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OMG I'm back!
Jan. 20th, 2008 09:01 am
*takes new cable modem hugs it and pets it and calls it George*
Holy cow - that's like a whole week without internet. I'm such a geek; I was literally getting withdrawal. Now I've got a week's worth of *cough* downloading to catch up on not to mention heaps of LJ and email but wow, it's good to be back!
So the new modem actually arrived yesterday, while I was out (darn it!). I got everything installed way easier than I thought as they actually supplied the handy tool I needed to switch the cable over. This was the part I didn't believe I'd be able to do on my own - physically, I mean. That cable was screwed in tight. Anyhoo, got that done, called tech to get the new modem registered, all fine and dandy...but I couldn't pick up an internet connection. I get impatient with tech support. I shouldn't 'cause I used to do that job and I know what idiots customers can be...but I usually find I know more about this stuff than techs reading from a script. So, impatient. But this time I was talking to a tech who did have a clue and still couldn't get online. She thought it was my hardware, hence not her problem.
This morning I figured out the idiot rookie mistake I'd made and fixed it. Yay! I probably owe that poor tech a hug, but I'm pretty sure I was talking to an Indian callcentre instead of Swansea. So no dice there.
*takes deep breath*
Yesterday's movie was a preview showing of Sweeny Todd - dude, Johnny Depp is super-creepy and the film is amazing! I'll post a proper review later but seriously, unless you're squeamish, run, don't walk and go see it. It's brilliant.
Okay. Gotta find a torrent of last week's Flash Gordon. And this weeks! Later!
Holy cow - that's like a whole week without internet. I'm such a geek; I was literally getting withdrawal. Now I've got a week's worth of *cough* downloading to catch up on not to mention heaps of LJ and email but wow, it's good to be back!
So the new modem actually arrived yesterday, while I was out (darn it!). I got everything installed way easier than I thought as they actually supplied the handy tool I needed to switch the cable over. This was the part I didn't believe I'd be able to do on my own - physically, I mean. That cable was screwed in tight. Anyhoo, got that done, called tech to get the new modem registered, all fine and dandy...but I couldn't pick up an internet connection. I get impatient with tech support. I shouldn't 'cause I used to do that job and I know what idiots customers can be...but I usually find I know more about this stuff than techs reading from a script. So, impatient. But this time I was talking to a tech who did have a clue and still couldn't get online. She thought it was my hardware, hence not her problem.
This morning I figured out the idiot rookie mistake I'd made and fixed it. Yay! I probably owe that poor tech a hug, but I'm pretty sure I was talking to an Indian callcentre instead of Swansea. So no dice there.
*takes deep breath*
Yesterday's movie was a preview showing of Sweeny Todd - dude, Johnny Depp is super-creepy and the film is amazing! I'll post a proper review later but seriously, unless you're squeamish, run, don't walk and go see it. It's brilliant.
Okay. Gotta find a torrent of last week's Flash Gordon. And this weeks! Later!
