Small steps towards getting the blog back on the road

This is a test post, really, and one based on a short article that I "discovered" on my budget-priced Chinese laptop. I'm having to use the latter after my desktop PC crashed on Easter Sunday. Basically the driver that permits a Wi-Fi connection to the internet, has failed, leaving me high and dry, and unable to access anything online. Before this happened, I'd uploaded the main body of text, relating to the previous article (the one about Tromso), but hadn't started on the photos. The latter are still lurking on my failed desktop, although I should be able to retrieve them at a later date. It's fitting then that the remainder of this post, was written some 18 months ago, whilst on a cruise. As the text states, I was having connections  difficulties back then.

Once again I seem to be having IT problems when working remotely, and to be honest I've given up. Even worse is the fact I've lost all connectivity to Blogger, not just in relation to my own blog, but to all other users of the platform. So, for the time being at least, I'm unable to access all writers who use Blogger to host their blogs. The problem started when I tried logging on to Blogger Dashboard, and because it's a while since I connected to the platform using this laptop, the system asked me for my password, which of course I'd forgotten. I should have just left it at that, but trying to guess my Google password, when I've used a whole host of different ones was bound to end in disaster. Consequently, it's best left until I return home, so I can be sent recovery codes, or what ever else it is when Google is trying to resurrect one's account.

Fortunately, good old Notepad has come to the rescue. It's a basic, no-thrills programme without any bells or whistles, but it does have its advantages in so much that it is a standalone programme, rather than one linked in to Google OneDrive. I've had several disagreements with colleagues over the use of the latter "all-encompassing" facility, and despite them singing its praises because users can "access it anywhere in the world", that only applies when a valid internet connection is available, which rules out being out on the high seas - unless one is prepared to shell out for an expensive Internet package! There is the other issue of course, because so-called "Cloud Storage" doesn't really occur up in the clouds, but most likely in a power-hungry, facility somewhere in the Nevada desert! 

So this isn't me just being an awkward old bugger, my opposition to remote data storage is based out of genuine concern for the welfare of our planet, rather than chasing an obsessive need to store pile after pile of meaningless data. The photos, btw are randomly selected, and are present just as a test, as I slowly get Paul's Beer & Travel Blog, back on the road.