Author: Keith

The five directors of Phoenix Venture Holdings, owners of MG Rover, were paid 110 times more than their employees last year. Senior union officials met with MG Rover bosses last night to discuss concerns that directors are raking in millions whilst the company posts heavy losses. from the Daily Telegraph, 20/11/2003 Great isn’t it? Lesson… Continue reading Rover chiefs take 2.5 days to earn worker’s annual pay.

Don’t you just hate hate HATE the tube? I had to wait at Victoria Station for about 40 minutes last night as the Victoria line platforms were “closed due to overcrowding”. According to the announcements, there were “delays” on the Victoria line due to “operator shortages” – ie there was a train driver ill and… Continue reading Lies, bloody lies

Have now more or less recovered from a bout of the lurgy – but Saturday held a great moment. I woke up to Lou telling me England had beaten France in the rugby world cup semi-final and were through to the final. “What?” I cried, “Why didn’t you wake me??” Her answer: “I thought you… Continue reading What time is it?

Pictures are now available in the travel section – although descriptions are currently mine (therefore not very good – Lou’ll fix it on her return). View them now.

This entry is actually from Friday/Saturday – but I had a problem which I couldn’t be bothered to fix – more in the next entry. Its fixed now. Obviously. Here’s the entry. Just acquired a pair of old Lucent/Agere/Orinoco/whatever WavePOINT/WaveACCESS access points. Well, strictly speaking they seem to be wireless bridges – no DHCP, and… Continue reading Wireless Networking, part 1