9. November, 2002 - new toys - language
- Last Friday, I ordered a D-Link Systems Inc. DWL-900AP+. It arrived yesterday and is up and running now. It's nice having the wireless around the house, but last week, before it had even arrived, I got told about this problem with the box. Well, D-Link has updated firmware posted, but their docs aren't very clear about what the problem they're fixing is. And the guy I got in tech support there seemed to have real problems understanding my midwestern accent. Hrm. Oh well, the problem's supposed to go away if you've got WEP turned on, so the neighbors don't get to surf for free unless they ask me for the password.
- I also got a Zip 250MB ATAPI Internal Drive yesterday. I was planning on dropping it into my computer ASAP, but haven't gotten around to it yet. I was actually planning on getting the 750Mb model, but the fact that it wouldn't be able to write any of the 100Mb disks I still have laying around deterred me. Bleh.
- Tunisia Stifles Web Publications, jailing and torturing a blogger who was critical of the regime. Nothing they haven't been doing to print journalists for years. The website he publishes is TUNeZINE (which looks to be in French to me). [boing boing]
- If you want to feel dumb for a while, take some of the Penguin Classics Quizzes. You knew a lot of this stuff in high-school.
- Hmm. just need a TESOL certification, and I could have this swell job and make about $600/month.
- Boy, it'd be nice if Vincent's Glossblog were updated more frequently. At least there are still a lot of archives I haven't gotten through.
- The Best of British. British American Dictionary can offer hours of amusement. At least it did for me.
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