Tag: internet

    It’s not all fun and games…

    So, I realised from work that something was up with my home internet connection – I could use remote desktop to login, but trying to send an email failed… Got home and checked things out – the IP looked good, everything did actually, I just couldn’t connect to any website. Being the helpful chap I am, I rang BT to let them know while I set my connection to use alternative DNS servers. Of course, with working servers, my connection was back up to speed – it took 15 minutes for the BT helldesk monkey to pickup 😐 I had […]

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    T'interwebs…

    What’s it all about? – this internet business? I know from experience it’s a great way for companies to communicate across vast distances… But, what’s it all about? I mean REALLY? I’ve made so many friends over this ‘internet’ thing – fuck, you’re reading this for why? friends are friends whether they be people you meet up with regularly, or maybe just people you know.. I reckon 90% of the regular visitors to my blog are people I’ve never met – and yet they are my friends, people I share something with – people I relate to. I hate seeing […]

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    Been a while

    Not been blogging too much recently – 2 reasons: I’ve not been up to much different (work, beer, Harriett), and I have no internet connection at home right now. I will be getting back online at home – it’s just not a priority right now, I have other things to sort out first…and to be honest, I’m not really missing it – I can check emails at work and if the worst comes to the worst, I can always use a dialup connection (remember those?) on my laptop, or hitchhike on an unsecured wifi connection. My birthday on Sunday – […]

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