Thursday, June 17, 2004

Interweb

Woohoo!!! I finally got connected again... It's been a long 2 weeks without the internet and beer & TV isn't a suitable replacement. Onc I've sorted out a few minor hicups like the fact that BT don't do static IP addresses or SMTP mail for their home users things will be back to normal.

I'm giving No-IP.com a try and hopefully I don't drop my connection too often.

Well, the new flat is great. Still haven't managed to get any network games up and running at home though. I think I might talk my housemates into one over the weekend and I'll try go easy on them.

I've been waiting on a replacement graphics card from Tekheads for more than 3 weeks now which is starting to get a bit ridicules. I hope I don't have to trek out to my old flat to go and pick it up. I think I may just try and get a refund and source it from somewhere else if it dosen't arrive tomorrow.

7 Comments:

Blogger liz said...

Wow! I go off thesis-completing for a day or two and look--your blog is back, and more official than ever! Like the new look. (Not to mention, your references are impeccable.)

3:23 pm  
Blogger Mark said...

Thanks. There was much swearing and scratching of heads involved but I think she's stable for a while.

7:32 pm  
Blogger liz said...

Hmmm...my prescription for coprolalia and cephalic pruritis? Clearly, a pint.

8:29 pm  
Blogger Mark said...

Doh! Busted...

I guess there's no denying that the beer may have had something to do with the slow diagnosis of my interweb problems *blush*.

9:17 pm  
Blogger Mark said...

The pizza turned out like that without the help of beer though *grin*

9:18 pm  
Blogger liz said...

I'm beginning to think that there may be a problem with the interface between "heating pizza" and "Englishmen." (Beer or no beer!)

Just last Sunday my BF asked if it was alright to leave the pizza *in the cardboard box* to reheat it in the oven! Now, this is a bloke who roasts/grinds his own curry powder and makes his own pasta, so it can't be a problem with general cooking skills. There has to be something neuron-scrambling about pizza.

So I'll tell you what I told him: "Just place the pizza on some alumin[i]um foil before you put it in there!"

Well---at least ripply pizza is not dangerous, as flaming cardboard would undoubtedly be.

10:00 pm  
Blogger Mark said...

Aye... *shakes head*... the microwave generation. It's a good idea to remove the plastic off items before placing them in the oven as well... otherwise your food ends up with a funny aftertaste and the plastic is often quite difficult to separate from the cheese.

Bachelor Cooking Tip #002Doubling the recommended temperature on the box does not halve the cooking time.

11:10 pm  

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