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I grudingly accepted a change in ADSL plan last week and was looking forward to 512/512 soon. Until 5 minutes ago, when I got a call from my ADSL ISP. The lady told me, that my phone lines wouldn’t be able to handle 512 upload, so I had the choice of staying (staying? You sent me a letter last week that told me I had to change) at 1024/256 - but for an additional CHF 100 per month. Or I could go to 512/280 (which seems to be the best upload speed I can get) for - get this - the same price as they are offering 512/512. ...

This is great: Answer twelve questions about a font you see, and Identify a font tells you what you are looking at. [via Pieter]

The display on my Inspiron 8200 has gone from slightly flaky to totally unusable in a matter of only two days. It started with odd colors during boot - it looked like the red has gone. Then some syncing errors cropped up. After a couple of seconds it would be ok… Now the display has gone compeletely nuts and the beautyfull 1600x1200 pixel display just displays white, out-of-sync lines. Couple that with an increasing number of Windows XP blue screens - and it means you are looking at a lot of trouble. XP blue screens right after booting - and I can’t read what went wrong. The secure startup mode still works, but network, USB and FireWire don’t work. ...

Ever been in an elevator? You know that there are security camers? See ElevatorMoods for what could happen in an elevator.

Welcome to Caves of HTML! You are in a dark cave scattered about with fragments of HTML and graphics. You think you saw a domain name go scuttling along the wall where the light from the entrance just reaches. It’s cold. ? Make pop-under You can’t do that now. Welcome to the caves of HTML

Last week I dropped my P800 3 meters onto a concrete floor. The screen broke so I sent it in for repairs. Today I got a call that the repair is going to cost over CHF300 - a new P800 can be had for about CHF 900. While I like the P800, it has enough warts that I’m considering an alternative. Right now I have re-lived my Handspring Visor and my old R520. I really, really, really liked that I had all my adresses on the phone and being able to call any number without further syncing. ...