There just might be a day sometime soon where things do not go wrong. Just as the ‘to do’ list ought be getting shorter, it gets longer. Today I thought it a good opportunity to test the data kit on the satellite phone. It ought allow us to keep this site current even when we’re out of mobile phone range. A disc of software came with it. Easy enough - fire up the laptop, insert disc, follow prompts. Until it says “you are about to change your modem settings - click continue to proceed”. Or cancel. I cancelled.
I rang David at the helpdesk of the people who sold us our nice sat phone. “I have never had to do that before” he volunteered. Let me get one from the warehouse and see how it works….”.
So we try again. “Oh, do it this way and then try that way, now plug in the data cord… what do you mean there is no matching slot on your laptop…. oh well, you can’t make it work then…. you could get a USB adaptor but they are not very reliable….”
So tomorrow, I’m off scouring another electronics shop for another obscure piece of equipment that is determined to make my life hell.
