An update

Dear World,

I am still computer-less, although (finally) Orange decided to not only supply a modem but also enable our ADSL connection.

My weekly correspondence (not quite love-letters) with Acer has not really progressed. Acer Support in Canada send me a regular cut and past suggestion to a) ring a 1-800 number (strangely enough not available if you are calling from an overseas number, which I've stated clearly the last 3 times) or b) log an escalation request via their website (which incidently doesn't seem to work). I think they may have succeeded in resigning me to finding alternative options. It's hard to persist in talking to somebody who is going to such effort not to listen.

Meanwhile, life goes on. London life is flitting by quite fast, although I still have yet to book any time away. Last week I started on a longer-term job. My first day was like Christmas, with corporate toys piling up on my desk - mobile phones, company charge card requests and laptop computers formed a pyramid of geeky yuppie toys. My phone can take pictures, and play music and record things. Woot for me!