Alright, thanks for all the presents, the good wishes and the candles. It’s been a great birthday, the downside of which was, that it was only a birthDAY…can someone please invent the celebration of the birthweek? Actually, I think somewhere in the far east they do celebrate that, but I’m far too ignorant to know for sure. I could do some research, but what kind of fun would that be? No, I’d like to keep being my ignorant self.
Now, on a lighter note: We’re gonna have a party next week, and in the spirit of that, I’ll show you a photo of how a grill should not look like:
Alright, keep reading and commenting, I like that.
Cable is installed, and today is also my birthday. Don’t hesitate to send in those presents.
Well, with the help of a good friend and a few angry phonecalls, I’ve finally been able to install cable. Now, the only thing that needs to be done, is to set it up in the right room. For that, we need to do some drilling…let’s see how this one works out.
It’s just about time for me to get entangled in the web of a broadband setup again.
I decided for the sake of myself and my family to hook up this poor house with broadband Internet. I tried to do this a few months ago with ADSL, but although they were spamming us with promises of how easy it is to get it setup, it obviously wasn’t.
So this time I thought cable would do the trick. Let me tell you one thing. Never ever trust these people. They run two godawful newspapers, radio broadcasts for the demented and this unbelievably stupid Internet provider. Complete with clueless customer support. Here’s the deal:
We asked what would happen if we decided to go for cable. They said someone would come over, look at the connection, then the whole thing would go through and someone would come to install the thing. Sounded comfortable enough.
Well, signed up, nobody came, two weeks later a letter arrived with access codes and all that. Not a single word about a cable modem, hardware setup or the mystery “someone” to inspect the connection. Called them up, asked what was going on. They told me someone from the cable provider would call, fix a date and install. Called those up to make sure they got the right number. They told me they don’t do installation, they’d only send the modem. Well, quite a surprise, but I could live with that. A bit of drilling here (aided by able people), some plugging there, and we would be up and running. Unfortunately, they don’t want to give me that modem just yet. Why? They say I need a double plug for the whole thing to work. If I can’t tell them what kind of plug I have, they won’t give me the modem, because they need to know which kind of cable to give me with it. Unfortunately, I can’t just get the modem and then do everything myself. Why, you may ask. Because they “don’t guarantee for anything”…whatever that may mean.
Alright, maybe I’ll have broadband sometime. If I do, you’ll be the first to know.
I’m far too tired to write anything even remotely resembling sensible blog-talk, so just enjoy a picture, taken at the lake:
Have a nice day
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