I bought a Belkin 802.11g USB wireless adapter to replace the D-Link that had failed.

Thought I would wait till I got home before I checked whether it was Vista compatible (Idiot. Ed).

Needless to say it wasn’t. But then neither was the 18 month old D-Link and that had worked. I tried installing the driver first, as the documentation said to do, and it just sat there doing nothing, minding its own business. No way was that gonna get up and dance. Hmmm..

Lets try plan B. I connected the Belkin to a USB socket without any driver having been installed, just like the documentation says you shouldn’t. Vista, bless its heart, recognised that there was new hardware and said to put the CD with the driver in the drive and it would find it. And it did. And it installed it. And it connected to the Internet. Well done Vista.

Yet more nonsense search strings:

1. Why do Microsoft’s applications have such catchy names?
2. Is it true the next version of Windows is going to be bloatware?
3. How do I transfer all of my unwatched TV programs from an old Tivo to a new Tivo?
4. How do I stop unscrupulous DBA’s from selling my personal data to others or am I now in the pubic domain?
5. Where can I get an activation key to convert VOB files to QTP test scripts?
6. With BT Vision what chance is there of me seeing a whole film?

Quote of the day

‘It’s only an auctioneer who can equally and impartially admire all schools of art’ Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

Highly corrupted versions of search terms used finding this blog:

1. With Vista’s Dreamscene wallpaper installed does Vista actually boot or just reboot?
2. If I throw away all of our system documentation are we doing agile?
3. If I cancel our team meetings and instead have a yak at the water cooler is that scrum?
4. The TomTom maps for East Timor are blank, is that coz they have no roads or have I been ripped off again?
5. Why does the EDS share price fall through the floor every time they are about to have a software release?
6. In IE7 how do I get back that run.once.msn page instead of all my annoying favorites?
7. Is it true Microsoft are gonna start charging customers who find Vista bugs?
8. Has anybody ever downloaded anything legal with bittorrent?

Quote of someone else’s day

‘The man who says he is willing to meet you half way is usually a poor judge of distance’ Laurence J Peter