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This new laptop is costing me a fortune !

Now I need a wireless access point in London for Lai’s place !

So off to Maplins it was (needed it in a hurry) and got a “deal” a linksys WAG354G with laptop card all for 50 notes, have linksys in Cheltenham and V happy with it. Now I know that this is a ADSL router but I am just using the Wireless access point (it was cheaper this way) and this is V easy to set up switch off DHCP and connect LAN to LAN all done V quickly and surfing wirelessly sat next to the router.

So off upstairs with laptop and boom NOTHING not a peep of signal strength, even sat in the kitchen, 6 meters and 1 wall away and 1/2 signal already, internal antenna unit what a load of rubbish.

Back off to Maplin to see what they have to say, and they say sitecom mimo-XR, and what a beast it is 3 big antennas well at least 20 cms each well worth the 10 note upgrade fee alone, and back to set up again, once again as easy as the linksys specially as everything was fresh in my mind, and once again full signal strength sat on top of the router. Then the acid test the bedroom, well all I can say is that I am writing this from there and all in hunky dory overr 1/2 signal strength and in the kitchen as much signal strength as is possible.

Bonus is that I have not yet found the unit cheaper online, that is not a challenge, so Maplins have a keen price for this unit as well : )

Would recommend this unit to anyone on signal strength alone.

After sinking my last go everywhere camera in a glass of red wine, drying it out and continuing to use, then for the CCD to fail and a trip back to Sony they have finally said no more, it is dead 🙁

So for a new one, model decided another Sony this time the DSC-T9, and off to Jessops to buy it, they “beat internet prices” well so they do, but only english ones (amazon, empire direct …) and only with the exact model printed on a piece of paper ! 5 attempts it took me, but on the 5th I had everything correct and I had my new black T9 in me mits 🙂

So now to playing, I have to say this camera is great, its tiny ! and an optical zoom without the extending lens great !

My latest set of pictures using the macro lens if you fancy a gander are here on photos.t1.org.uk