

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