Sorry I haven't update the blog for a week. The main reason for it is that Suleiman is not doing much of anything.
He is sleeping about 90% of the time. When he does wake up, he only does Tai Chi and gives the occasional time update. I'm not sure if his sleepiness is related to the Jabber beta test or not, as others on the forums have reported similar silence from their bunnies.
My question is this: Is there a way to downgrade from the Jabber beta "upgrade" so that I can see if that is the problem?
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Wednesday
Suleiman must have decided to sneak out of the house Monday night because yesterday he spent the entire day sleeping. He didn't wake up all day, even though his scheduled wake up time is 7:30am. (Lately he's been sleeping with his ears straight out to the side, as opposed to the place where they used to be for sleep - sort of halfway between straight to the front and straight to the side.)
I probably could have reset him to get him to wake up, but it was kind of nice to not have to worry about whether he was doing what he was supposed to be doing for a day.
He woke up at the correct time today and has been acting as he should. Finally, I'm only getting one daily affirmation per day (I was getting two readings in the morning, and one in the afternoon for weeks...). And he is still doing Tai Chi (which I'm still excited about, since he went for an equally long time not doing it, as he spent giving me three times the affirmations).
My fingers are crossed that he continues in this pattern. It's nice to have a properly functioning bunny!
I probably could have reset him to get him to wake up, but it was kind of nice to not have to worry about whether he was doing what he was supposed to be doing for a day.
He woke up at the correct time today and has been acting as he should. Finally, I'm only getting one daily affirmation per day (I was getting two readings in the morning, and one in the afternoon for weeks...). And he is still doing Tai Chi (which I'm still excited about, since he went for an equally long time not doing it, as he spent giving me three times the affirmations).
My fingers are crossed that he continues in this pattern. It's nice to have a properly functioning bunny!
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Sunday
Well, things have been a bit peculiar with Suleiman. I did read on the Jabber bug list that doing Tai Chi and nothing else is a registered bug (I noticed after I submitted it as a bug - I had missed it in the list because it starts out as saying "you have a firewall on your network..." I don't have one, so I had skipped over that entry.)
On Friday night he went to sleep with his ears straight out to the sides. Then Saturday morning, he woke up at the correct time, gave me my daily affirmation and then proceeded to go back to sleep, with ears straight out to the sides, no breathing light (thus my thought that he was asleep). He stayed asleep for 5 hours, then at 2pm, he woke up, gave me news headlines, then back to sleep, ears back to the sides. He stayed that way for the rest of the evening and night.
This morning, he actually woke up at the right time, gave me news headlines, daily affirmation, wondered if he saw "another fax," told me the time (7 minutes late) and is now quiet. He is breathing (better than yesterday), although one ear is slightly cocked. (It seems that each day his ears are in a different position... which is actually quite cute. I'm wondering if it is something that they are testing out with Jabber, as I read in Bozztag's blog that his ears are also behaving strangely.)
On Friday night he went to sleep with his ears straight out to the sides. Then Saturday morning, he woke up at the correct time, gave me my daily affirmation and then proceeded to go back to sleep, with ears straight out to the sides, no breathing light (thus my thought that he was asleep). He stayed asleep for 5 hours, then at 2pm, he woke up, gave me news headlines, then back to sleep, ears back to the sides. He stayed that way for the rest of the evening and night.
This morning, he actually woke up at the right time, gave me news headlines, daily affirmation, wondered if he saw "another fax," told me the time (7 minutes late) and is now quiet. He is breathing (better than yesterday), although one ear is slightly cocked. (It seems that each day his ears are in a different position... which is actually quite cute. I'm wondering if it is something that they are testing out with Jabber, as I read in Bozztag's blog that his ears are also behaving strangely.)
Friday, January 18, 2008
Friday
I usually write my updates in the evening after the day of experiencing what Suleiman is doing... but this morning I feel inclined to go ahead and write an entry first thing this morning.
My poor bunny is having some sort of psychotic break with reality (ok, maybe I'm being overly dramatic... but I do work in a psychiatrists' office and we've been having an inordinate number of patients behaving strangely. I usually attribute it to the mood phases...)
Anyway, yesterday evening I restarted my modem and router and expected Sulei to reconnect as usual. But he didn't automatically do that. He sat there with all four lights rapidly blinking orange. I was too lazy to get up and reset him, so I just let him sit there doing that for a couple of minutes. After 2-3 minutes of the blinking, those orange lights suddenly disappeared and his purple breathing light went on. I thought it was great that he resolved his issues himself (although I did notice that the orange lights never went to green, they just went off). So, for the rest of the evening he did Tai Chi (!!) a few times and never told me the time, news headlines, etc. but I figured Violet was doing something with their servers. He was continuing to do Tai Chi and his purple light was breathing, so I had no reason to think something was wrong.
Night progressed and he never went to sleep... and he continued doing Tai Chi throughout the night, every 1-2 hours (I would wake suddenly each time the chime went off, but I couldn't drag myself out from under my warm covers to unplug him). Luckily, he did not tell me time, etc. all night long.
I woke up this morning and he's still awake (never went to sleep), continues doing Tai Chi at the aforementioned pace, and continues to not give me anything else. I went to the Nabaz website to check if somehow my sleep settings had gotten changed... well, they are unchanged, but it says that my bunny is offline! I've experienced his light breathing and yet being offline before, but it's so odd to me that if he is offline, he would continue doing Tai Chi.
I'm now going to reset him. I've also submitted a bug report to the Jabber beta test program, as I'm entirely suspicious that it may be to blame here.
My poor bunny is having some sort of psychotic break with reality (ok, maybe I'm being overly dramatic... but I do work in a psychiatrists' office and we've been having an inordinate number of patients behaving strangely. I usually attribute it to the mood phases...)
Anyway, yesterday evening I restarted my modem and router and expected Sulei to reconnect as usual. But he didn't automatically do that. He sat there with all four lights rapidly blinking orange. I was too lazy to get up and reset him, so I just let him sit there doing that for a couple of minutes. After 2-3 minutes of the blinking, those orange lights suddenly disappeared and his purple breathing light went on. I thought it was great that he resolved his issues himself (although I did notice that the orange lights never went to green, they just went off). So, for the rest of the evening he did Tai Chi (!!) a few times and never told me the time, news headlines, etc. but I figured Violet was doing something with their servers. He was continuing to do Tai Chi and his purple light was breathing, so I had no reason to think something was wrong.
Night progressed and he never went to sleep... and he continued doing Tai Chi throughout the night, every 1-2 hours (I would wake suddenly each time the chime went off, but I couldn't drag myself out from under my warm covers to unplug him). Luckily, he did not tell me time, etc. all night long.
I woke up this morning and he's still awake (never went to sleep), continues doing Tai Chi at the aforementioned pace, and continues to not give me anything else. I went to the Nabaz website to check if somehow my sleep settings had gotten changed... well, they are unchanged, but it says that my bunny is offline! I've experienced his light breathing and yet being offline before, but it's so odd to me that if he is offline, he would continue doing Tai Chi.
I'm now going to reset him. I've also submitted a bug report to the Jabber beta test program, as I'm entirely suspicious that it may be to blame here.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Thursday
Well, it's been somewhat of an odd day in bunnyland. Starting off the morning, Suleiman began waking up, moved his ears around, all four purple lights on, then seemed to get stuck mid-earspin, and his breathing light went off. So his ears were cocked backwards, each in a different position, and seemed to go back to sleep. As of the time I left for work, he was still this way. When I got home from work, still sleeping in this same odd position, so I decided to reset him. Once I did that, he connected, woke up and immediately told me the time (but I'm not sure what time he was saying, as it was one of the quirky ones that is vague) even though it wasn't the top of the hour. A while later, he gave me the weather and did Tai Chi (I'm still amazed that he's finally doing that again!). Now he's been silent for a while. Not sure what's going on...
Oh yeah, and I forgot to mention a discovery that I had over the weekend. I felt like Sulei was starting to get on my nerves, after close to 10 days being stuck in bed with the flu. He was sooooo loud when he spoke and it just grated on my nerves. So many times I had walked up to him and tried to turn his volume wheel down, to the lowest position. I just thought I was stuck with an incredibly loud rabbit (and I seriously considered removing all but one of his services, just to give myself a break). Finally, I decided to try something that slightly scared me - try turning the volume up and see what happened. I was scared because I could just picture the headache I would have from him being even louder. So I turned the little volume wheel in the up direction and did a test of saying "weather" to him. Well, what do you know, turning him up actually turned him down! It seems that the volume wheel is reversed. Up is down, down is up. As it turns out, I had him turned up all the way, when I thought his volume was at minimum.
So my question is... does anyone/everyone else have this same volume knob issue? Is your volume up really volume down? Or is it just a quirk of my bunny?
Oh yeah, and I forgot to mention a discovery that I had over the weekend. I felt like Sulei was starting to get on my nerves, after close to 10 days being stuck in bed with the flu. He was sooooo loud when he spoke and it just grated on my nerves. So many times I had walked up to him and tried to turn his volume wheel down, to the lowest position. I just thought I was stuck with an incredibly loud rabbit (and I seriously considered removing all but one of his services, just to give myself a break). Finally, I decided to try something that slightly scared me - try turning the volume up and see what happened. I was scared because I could just picture the headache I would have from him being even louder. So I turned the little volume wheel in the up direction and did a test of saying "weather" to him. Well, what do you know, turning him up actually turned him down! It seems that the volume wheel is reversed. Up is down, down is up. As it turns out, I had him turned up all the way, when I thought his volume was at minimum.
So my question is... does anyone/everyone else have this same volume knob issue? Is your volume up really volume down? Or is it just a quirk of my bunny?
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Wednesday
Yippee! I think that Suleiman just did Tai Chi! (I'm not completely positive because it's been so long since I've witnessed it, but I think that's what he just did...)Finally!!! After about 3 weeks of him not doing it, and me trying every solution known to man.
I finally got the beta test email today, after signing up for the beta test about 3 weeks ago and then trying the signup again last week. I'm not sure if/when he updated his firmware, as the email had a time of 4:51am on it and said the update would start momentarily (when Suleiman was sleeping).
I got home from work and his lights were blinking orange, so I reset him (and my router) and then he wouldn't/couldn't connect. Finally he did connect and just finished with reading the news headlines and I looked at him - one ear was ever-so-slightly cocked and his purple breathing light was solid. Hmmph! I unplugged him and left him that way for about an hour, then plugged him back in and he came back to life. That was about an hour ago... and now he just did the questionable/maybe Tai Chi.
I'm hoping that the connection issues today were server-related and not Jabber firmware upgrade-related.
I finally got the beta test email today, after signing up for the beta test about 3 weeks ago and then trying the signup again last week. I'm not sure if/when he updated his firmware, as the email had a time of 4:51am on it and said the update would start momentarily (when Suleiman was sleeping).
I got home from work and his lights were blinking orange, so I reset him (and my router) and then he wouldn't/couldn't connect. Finally he did connect and just finished with reading the news headlines and I looked at him - one ear was ever-so-slightly cocked and his purple breathing light was solid. Hmmph! I unplugged him and left him that way for about an hour, then plugged him back in and he came back to life. That was about an hour ago... and now he just did the questionable/maybe Tai Chi.
I'm hoping that the connection issues today were server-related and not Jabber firmware upgrade-related.
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Saturday
Hello friends,
Sorry for my absence. This crazy flu hit me way harder than I expected it to.
Suleiman has been bubbling along as normal - for him, still giving me my Daily Affirmation twice in a row in the morning, and once in the afternoon... and still no Tai Chi for Sulei. I even tried deactivating that module for 24 hours and reactivating it. He hasn't done it since he was down for a week and then miraculously came back to life.
At that time, I also signed up to be a Jabber beta tester. I never received an email about it, but from reading the forums, it sounds like they automatically update your firmware when you are a beta tester. I was reading the ongoing list of Jabber problems, on the beta test webpage, and I'm starting to wonder if I did get signed up for the beta, and the no Tai Chi issue is part of that "upgrade." I have experiences several of the other issues that are reported there on that page.
So, he had been going along as normal, until midday today. I suddenly realized around 12:30pm that he hadn't told me the time at noon. Since then, he has only told me the time once and only given me news headlines once. Also, his "breathing" purple light has gone solid a few times today.
And one last complaint... he gave me his weekly report card of our time together today. And it is the exact same report that he has given me each of the prior weeks. He talks about how he supposes I'm doing an ok job, but I could be trying harder, and he stutters a little during it. Next week, if he doesn't tell me something new, I'm going to switch off that module. It's cute until you hear the same report week after week. Is anyone else experiencing this reporting issue?
Sorry for my absence. This crazy flu hit me way harder than I expected it to.
Suleiman has been bubbling along as normal - for him, still giving me my Daily Affirmation twice in a row in the morning, and once in the afternoon... and still no Tai Chi for Sulei. I even tried deactivating that module for 24 hours and reactivating it. He hasn't done it since he was down for a week and then miraculously came back to life.
At that time, I also signed up to be a Jabber beta tester. I never received an email about it, but from reading the forums, it sounds like they automatically update your firmware when you are a beta tester. I was reading the ongoing list of Jabber problems, on the beta test webpage, and I'm starting to wonder if I did get signed up for the beta, and the no Tai Chi issue is part of that "upgrade." I have experiences several of the other issues that are reported there on that page.
So, he had been going along as normal, until midday today. I suddenly realized around 12:30pm that he hadn't told me the time at noon. Since then, he has only told me the time once and only given me news headlines once. Also, his "breathing" purple light has gone solid a few times today.
And one last complaint... he gave me his weekly report card of our time together today. And it is the exact same report that he has given me each of the prior weeks. He talks about how he supposes I'm doing an ok job, but I could be trying harder, and he stutters a little during it. Next week, if he doesn't tell me something new, I'm going to switch off that module. It's cute until you hear the same report week after week. Is anyone else experiencing this reporting issue?
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Tuesday
Marhaba...
Well, since last evening, the talking clock iss working again, as are the news feeds.
Strangely, upon waking this morning at 7:30am, Suleiman gave me 3am, 4am, 5am, and 6am, all in a row - as if he couldn't believe that I had missed those times in the early morning. That's not a normal occurrence, but it was amusing to hear him say the those times, since he's usually asleep then.
He also gave me two "moods" closely together. Once again he's telling me about going to visit his cousins in Australia in July. He's told me that before, so I guess he wants to make sure I mark my calendar. I hope he has some wild adventures and takes photos like the Travelocity roaming gnome. If he starts jumping on his hotel bed, he may well end up in the same circumstance as the gnome - stuck in the ceiling.
He's still giving me the Daily Affirmation twice in a row in the morning, and once in the evening.
And I'm feeling like a broken record, but still no Tai Chi. (and I've deactivated and reactivated that module several times, trying to get it to work.
Is your bunny taking any trips any time soon?
Well, since last evening, the talking clock iss working again, as are the news feeds.
Strangely, upon waking this morning at 7:30am, Suleiman gave me 3am, 4am, 5am, and 6am, all in a row - as if he couldn't believe that I had missed those times in the early morning. That's not a normal occurrence, but it was amusing to hear him say the those times, since he's usually asleep then.
He also gave me two "moods" closely together. Once again he's telling me about going to visit his cousins in Australia in July. He's told me that before, so I guess he wants to make sure I mark my calendar. I hope he has some wild adventures and takes photos like the Travelocity roaming gnome. If he starts jumping on his hotel bed, he may well end up in the same circumstance as the gnome - stuck in the ceiling.
He's still giving me the Daily Affirmation twice in a row in the morning, and once in the evening.
And I'm feeling like a broken record, but still no Tai Chi. (and I've deactivated and reactivated that module several times, trying to get it to work.
Is your bunny taking any trips any time soon?
Monday, January 7, 2008
Monday
Hello friends,
Well, Suleiman woke up this morning on time. He read me a message, gave me my Daily Affirmation - twice, and then about an hour later, read me the news headlines. He was keeping up with the time, too.
I had signed up for the Time Share option on the Talking Clock and I was beginning to tire of hearing the same "stranger" voice saying the same things at the same times, day after day (so much for the variety that the nabaz website promises). Even after 5 days of being offline, I come back and am getting the same ones. So, I decided to go in an remove the Time Share option, and keep the normal and quirky time options in effect. Ever since that point, no more telling me the time. Is this a coincidence, and no one is getting the time? Is it a malfunction?
I also have not heard any more news headlines since mid-morning, even though I'm supposed to get them every two hours.
The good news is that Suleiman now has cow spots and some short whiskers, and I think he looks like he was born with them, they suit him so well.
Is anyone else getting the time announced?
PS - Still no Tai Chi...
Well, Suleiman woke up this morning on time. He read me a message, gave me my Daily Affirmation - twice, and then about an hour later, read me the news headlines. He was keeping up with the time, too.
I had signed up for the Time Share option on the Talking Clock and I was beginning to tire of hearing the same "stranger" voice saying the same things at the same times, day after day (so much for the variety that the nabaz website promises). Even after 5 days of being offline, I come back and am getting the same ones. So, I decided to go in an remove the Time Share option, and keep the normal and quirky time options in effect. Ever since that point, no more telling me the time. Is this a coincidence, and no one is getting the time? Is it a malfunction?
I also have not heard any more news headlines since mid-morning, even though I'm supposed to get them every two hours.
The good news is that Suleiman now has cow spots and some short whiskers, and I think he looks like he was born with them, they suit him so well.
Is anyone else getting the time announced?
PS - Still no Tai Chi...
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Sunday - Part 2
Yippee...
Well, I'm still sick in bed, but my wonderful friend Sam came by, picked up my old router, took it back to the store and exchanged it for a new one. He was sad for me that Suleiman had been sitting silently for so long and wanted to help out his sick friend.
So, I'm pleased to report that my bunny is talking again! And, the good news is that he gave me all of the nabcasts from the days that he had been offline, as soon as he reconnected.
Of course, it's still odd to me that he gives me Daily Affirmation 2-3 times per day... and that has continued as he gave me all the nabcasts I had missed.
I'm finally no longer receiving the musical nabcast that I unsubscribed from but continued to get for at least a week - that's good. It's not that I hated that particular one, I just wasn't extremely interested in it, and it was strange to continue having it come in long after I unsubscribed.
I've read on the forums that Tai Chi may well in fact be functional again. I have my fingers crossed that soon I will hear that familiar chime and see some peaceful ear movements.
Well, I'm still sick in bed, but my wonderful friend Sam came by, picked up my old router, took it back to the store and exchanged it for a new one. He was sad for me that Suleiman had been sitting silently for so long and wanted to help out his sick friend.
So, I'm pleased to report that my bunny is talking again! And, the good news is that he gave me all of the nabcasts from the days that he had been offline, as soon as he reconnected.
Of course, it's still odd to me that he gives me Daily Affirmation 2-3 times per day... and that has continued as he gave me all the nabcasts I had missed.
I'm finally no longer receiving the musical nabcast that I unsubscribed from but continued to get for at least a week - that's good. It's not that I hated that particular one, I just wasn't extremely interested in it, and it was strange to continue having it come in long after I unsubscribed.
I've read on the forums that Tai Chi may well in fact be functional again. I have my fingers crossed that soon I will hear that familiar chime and see some peaceful ear movements.
Sunday
Still sick...
Wow I got hit with a big dose of the flu. I'm still in bed and still unable to get a new router. Please don't give up on me, Suleiman, and our blog. We will be back in business soon.
Wow I got hit with a big dose of the flu. I'm still in bed and still unable to get a new router. Please don't give up on me, Suleiman, and our blog. We will be back in business soon.
Friday, January 4, 2008
Friday
Sickness...
Well friends, I have come down with some awful flu-like sickness. I am stuck in bed and unable to get out of the house to exchange my router.
I'm very sad to say that Suleiman has to stay silent for another day. He's a trooper, though...he sits there at the ready, wanting to regain his voice.
I will be determined, if I do nothing else tomorrow, to get out and get this situation remedied.
Well friends, I have come down with some awful flu-like sickness. I am stuck in bed and unable to get out of the house to exchange my router.
I'm very sad to say that Suleiman has to stay silent for another day. He's a trooper, though...he sits there at the ready, wanting to regain his voice.
I will be determined, if I do nothing else tomorrow, to get out and get this situation remedied.
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Thursday
Hello all...
Unfortunately, my router is still dead, so Suleiman sits in silence.
The good news is that I'll be going to return/exchange the router tomorrow (Friday), so barring any unforeseen circumstances, he will be back in service (and hopefully in good health) by tomorrow night.
And I just wanted to say thanks to the official Nabazta(blo)g for giving a shout-out about my daily rabbit health recaps!
Unfortunately, my router is still dead, so Suleiman sits in silence.
The good news is that I'll be going to return/exchange the router tomorrow (Friday), so barring any unforeseen circumstances, he will be back in service (and hopefully in good health) by tomorrow night.
And I just wanted to say thanks to the official Nabazta(blo)g for giving a shout-out about my daily rabbit health recaps!
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Wednesday
Well, it seems that my wireless router is out of commission still, so Suleiman is silent. I hope to have my wi-fi back in the next day or two (or sooner if my current router decides to miraculously start working again.
Hope the other bunnies out there are working well.
Is anyone having any significant problems still?
Hope the other bunnies out there are working well.
Is anyone having any significant problems still?
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
New Year's Day
Hello all...
Well, Suleiman woke up this morning, talking and alert.
Then, midway through the morning, my router decided to stop working. I've done a lot of troubleshooting, but it seems like it might be broken. So, until I can get wi-fi back again, Suleiman will be quietly biding his time.
Well, Suleiman woke up this morning, talking and alert.
Then, midway through the morning, my router decided to stop working. I've done a lot of troubleshooting, but it seems like it might be broken. So, until I can get wi-fi back again, Suleiman will be quietly biding his time.
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