Quick, Before It Melts.

human As per Wednesday's post, I've had one heck of a time dealing with technology these past few days, and the bulk of my problems haven't come from the actual technological components but theass wipes that are in control of them.

First off, my iPod is still dead. I'm waiting patiently for the Zune I'll be test-driving to arrive, and looking more and more forward to giving it a spin. It should be good. (You can get a Zune to try out, too you know? Click here to find out more.)

Secondly, and most infuriatingly, I found out today that a technician working with my ISP re-set my account password without my knowledge or permission after a somewhat heated tech-call I placed on Monday night when I found myself unable to connect to the 'net. Not only did he not tell me he re-set the password, but he led me to believe that the fault was with my wireless routers. For four days I've been trying to figure out why I couldn't get connected... and now I know. Contravention of their privacy policy? Damned right! What does is get me? A month's free service. What does it get them? A hole where my account would be, because as of next week, I'm switching providers.

So, needless to say, I'm back online and wired for sound (just not portable sound yet), so I should be up to my old blogging shenanigans soon.

Today it's just a quick musical note featuring Los Campesinos!, The Welsh seven-piece band who're signed to Arts & Crafts in Canada and the U.S. and Wichita in the U.K. They've been kicking around the blogosphere for a couple years now, but only just released their debut album, Hold On Now, Youngster... in April of this year. The band will be appearing at this year's Glastonbury Festival. You can catch them this Saturday the 27th on the Other Stage at 12:40 pm. And since you're there, why not check out the North American label mates--and perennial QBiM favourites--Stars, on the John Peel Stage the next day? You won't be disappointed, I promise.