why is it so difficult

I can't understand why getting the zyxel g-260 wireless usb adapter to work under ubuntu is so damn difficult. The ndiswrapper will work but upon restarting the system you have to uninstall then reinstall the driver to stand a chance of the connection working, if you do manage to get a connection it will not last longer than 30 minutes before it drops and will require a full system restart. I have tried the zydel zd1211driver and yep get no where with that. the other little bit of kit that is playing me like a cheap harmonica is a ricco digital mp4 player. Seemed like a good idea at the time 1Gb player plays music, movies and works as an ebook reader. Turns out the ebook reader only reads txt format files - fat lot of good for all the pdf's I have accumulated. Anyway I thought I'd get some films put on it but due to windows being shite the video and sound are about 12 seconds out of phase rendering any movies unwatchable. The windows software they provide is a port of mencoder to windows however I cannot get any films compressed on linux to work on the player as the compression setting must be very specific. I have asked the support team for some assistance but won't hold my breath as until a few days ago the url in the instructions hadn't actually been registered.

never eat here

This is a bit of a late blog but it needed to be said. I went to a pizza express near london bridge and it was terrible. Firstly it was not a busy time, there were quite a few empty seats yet it still took a long time to get our order taken. When we eventually got our food the 'prosciutto' (or however you spell it) was replaced by fatty bacon bits and tasted all a bit cheap. The worst bit was my wifes meal, the 'pollo pesto' had no chicken, I am not saying it had small amounts, they had simply put no chicken in it - at all!!! No waitress came to the table to ask how the meal was or anything, then when they came to collect the plates we told the waitress who just said "oh" and walked off. Then a further wait of half an hour before we were asked if we would like deserts, are you kidding me I thought so we just got the bill and left NEVER to return again. This is a massive disappointment as I have eaten at a few pizza express and especially like the one in Crawley of all places, where thankfully when a pizza says prosciutto thats exactly what you get and the service is brilliant, I always tip there simply because they deserve it.

When did it become 'cool' to just be stupid!

A few more of the usual stupidities of the world have got to me recently. Number one and this one is always a pain in the backside, people and their cars. So many people seem to forget how to be decent human beings just as soon as they get behind the wheel of a motor car. On the motorway I am fed up of seeing twats get in the fast lane 200 yards before the exit they want comes up, they then hurtle across the chevrons causing a whole load of cars behind them to brake so they carry on oblivious to the traffic jam they have caused all in aid of getting 30 seconds ahead. Point number two that annoyed me, idiotic thugs starting on an innocent toilet attendant because they had too much to drink. Cheap booze!! Strange one for me this as I do enjoy the odd tipple :) trouble is I was in a very cheap pub but it was devoid of atmosphere and its entire existence was to provide young kids a means to get as much alcohol down their throats as possible, which of course leads to queues at the bar, which leads to arguments and when combined with people that can't handle so much alcohol leads to fights which gets in the way of my enjoyment. I am not a fuddy duddy, I like people to have fun doing whatever they want as long as it doesn't interfere with anyone elses enjoyment including my own. some idiot turned up at the pub this afternoon wearing torn jeans and a t-shirt but he was driving what looked like a fireblade motorcycle, ok fine he is just endangering his own life, but as he set off he floored the bike sending a spray of gravel and dust into the pub garden and into everyones shiny new cars. He then throttled the thing reaching ridiculous speeds in a 30mph speed restricted area.