After a self imposed hiatus for the past seven months I wanted to let my loyal readers know I am back and I am trying to commit to a blog post a week. Most will be published over the weekend. I have fifty posts sitting in draft in various staginess of readiness for publication. The […]
No Broadband, No Problem
People regularly ask me why I have a NAS (affectionately known as Dagobah) with a treasure trove of media. My response always begins, “What if the internet went down?” They expect me to be part of the Streaming Generation with the always-on high-speed internet connection. Now of course I am, I have Spotify and Netflix […]
Sleeping With The Enemy
Do you stare at your smartphone in bed before you finally drift off to sleep? I too, am guilty as charged Your Honour! Now blue light is affecting our brains and well-being in multiple ways and as this is a recent phenomenon, research continues but the signs are not good. Therefore after many years of […]
Thanking My Past
Knowing my history with computers and data, I made the decision in 2007 to invest in an external drive. This was not an off the shelf consumer device of course, I purchased a 320gb drive from eBuyer and IDE to USB caddy from eBay. Now perhaps I should have had hindsight to future proof this […]
Middle Lane Hog
When I moved into my flat in mid April and found myself in perhaps one of the most undesirable industrial towns in not only Berkshire but perhaps the whole of the South East, I made a conscious decision. No internet access (and therefore land-line) required. I thought foolishly that I would cope with using my […]
Thursday 23rd October 2008
When I switched off my work laptop around 11.30pm yesterday evening, it was a big wave goodbye to internet access from my flat. I had to return my cousin’s Vodafone 3G dongle to him today and dropped it off on the way to the gym. I am trying to be positive but having chosen Tiscali […]
Wednesday 6th June 2007
The final total period in the wilderness was 21 days 18 hours 3 minutes and 50 seconds!
The Big Switch Off
Last night at approximately 11.30pm, I switched off my computer as normal. However it would be the last time I would have broadband internet access until my line is cleared and I switch over to Sky broadband. The count down starts here. I expect to be without broadband for two weeks but the wait could […]