slow internet

A last minute dot com trip down to Agulhas through some truly horrible driving conditions, in order to prep it for an upcoming visit later this month.

It’s been a while since we’ve been here and there are a few jobs that needed doing and lot of cleaning – neither of which could really wait any longer.

And so here we are.

But I’m on edge. Nervous because the internet here is slower than a blonde chick trying basic mathematics, and I’m worried that this post is going to be difficult to upload.

It’s late, it’s dark, it’s wet and the only road out of here towards better signal is full of mud and potholes.

You know I’ll still do it if I have to.

But there’s no 5G here. No 4G, LTE or even 3G, High Speed Downlink Packet Access (have I remembered that right?) (I’d look it up but I only have EDGE internet).

So is this text only blog post going to upload without troubling me to go out into the night?

Only one way to find out. But of course, you’ll not know the difference anyway.

Let’s give it a go.

Did something happen? I mean, I’m only asking because everything seems to be a bit crap with stuff online at the moment.

The internet is slow (ok, so no change there), my ifollow app didn’t want me to watch Sheffield United playing yesterday*, logins aren’t working, the latest update of the Jetpack plugin on WordPress is clearly borked, my Gmail had a wobble on Friday and still hasn’t really recovered.

That sort of thing.

And it’s not just here at 6000 Towers – I have had reports from others troubled by similar issues both in Cape Town and further afield.

Nothing major. Nothing huge or life-threatening. It’s all just a bit iffy.
And all really irritating.

But I can’t really lay the blame for this solely on the internet: there are a million** small to medium jobs that need attending to around the house as well.

Equally minor. Equally irritating.

This weekend marks a bit of a watershed in my life. I’ll likely elaborate on that more in a future post or seventeen, but I’m hopeful that these minor issues can now be sorted, one by one.

Still, the trouble with making plans to address these things is that some sort of priority system needs to be implemented if there’s to be any sort of meaningful progress. That system needs to be based on not just how urgent the task is, but also how annoying it is not having it done, how long it’s going to take to complete, whether or not it can run concurrently with other stuff, and whether it’s something I can do myself or whether it’s something that I have to rely on others to fix.

Thus, even making the list is a fairly difficult process. But without it, nothing will get done, and so that is priority number one.

I might get around to it tomorrow.

* still, ain’t no win like a 93rd minute win. 🙂

** this is clearly a ridiculous exaggeration.

Tag: slow internet

On Edge

Making the list