scribbles tagged ‘Internet’

lost our box

Thursday, January 19th, 2012 | tags: , , , ,  |

wendy: is there a password for the hotel internet?

The staff gives me a handwritten code then adds:  we’re not sure it’s working, let me know if you can get the internet

Later…

wendy: I can connect to your wireless but your wireless hub is either not connected to the internet or your ISP isn’t giving out IP addresses because the error message I get is about the DNS server not providing IP addresses

staff: ????????

wendy: um, your internal wireless system is working ok, but the line coming in is having trouble. Maybe just turning your internet hub on and off will solve it, or you’ll have to phone your internet provider…

staff: we don’t know where the box is, we’re having building works and we’ve lost it

wendy: Oh!!!!! Probably worth looking for the box then….

3 days in the hotel and my only internet access was on my cell phone.

Hotel Internet - not working...

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tree surgeon operates on internet

Monday, July 26th, 2010 | tags: ,  |

email from reception to the whole building with the subject line ‘Internet’:

The engineer’s have been out today they have said they can’t see a lot wrong with the system, but they will be coming out again tomorrow with a tree surgeon to take a tree out that they think is causing the problem. If this doesn’t  make any difference they will then have to replace the equipment but this will mean that the Internet will go down completely for 2 hours after 1pm

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cooperate with the internet

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 | tags: , ,  |

copy-pasted from an email:

Sorry for the inconvenience, but the internet will be gong down at 16.20pm for just 2minutes. Thank you for your cooperation

People are so polite here, it’s darn-right cute.  I thought you should know about this because the email was only sent to the building I was in and with the internet being down you might want to find something else to play with for 2 minutes.  Hope this helps, thankjs,  LOVE you!

Wendums

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internet like toothpaste – IT pro said so

Friday, October 30th, 2009 | tags: , ,  |

IT Professional:   can you get the internet into your computer?

Wendy:   Into your computer?!!   please, can I blog that ?

IT Professional:   yeah sure,   it can be like getting toothpaste back into the tube

The IT professionals here have a wonderfully colourful way of describing the technology in non-technical terms.   Especially colourful if they have scottish accents which, strangely, most of them seem to have.

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racey internet

Thursday, October 22nd, 2009 | tags: ,  |

the email said:

“The Internet is now up and running“

and included this little bundle of politeness

“we thank you all for your patience and apologise for the inconvenience this has caused“

The internet is often used to let me know whether  the internet is, or  isn’t, taking pat in the race today.

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shout about it

Sunday, September 27th, 2009 | tags:  |

email from building services:

INTERNET NOT DOWN FOR A FEW MINUTES

swiftly replied to, with a hint of cheekiness,  by  IT services in one part of the building:

This email doesn’t affect you

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moden interactive museums

Monday, February 25th, 2008 | tags: , , , ,  |

The Victora and Albert Library is a living piece of history.   A free piblic library where the resources themselves are artefacts of beauty.

The internet provides information,   sometimes that information is beautifully packaged in ‘media experiences’.   The internet has not yet managed to add to its experience the package offered by old libraries of:

book scent

aging parchment texture

atmosphere of being surrounded by ancient books

the sound of librarian moderated silences

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wanted: mom replacement

Saturday, May 13th, 2006 | tags: , ,  |

5 ‘winks’ were waiting in my inbox, from the online dating service  tonight.     About 500% my normal daily dosage of ‘winks’.    Has the impending US Mom’s day prompted the feeling of a need to find a mommy replacement?  

Synopsis of their dating profiles:

  • jb3318: 52yrs. Lives in Washington State. Lenghty profile fits my sterotype of an elderly retired ‘gentleman’.
  • badknee: 46yrs. Lives in Washington State.   Opening sentence is “well this is the hard part” the rest is evidence of quite how hard he found it.
  • rik777rio: 48yrs. Lives in Montana. Describes himself as a ‘real man’.   Lenghty profile.   No evidence of humour.
  • Greatlover424: 43. Lives in Indiana.   4 sentence profile.   Every sentence starts with a lower-case “i”
  • Farel931: 45yrs. Lives in New York,   start’s with the ever popular opener “It’s hard to describe oneself…”  , then demonstrates how hard it was.

I need to update my profile to reduce unsuitable and increase suitable approaches.   What would you suggest I include and exclude from it?

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