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31 March 2008

My lost offline weekend! Argh! Our DSL died sometime Saturday morning, and so we were CUT OFF from the outside world all weekend. →[More:] OK, it really wasn't that bad, except I knew I had several emails waiting to be replied to (I tend to catch up with email over the weekend).

Now I have to call AT&T customer service this morning once they wake up, and figure out what's going on. (I think lightning may have zapped the DSL modem... it still lights up and everything in the computer itself looks okay, yet there is no internet.)

post by: BoringPostcards at: 06:21 | 13 comments

What a scary way to spend a weekend! Offline is the worst line to be...

All kidding aside, I spend very little time on the phone, and we don't have any cable tv, or satellite, or what have you, but I would hate to lose the internet connection. Even though I'm not one for hours online at a shot, I really like to be able to get at info when I want it!

posted by richat 31 March | 06:47

*passes BP his blankie*

posted by essexjan 31 March | 07:00

brutally flung into the real world!

posted by quonsar 31 March | 07:07

Here I thought you guys had gone somewhere when I hadn't received a reply by Sunday morning.

posted by Ardiril 31 March | 07:48

Offline or taxes....offline or taxes....

offline sucketh more, I must say.

my name is chewie, I am a webaholic

posted by chewatadistance 31 March | 07:52

I can cope being internetless, but I have to admit that when my phone service was out for 3 days, I got VERY nervous, even though I rarely talk on the phone. I just kept thinking about when I fell and broke my ankle, and how if I did it again I wouldn't be able to call for help. It was unnerving, and probably contributed to my buying a cheapo payasyougo cell phone.

posted by JanetLand 31 March | 07:56

I mean, look, I step out for TWO DAYS and I almost miss seeing a pic of mygothlaundry wrapped up in a snake. That's the internet for ya, man... always doing something interesting when you're not looking.

posted by BoringPostcards 31 March | 08:04

It would be hard for me, if only for the fact that a lot of my day to day business is done on the net, now.

Plus, there is the phenomenum that, at least in one's mind, if one does not keep one's toe in the water, well the collective memory of the net is so short that one will be forgotten about. . .

posted by danf 31 March | 10:34

danf who?

posted by essexjan 31 March | 11:21

Two of my favorite types of photos are women holding snakes and women holding guitars.

posted by Ardiril 31 March | 14:54

danf who?

The bloke who is on his way over to your flat to slap you!

posted by danf 31 March | 15:50

Yikes. The snake looks better than me in that picture.

posted by mygothlaundry 31 March | 17:30

Nah, mgl... you just look intense. Which is appropriate when holding a ginormous snake.

posted by BoringPostcards 31 March | 17:34

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