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Thursday, September 25th, 2008
The Apocalypse of Steve's World
So I arrived to work this morning around 7:30...(about a half hour late)... and the first thing my co-worker Brandon informed me of was 'THE INTERNET IS DOWN!... ITS BEEN DOWN ALL MORNING!"
wwhhhhaaattt!
I was immediately immersed in the most acute sense of panic that I have ever experienced. Throughout my entire professional life, collegiate career, and even high school... I have never been without the benefit of the Internet ( or as we like to colloquially refer to it at work 'The Interwebs').
It has become as reliable as the Sun coming up in the east, the never ending 'priceless' Mastercard campaign, and Dennis Miller refusing to be funny.
My mind raced as I envisioned the rest of my day writing a will, making amends with those I've mistreated... traveling the world, skydiving and eating foie gras, in an attempt to check items off of my bucket list, as the loss of my dot-comability inevitably would mean imminent death!
How will I function?? What Will I do??
As perhaps some of you know, I am a radio news reporter in Taylorville, and I constantly use the internet for research, e-mail, porn breaks etc... all in an effort to do more job efficiently and competently.
Got me to thinking!! Surely the beginning of man kind did not commence with Al Gore's greatest invention.
Have we perhaps become too reliant on the luxuries of modern technology... As fax machines, land lines and postage stamps continually go by the wayside... are we becoming a society of robotic sheep, serving as slaves to keyboards and mouses (mice?), Blackberry's and GPS's?
Surely I could survive this... with perhaps the help of a phone book... actual holdable foldable ink on parchment newspapers (not the on-line edition)... and maybe even the use of my brain.
Just as I began to gather myself from the doldrums of my new web-less existence and prepared to forge ahead... Brandon walked back into my office and said... OK... THE INTERNET IS BACK UP!
And... I immediately Blogged about it!
The Apocalypse of Steve's World
So I arrived to work this morning around 7:30...(about a half hour late)... and the first thing my co-worker Brandon informed me of was 'THE INTERNET IS DOWN!... ITS BEEN DOWN ALL MORNING!"
wwhhhhaaattt!
I was immediately immersed in the most acute sense of panic that I have ever experienced. Throughout my entire professional life, collegiate career, and even high school... I have never been without the benefit of the Internet ( or as we like to colloquially refer to it at work 'The Interwebs').
It has become as reliable as the Sun coming up in the east, the never ending 'priceless' Mastercard campaign, and Dennis Miller refusing to be funny.
My mind raced as I envisioned the rest of my day writing a will, making amends with those I've mistreated... traveling the world, skydiving and eating foie gras, in an attempt to check items off of my bucket list, as the loss of my dot-comability inevitably would mean imminent death!
How will I function?? What Will I do??
As perhaps some of you know, I am a radio news reporter in Taylorville, and I constantly use the internet for research, e-mail, porn breaks etc... all in an effort to do more job efficiently and competently.
Got me to thinking!! Surely the beginning of man kind did not commence with Al Gore's greatest invention.
Have we perhaps become too reliant on the luxuries of modern technology... As fax machines, land lines and postage stamps continually go by the wayside... are we becoming a society of robotic sheep, serving as slaves to keyboards and mouses (mice?), Blackberry's and GPS's?
Surely I could survive this... with perhaps the help of a phone book... actual holdable foldable ink on parchment newspapers (not the on-line edition)... and maybe even the use of my brain.
Just as I began to gather myself from the doldrums of my new web-less existence and prepared to forge ahead... Brandon walked back into my office and said... OK... THE INTERNET IS BACK UP!
And... I immediately Blogged about it!
I never understood that
I ended up getting a great guy, Mike, to come look at things. He discovered the cable was ok but the modem was a goner. He did notice some fluctuating readings on the cable so he corrected those and improved my connection as well as replaced my 6-year-old cable modem. He was a very nice guy considering it was a Sunday and an unexpected call. Too bad I didn't have time to bake him cookies--he deserved them for his demeanor and thoroughness with the work. He resolved the problems, verified the new cable modem is working and left.
Back on the internet with new equipment and a better connection. Life is normal again and I feel better about working from home part-time since the new equipment should keep me from having the erratic connection issues noted lately. Win-win! And on a Sunday! Kudos to Comcast and especially Mike!