Technology and the gods, Part III

Almost forgot the next part of this saga of technology going amok. Once the power was back on and dinner preparation was underway I decided to boot up the computer. My students have an opportunity to email me so that I can keep them informed of their classmates progress in test taking. You can't get your real estate license until you successfully pass the two exams.

After dinner I sit down at the computer to check for email. I do it every day. Sometimes more than once a day. Anyhow here is where the gods are exercising their senses of humor. The system does not recognize the wireless connection. If you take a close look and you are familiar with Macs you will see the Airport base station on the lower shelf at the left. It's that little white doohickey that looks like a flying saucer. You know, the one with the Apple logo on it.

Well I could panic, but than I would have to run in circles for a short time. Before that though, I check to see that airport is connected. It is. I then check to see if there is a signal being received. There is. I then figure out that I haven't the foggiest notion what this marvelous machine wants. After all it did have a rest while the power was out. [Just had a flash of insight. Perhaps when the power went out things were not put away properly and it wasn't sure what to do when it was started again.] Oh well. My next step was to turn it off and let it rest for just a bit longer. Besides there were dishes to be dried and put away. And I know that there was a piece of Dove dark chocolate calling. So off goes the computer and off go I to complete my assignments.

With the chores done and the chocolate slowly melting, I return to the office/cave and turn on the machine. Voila! It works. I am back on line. Three students were able to get to their computers and send me a note. I now have ten who have completed their assignment. Out of a class of 22, that is pretty good.

Things are back to almost normal. I still have to solve my wireless printer problem, but that is another story for another time.

Serve well.