Ta-ra for now....
I currently have no internet connection at home - looks like some little shit has severed my broadband cable on the outside of the building. They can't send an engineer out till Saturday, as all today and tomorrow's callouts have been delayed 'cause of the snow, so unless I make it in to the library on Friday I won't be able to get online till then :-(
I have a sneaking suspicion that this was an act of revenge, paranoid though that sounds. My internet connection has been very spotty for the last couple of weeks, and opening websites has been a nightmare. I began to suspect that someone in my building got themselves a computer for Christmas and has been stealing my bandwidth, so I finally got around to securing my wireless router (yeah yeah, I know, I know).
It got better for a couple of days, but it was bad again this morning. I called my ISP to check if there was something wrong their end, and the woman ran a check which came back ok, so I figured it must be my ancient router finally on its last legs. Came back from town with the shiniest new router I could afford, only to find my modem flashing intermittently. Got back on the phone to my ISP, but while on hold I had a feeling and popped outside to check the cables - something similar happened last year with the cable box in my bedroom - and sure enough, the cables on my exterior wall that were in about the right place had been severed. *scowls* So I stayed on the line and reported it. The guy I spoke to ran all manner of tests, just to confirm there was no signal getting through, but eventually conceded defeat and arranged a callout for me.
I am so glad I submitted my OU assignment last night, as it was due in by noon today.
Not sure what I'm going to do with myself for the next couple of days - Rowan's been off school today because of the snow, and the city council have declared no schools are to open tomorrow either for health and safety reasons. No way I can get on with my studies with Rowan around, as I turn into the bitch queen from hell in those situations - the slightest disturbance from him and I'm snarling :-( So it's best to leave it till he's not around - unfortunately I'm generally too tired once he's gone to bed...
Well, maybe I'll be able to work on that Torchwood WiP I have. Had a look at it this morning; think I may have bitten off more than I can chew, trying to base the next part on 'Kiss Kiss Bang Bang' and using a transcription I found on LJ. I think I'll go freestyle next time I tackle an episode.
I have a sneaking suspicion that this was an act of revenge, paranoid though that sounds. My internet connection has been very spotty for the last couple of weeks, and opening websites has been a nightmare. I began to suspect that someone in my building got themselves a computer for Christmas and has been stealing my bandwidth, so I finally got around to securing my wireless router (yeah yeah, I know, I know).
It got better for a couple of days, but it was bad again this morning. I called my ISP to check if there was something wrong their end, and the woman ran a check which came back ok, so I figured it must be my ancient router finally on its last legs. Came back from town with the shiniest new router I could afford, only to find my modem flashing intermittently. Got back on the phone to my ISP, but while on hold I had a feeling and popped outside to check the cables - something similar happened last year with the cable box in my bedroom - and sure enough, the cables on my exterior wall that were in about the right place had been severed. *scowls* So I stayed on the line and reported it. The guy I spoke to ran all manner of tests, just to confirm there was no signal getting through, but eventually conceded defeat and arranged a callout for me.
I am so glad I submitted my OU assignment last night, as it was due in by noon today.
Not sure what I'm going to do with myself for the next couple of days - Rowan's been off school today because of the snow, and the city council have declared no schools are to open tomorrow either for health and safety reasons. No way I can get on with my studies with Rowan around, as I turn into the bitch queen from hell in those situations - the slightest disturbance from him and I'm snarling :-( So it's best to leave it till he's not around - unfortunately I'm generally too tired once he's gone to bed...
Well, maybe I'll be able to work on that Torchwood WiP I have. Had a look at it this morning; think I may have bitten off more than I can chew, trying to base the next part on 'Kiss Kiss Bang Bang' and using a transcription I found on LJ. I think I'll go freestyle next time I tackle an episode.