My 18 month Virgin Media contract actually ran out a while back and I’m still using them. This may seem odd as I’ve been a fairly strong critic of what had been an awful service, but just before the contract ran out I got an e-mail saying my service was being upgraded.
So the upgrade arrives and I discover I’m now on the old Bulldog network with a ADSL2+ connection and after a few teething issues (original router, Netgear DG834G didn’t like ADSL2+ – replaced with a DG834N, electrical interference in the house was causing some drop outs – fixed with an iPlate) its been great.
Now I’m getting excellent reliability and performance. Part of me was tempted to change ISP on principle after all the issues but to be honest the last thing I want is to go through the same hastle again with someone else!
Had a while with no updates to this site for a couple reasons…
Due to not updating Wordpress for a while had a header file hacked and while fixing that and updating Wordpress I broke my own access to the sites back-end (or at least I thought I did). A lack of time meant I just left it as was.
In fact it wasn’t broken at all, so today I set out to fix it and…….. it’s absolutely fine! Seems our server was just playing silly buggers last time I went to use it.
Anyway lots been happening and can’t be bothered to write an essay but the last big one was taking a trip up to Scotland with some guys from TotalTorque for a bit of a driving holiday, then touring down through Scotland and the Lake District with my girlfriend. Great holiday even if it did leave the Elise sporting a collection of stone chips and a smashed headlight!
Had a chance to play with Martin’s Canon EOS 5D MkII and he was kind enough to join us on the trip to Inverness taking some video – complete with microphone wired into the engine bay for maximum noise.
Also took literally hours of 720p video on a couple Kodak Zi6 cameras which I have been meaning to sort through and make something with for the past month now. As a quick sample heres me driving down the Applecross Pass on the final day with the TT.net guys.
