Have you ever tried going without the internet for more than a day or two? I mean really-- no googlemaps to help you find the closest ATM or the nearest organic food market or Great Aunt Mabel's house since her directions were crap. No checking email, no blogging, no reading other peoples' blogs, no searching for jobs online, no searching for love online, no searching for a great deal online, no u-tube...
I mean, public libraries are great. They give you somewhere between 30 minutes and a whole hour of online time every day-- if you want to go to the library every day and do your work (and your confidential banking) on a public computer, in small chunks, if their software is compatible with what you need to get done.
So... my DSL was disconnected two weeks ago on Tuesday. And I ended up moving on that Friday. And on Sunday, we discovered that my lovely well-loved lovable computer HAD NO AIRPORT/WI-FI CARD IN IT.... so we ordered one. And it arrived on Saturday. On Sunday, we guessed at WEP passwords until the signal was established... and then rather than finally being off and running... we couldn't find any servers. WTF?
So today, we (this is the Royal We, by the way) called Customer Service. And discovered another more complex password. Which gave us BOTH a signal AND server access. I love technology. I love it even more when I have access to it.
Oh, and by the way, I love my new space. Even though I'll only be staying a couple of months. Happy February.
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