Archive for October, 2005

Linksys Router RMA update

Monday, 24th October, 2005

Last week, after still receiving no further word from Linksys about the RMA procedure, I emailed to find out what was going on, but got no reply.
Last Friday, I got a note through the door saying that UPS had tried to make a delivery. I was confused by this, because they hadn’t even arranged to […]

Linksys Router goes titsup

Wednesday, 12th October, 2005

I’ve had a Linksys WRT54G wireless router since 2003, but last Wednesday, it just died with no front panel lights.
The LED was still lit on the power pack, but nothing whatsoever from the router. I remembered reading somewhere that Linksys gear has a three year warranty, so I called the freephone number on the Linksys […]

Flood Risk Complacency

Wednesday, 12th October, 2005

So the Environment Agency has commissioned a survey and come out with the statement that up to 41% of people in the UK are unaware of the risk of flooding to their homes.
So who holds this information about who’s at risk of flooding? Guess what, it’s the Environment Agency.
The blindingly obvious question is: Why doesn’t […]

More Bad Spelling

Monday, 10th October, 2005

Another case of bad spelling. This means that sign maker has not checked it before leaving the works, and the owner hasn’t checked it before putting it up.

Europe’s Changing Map

Tuesday, 4th October, 2005

Here is an excellent interactive map of Europe from the BBC, showing the changes over the last 100 years.
This is the sort of thing which should be taught in school.