Am I the only one who noticed that DLR in London is getting worse and worse ?
Instead of service improvements we get less and less service.
The best part is that even staff on the trains is broadcasting comments that it’s worst ever.
Started with announcement boards freezing and not displaying any viable information.
Now we are at “stop trains in the middle and wait for 10 minutes until computer decides which to let go first…”
Good that I now cycle and I’m over this stupid DLR .
I’ve decided that I wish to know some other Network OS than what Cisco can provide. It’s healthy to know more than one environment.
I’ve found my self a Juniper SSG 20 which is not that expensive ( comparing to other Juniper stuff , especially brand new ) for training.
One thing which I’ve noticed strait away was the registration process. I simply couldn’t find any link on www.juniper.net which would let me create an account. I had to mistype the user and password and then system suggested to create one!! What on earth?!
Also access to ScreenOS technical documentation, I really had to dig around to find that gem. But nothing really substitutes a good book.
I’ve opted for :
Hope they will give me nice reference point for my trip into the strange world of NOT CISCO Network System
Over the last 2 weeks we were moving our offices to Aldwych. Atticmedia has moved from Islington and BDP moved from London Bridge.
This move has changed my commute route. Now I have to travel to the centre of London. On the Tube or bus this will be unpleasant.
Recently, Boris ( the Mayor ) was talking something about using river service for commute.
One day returning from Canary Wharf to Aldwych I have tried it. It’s a charge on top of Travelcard or you can get additional season ticket.
But maan, I kinda fell in love with the Thames Clippers civilised way of travel.
No sweat, no pushing around and there is a bar if you want to have your morning tea/coffee – I’ll add that’s cheaper than coffee shops.
Now, to make my commute affordable I have resign from Travel Card, what means that I will not be able to use DLR to get to Canary Wharf Pier.
This is where all these people around with bikes started working their magic. I kinda decided that a foldable bike may be an option. I had paid a visit to couple bike shops with my colleague and while he was recommending the full sized ones I couldn’t stop thinking about the ultra small one which I’ve seen on the Internet. He said the magic word ( A-bike ).
A-Bike Plus
Today I’ve ordered my first bike. The A-Bike. It has all what I need to get from Poplar to Canary Wharf and from Embankment to Aldwych without all the drawbacks of a full size bike.
Will see how it all works out.
