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It was fingers crossedd again and upload the new files. wordpress update time again and this time went with some now all too familiar hitches. The automatic upgrade didn’t work so I’ve ditched the plugin for good now and there seemed to be a few owership issues which my host kindly sorted out for me.

it still astounds me how this system never seems to smoothly upgrade for me. At least this time there wasn’t anything lost on the way through.

I’m glad to say that my shiney new Advent netbook is back in my hands. none of the previous troubles seem to have followed it and after tapping away on the keys for a number of hours there is still only the small problem of me being a poor typist that causes the problems.

There’s plenty of reviews about these devices floating around so you don’t need me to tell you if its worth buying. Needless to say you can guess the answer quite quickly.

Another worthy mention is PC World who had one waiting for me and a handy 10% off without too much pressing. Many thanks

I’m away again for a few days so the beacon station has come with me in case the opportunity to have some QSO’s comes my way……here’s hoping

If I can get at least one 6m QSO I’ll over the moon

I stumbled home today to find a flier on my doormat from Maplin. Somewhere where I usually get components, connectors..that sort of thing. I was stunned to find that they were selling a 7″ netbook for ?170.

Spec’s are:

Product Features

? The next generation of affordable mini-laptops is here
? An ultra compact, lightweight and durable solution - just 650g!
? An ideal travel companion with built in Wi-Fi technology…now you can be truly mobile
? Ideal for web surfing, email, word processing and spreadsheets
? 7-inch LCD screen and stylish piano black finish casing
? Easy to use Linux operating system
? Complete with Xip office applications
? Multi-theme display (Child or Adult mode)
? Web browser: Firefox
? Email and Office (word processor and spreadsheet program)
? PDF viewer
? SD / SDHC Card reader
? Built-in Wi-Fi ( IEEE 802.1 b/g )
? 10/100MB Ethernet port
? 2GB SSD (soild state disk) shock proof storage
? Expand the storage with USB or SD Flash Memory (not external hard drives)
? Supports up to 4GB SD cards and 4GB USB sticks
? DDR2 128MB memory
? 800 x 480 ( WVGA ) Display
? 3 x USB 2.0 ports
? Stereo Speakers and built-in microphone
? Touch mouse pad
? (Does not support Microsoft O/S)
? AC adaptor / charger
? Battery duration: 2+ hours
? Dimensions: 222 (l) x 165(w) x 29.5(d) mm

Tech spec

Having spent the last 10 minutes on the phone pressing #1 for failures to deliver and #3 for staff who aren’t able to do anything i have found out that instead of replacing my long long Advent 4211 they have refunded me. Trouble is I need one for next week and I leave on Saturday. So, how to get out of the problem

‘Can you reserve me one at the store nearest where I am going to be?’

‘Yes’ says the oppo ‘ For 24 hours’

‘Unfortunately I’m not going to be there until Saturday’ I say ‘ Can you hold it until then. It just needs a note on it saying when I’ll be picking it up’.

‘Sorry, computer says no’ replies the increasingly ambivalent oppo

‘Where does that leave me, bearing in mind you lot have caused this’ Says the slightly irate customer (ex customer?)

‘You’ll have to ring back Friday’ she says

‘What happens if there isn’t one there?’ I ask

‘Dunno’ she says ‘ They’ll phone you if there isn’t one’

‘Can I have there number to check on Saturday morning, the store is 300 miles away from me’

‘Sorry, they don’t have phones’

‘Thanks’ I say. Without Pee Cee and without any trust in another company that could have easily done something nice like’ Don’t worry sir, we’ll deliver one to you by Friday morning. I’m very sorry for our muck up and here have a ‘Yorkie’ bar for being patient with us, we do actually have your money after all’. Still thats progress in the online world……lesson learnt, the smaller the outlet the more likely they are of wanting to keep you as a customer.

Humbug!