After more than two weeks I finally got my internet connection repaired*. Getting this advent calendar updated each day had become more and more of a challenge with the connection dropping out after a minute and having to re-establish the connection. I now just need to seek compensation from my provider...

*I say all this but the wind is calm now, so fingers are crossed that it is actually repaired.

Remarkably my connection connected enough so that my computers participating in Einstein@home could keep enough work units flowing and thus add a little bit of warmth to my home. All systems have been pretty stable with only a power supply failing recently for which I had a suitable spare to swap in.

Here's how my my output has climbed recently, since I started powering things on back in November:

*CrossFireX used to have the two Radeon HD 6950s in, hence the name.

**2600K is only on during the day, so its score is around half of its potential, although Radeon HDs don't perform as well as Nvidia equivalents, I think due to how the computing is programmed and geared more towards Nvidia GPUs for the project. But they keep my bedroom warm... i5 is also only a part-time contributor.

I'm in team GPUUG and my current score places me at 12th... out of 15. It's only a small team but one of the best performers. In the UK leaderboard I'm now hovering around 4th/5th according to recent credit, but my total score puts me in the top 70 because I don't participate all year round. After a few more months I'll power things down again, but with a bit of luck I might have climbed into the top 50 by then.

In all, this is costing me close to 200kwh of electricity per week...