Powercut!!!!!

[centurian]

When my Broadband went down last year, I thought, haha, no problem, whipped out the laptop and the 3G dongle...

But the underlying problem was at the telephone exchange - and by co-incidence that exchange had a nice mobile phone mast perched on top of it - the same bloody mast that my dongle was trying to access 3G through

[OwlHoot]

Booked the morning to go and reset all the clocks on the gadgets in the house.

I bloody hate technology.

My main non-PC clock I rely on gets it's time, and automatically adjusts itself, from a radio signal.

[MarillionFan]

Booked the morning to go and reset all the clocks on the gadgets in the house.

I bloody hate technology.

[RichardCranium]

ffs, get on yer bike and start generating some power for the grid!

Put another 50p in the meter, AtW; you're paying for the next new power station.

[AtW]

ffs, get on yer bike and start generating some power for the grid!

[hyperD]

An hour without electricity.

How the hell is one supposed to interact with the outside world! Ah yes. iPhone and 3g.

Normally this would be the start of a baby boom. But wait! Fully charged iPad and choice of movies.

I love technology.

C'mon dear chap, get yourself an APC 5000VA UPS and it will kick in automatically and you won't even realise.

And in a few years, just buy a portable generator that's slaved to your mains for a seemless switchover when the windmills fail to provide the peak load supply.

[scooterscot]

UPS up and running is it?

Energy crisis is here people.. or has Swindon not got any wind?

[MarillionFan]

An hour without electricity.

How the hell is one supposed to interact with the outside world! Ah yes. iPhone and 3g.

Normally this would be the start of a baby boom. But wait! Fully charged iPad and choice of movies.

I love technology.