On moving house
The Interwebs has more than one irritating “feature”.
One that annoys me is that occasionally I want to read something and it pops up a message saying I can’t access it unless I’m a local. A perfect example is the BBC in the UK. They are very precious about their content and tell me to fuck off just because I’m Irish. I thought that discrimination went years ago but apparently not.
So I finally subscribed to a wee drop of subterfuge. I signed up for a VPN.
Currently I’m in Sydney. There is no particular reason for moving there though I hoped it would be a bit warmer as it’s supposed to be summer, but I’m still cold. Just to be sure I have actually moved I asked Goggle to suggest a news site. Sure enough it filled my screen with Aussie sites. Weird. Apparently there is some kind of tennis thing going on there?
Anyways of course the big thing about moving house is that I can access all those sites that are kindly blocked by our legislators to stop us taking a peek at films and the like. I can see busy times ahead.
And when I get bored with that I can always move back onto the Dark Web?
The trouble is when you forget to switch the thing off and go to watch rugby on TG4 and become mystified that it doesn’t work (I realised I had to return from Seattle!)
Hah! That has happened. It seems RTE News gives a server error outside Ireland. Luckily I don’t rely on it.
Aren’t the lockdowns a bit harsh in Sydney?
Yes, but Google won’t tell you that – wherever it thinks you are…
Don’t worry. I skipped over to Portugal shortly after.
You could have picked a more imaginative town.
Quite apart from having to tell people “Me? Oh I’m in Sydney.”
When I was out there, temporarily, and using the Victorian railways I found the line ended at Kerang. Imagined the place was full of heavy metal rock musicians.
There are lots of amusing Aussie place names.
But if you are happy in Sydney……..
Yes. Being “in Sydney” sounds a bit off. It could be misconstrued?
Well, I never even thought about it until you mentioned it.
For those who are still deliberating over a move to the penal colonies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59vR2F_l7II
Ah yes. The inimitable Sir Les. I must say he is one of Australia’s better attractions.
I run into the dreaded “unable to connect” thing once in awhile. I have VPN service through Norton and the problem is fixable by changing the region from USA to Canada. A week or two later when it happens again I pack it in and bump back to the USA.
I certainly hope the Canadians don’t mind me dropping by for a few days on occasion.