Catching Up in October
I experienced an unexpected interruption in internet and cable service this weekend. It may have been the ominous work-site superstructure ConEd has built outside my window or a Halloween trick gone horribly wrong, but the minutes turned into hours and a service call confirmed that it was not a drill – it was an outage. Relieved to have at least a few information portals closed, I took it as an unplanned vacation, congratulating myself on my ability disconnect (though I did fall asleep with my iPhone under my pillow). The next morning I was ready to plug back in to no avail. This was serious. Vacation over, I wanted my modem back. A few hours later service was restored and the pretty pictures, status updates, and links to links came flooding back in. Eerily quiet a few minutes before, it was like someone had knocked over a beehive. I have to admit I missed the buzzing. Read more
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