Modem is fried

Nothing's blogged here in the last few days because the broadband modem in the house has been fried, most probably by lightning. So as I'm waiting for the telco technician to come here tomorrow to check on the modem - and hopefully will replace it free of charge - I am reduced to blogging from outside the house right now by stealing a little bit of bandwidth from one of my neighbour's unsecured connection. I know it's ethically wrong but it's just for today, okay? Hopefully, normal service can resume by tomorrow evening. But I'd like to thank my neighbour, whoever he is, for keeping his broadband connection available. It's my connection to the world tonight!!