Well it seems the olympics are playing all havoc with visas here in China and now maybe even the internet?

Facebook has become the place where I spend most of my time on the 'net so much that I don't even post to this blog very often....that is until facebook doesn't work.

It seems that Facebook is currently blocked here in China (for the last week approximately)- I can access it via a proxy via a proxy (yes crazy - not even one proxy will do it!) and then I only get the basic views - i can't change my status, click on tabs or post. Other than that the internet is really really slow and other random sites seem to be blocked as well - including www.weather.com. Downloading of emails is also hit and miss.

We'll wait and see if this will be a long term thing or just a short term random annoyance.

Labels: facebook, internet

I had to make a trip to the 'computer market' yesterday as the cord for my computer somehow became partly severed and the wire was exposed - didn't look all that safe.

Anyway, I found a power cord of different brand but which seems to do the job fine for 85RMB, not bad.

While was there the wireless routers caught my attention and I ended up picking up one of them for 190RMB (thats like only $30) which is making working and researching at home so much more enjoyable. Now I don't have to fiddle around with the cords which used to keep falling out in the middle of downloading emails and things.

Labels: internet, wireless