"Power cycling"

All through yesterday, my internet connection was frustratingly slow and when I got started this morning, everything was still taking ages or just not happening at all. So I finally managed to get onto the BT website to see if there was some kind of problem at their end. There didn't seem to be a server problem, so I took a look at the Troubleshooter tips, top of which was "power cycling". It sounded very technical, but as I read on, I laughed out loud when I discovered that it just meant unplugging your router and plugging it back in again!! It is, of course, the oldest trick in the IT book, but I never realised there was actually a proper term for it! And unsurpisingly, after I'd crawled under my desk, unplugged and plugged back in again, all was fine and whizzy!

Treeffiti?

As someone who's fascinated by language and typography, I'm always on the lookout for interesting signs, words, posters, etc. Yesterday, I came across some 'rural graffiti' on a tree at Symonds Yat in the Wye Valley. It was right by a fairly busy footpath, but why it'd been chosen as a site for names and initials obviously carved over a number of years, who knows. I t made an interesting change though from the more conventional Banksy-style graffiti I'm used to here in Bristol and was every bit as striking, especially in the sunshine.