Tag Archives: trouble

Fon not so much fun

Posted on February 18, 2007 by Andrew

So my free Fon wireless router arrived on Friday, and I’ve just got round to trying it out. It’s been something of a mixed experience, and not the smooth and simple setup I was hoping for by a long shot. … Continue reading →

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National Distress

Posted on November 22, 2006 by Andrew

As they say, the best-laid plans of mice and men… after a wonderful event in Milan, I had something of a nightmare of a journey home. It made a pleasant change for everything to go smoothly with my Easyjet flight … Continue reading →

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Mobile phone networks: institutionalised stupidity

Posted on August 7, 2006 by Andrew

Orange managed to render my mobile phone number useless today, the incompetent morons. I’ll be unreachable by mobile phone for 24-48 hours, sorry about that. You can still contact my office number, where messages will be taken, or just use … Continue reading →

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Printer woes

Posted on September 10, 2005 by Andrew

Fresh from my success with my sister’s wifi-loathing XP install, I was confronted with a printer that refused to print at my parents’ house (I swear they save these problems up, to make for an extra special visit home). The … Continue reading →

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WiFi woes

Posted on September 10, 2005 by Andrew

My sister has a PC running Windows XP Home (you know where this is headed already, don’t you?). I set her up with a wireless network a year or two ago, when she had broadband installed. I used the same … Continue reading →

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Fancy a swim?

Posted on November 21, 2004 by Andrew

Ok, so the situation is sort of stabilised, at least for now. The water’s off, and the 11th plumber I called is actually on the way (should be here within the hour). The good news is he should be able … Continue reading →

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And I thought yesterday was bad …

Posted on October 9, 2004 by Andrew

(Caution: petulant ranting follows) Yesterday I spent nine and a half hours on trains for a one hour meeting. It’s just the way it goes sometimes, and I got a fair amount of work done on the trains. On the … Continue reading →

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Beware of Vodafone

Posted on July 17, 2004 by Andrew

Cutting a very long story short: last month when I was out of the country, I ran into problems using GPRS. After many long phone calls to Vodafone, they finally agreed it simply wasn’t working, and then agreed to refund … Continue reading →

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