this is old sh!te :: may '05... ntl worm #1... Thursday, May 26, 2005 Well I'm still waiting for my 2mb broadband. No one at ntl seems to know how I get it sorted it seems. After the new set top box was installed yesterday I had to call them to reconnect the broadband after a two hour outage. Then I was told the increase to 2mb would happen overnight. Which night would that be then? Useless! I'll call them later when I've found the patience. :( 13:49 :: Phoned ntl AGAIN! This time I managed to speak to someone who can not only breathe in on his own, but out as well! One STB reboot later and I'm fiiiinally on 2mb/s. Such a smooth, seamless upgrade process for the end user. I didn't have to do anything to make it happen. My arse. posted by jpa @ 9:24:00 AM 2mb day... Wednesday, May 25, 2005 Well after waiting two months for my NTL engineer visit, today has finally arrived. Hopefully he's bringing a new Samsung set top box so I can get my 2mb broadband connection (the Pace one can't handle it), but I have my doubts they'll get it right. So now I wait from 8am - 12pm for him to appear, to install a big can of worms under the TV... posted by jpa @ 8:15:00 AM pissed up... Friday, May 20, 2005 I've been down the pub all afternoon getting pissed up, and you've been working! Hahaha!! :P posted by jpa @ 6:09:00 PM cute... Wednesday, May 18, 2005 Check out the baby cheetahs! posted by jpa @ 8:17:00 PM mittenwar... Friday, May 06, 2005 Forget AmIHotOrNot etc. There's a new timewaster on the net, kittenwar.com! So I had to enter our beauties to set the standard. Yes, the names are the wrong way round but I was on the wine that night! Go, Gertie! Go, Charlie! posted by jpa @ 1:35:00 PM head's in... Thursday, May 05, 2005 I decided on the Alpine CDA-9853R below, as everyone seemed to rate the make. I did a deal with the chap at Huets, and it was installed before you could say "Turn it down a bit!" They fit Alpines in Bentleys apparently. Can't see it myself. posted by jpa @ 6:45:00 PM heads up... Sunday, May 01, 2005 Boo. My car's poxy CD head unit's decided to give up on me. I only mentioned that I wished it played mp3's and that was enough for it to die out of shame. It was a nice Kenwood "mask" unit too, but on Thursday it wouldn't stop playing The Killers CD. No buttons worked, no lights came on, but the music kept on playing! So I pushed the tiny reset button in like the manual suggested and it went in..and in..and in! Now it's stuck all the way in and the unit's well and truly shafted! So it's time for a new purchase, and the current contender is the Alpine CDA-9853R. It's got to have a clear dot matrix display, mp3 playback, and no wanky graphics. Any suggestions? posted by jpa @ 9:31:00 AM