Well, almost. My blog was down for a while today. My host­ing provider — ded­i­cated host — had some issues switch­ing over to a new pay­ment sys­tem. They lost pay­ment details and sus­pended my account. Apolo­gies to any­body who has been try­ing to get on today…

Ded­i­cated Host have the best cus­tomer ser­vice I’ve expe­ri­enced from an online com­pany. I emailed today at about 4.00pm noti­fy­ing them of the prob­lem and I had a response in min­utes and the prob­lem fixed very shortly there­after. And a free month’s host­ing as a sweet­ener. They get an A+ for cus­tomer service.

As do Cof­fee Domin­ion. My cof­fee machine issues were not as sim­ply fixed as I thought last week­end. There was a leak­ing seal spray­ing water all over the con­trol panel’s cir­cuitry. Water and elec­tric­ity don’t mix. I nor­mally order parts online through coffeeparts.com.au — who are good. But postage for a small o-ring is expen­sive and the Cof­fee Domin­ion team pointed me to their local seal sup­plier. Who were also help­ful. My machine is now up and run­ning safely.

I iso­lated the power issues in my com­puter — my video card died a painful death at the hands of either the trop­i­cal heat or humid­ity. I’m not sure which. But it’s work­ing now too. Thanks to the onboard video card. 

So, now it’s just the bread­maker. Which has been almost com­pletely dis­man­tled. In fact, every­time I over­come one prob­lem with it and get a lit­tle excited, I break some­thing else in my haste. There aren’t many more pieces left to break. And I now know exactly what goes into a bread­maker. I guess that could be excit­ing for some people.

Author: Nathan Campbell

Nathan runs St Eutychus. He is currently a student at the Queensland Theological College. In a previous professional life he worked in public relations for an economic development and tourism marketing organisation. He is married to Robyn. He likes coffee and the internet.

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