Lost skills

I was reminded today that I used to be able to make balloon animals. I doubt very much that I could make one today, but that loss causes me no regret. It was a briefly held skill, and left unpractised it died a natural death.

What skills have you allowed to pass away over the years? Some forgotten craft, trick, musical instrument, dance move?

Wireless time

I now have a wireless router purely to act as a firewall. And maybe talk to the printer, that could be handy. However, configuration is not proceeding well :-(

I appreciate what the technical writer responsible meant by "This information will have been provided by your internet provider", but it's a damn lie. I have no such information. Absolutely *nothing* has matched the instructions, and the Quick Start and main User Guides contain conflicting information, both marked OMG THE WORLD WILL COLLAPSE IF YOU DON'T FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS EXACTLY. I hate technology.

Grrr.

I hate 3.

Grrr.

And the bastards have the gall to call it "easy".

Bastards.

Grrr.

Easy Virtue

Take Noel Coward, add a modern Australian screenwiter or two and a seriously good cast, and you've got Easy Virtue. ( Minor spoilers )