Disconnected
You know you are disconnected when:
- You watch everything there is to see on TV.
- You are able to open books from the curriculum at home.
- Yahtzee on your mobile phone is suddenly really interesting.
- There doesn’t seem to be enough Sudoku included in the daily newspapers.
In other words, thanks to old cables and frost, I have been disconnected for almost two weeks. I really didn’t think it could happen in one of the most sophisticated countries in the world, but apparantly it can. So right now I am off to go through the hundred something unread emails that have accumulated during this period, and of course excuse myself to those in charge of the blogs I write for.
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11 responses to this article :
trust me..the rabbit hole gets deeper. When you’re trying to work from home the inner troll inside shines bright before success comes
by Matt / on December 19th, 2007, 5:55 am / permalink
A local one here: you know the whole campus is disconnected when you see on the student campus (girls I mean) cleaning their rooms
by Electric guitars / on December 19th, 2007, 1:26 pm / permalink
wow, two weeks… I think I’d self combust. Hopefully you’re up by now. given the writer’s strike, there isn’t much on television anyways to see.
by JC / on December 19th, 2007, 11:40 pm / permalink
Believe me, I know how you feel. How would you like to loose power 4-5 times every winter - no lights, no phone, no computer, only source of heat is a wood stove - which is where you cook your meals, snow up to your bupkiss!
Hope things are back to normal for you.
by Mani / on December 20th, 2007, 12:29 am / permalink
You need to have a back up! Internet thru your mobile phone ;-)! It works great!
Or, move to another place
by MillionEuroMan / on December 30th, 2007, 12:36 am / permalink
I totally understand your frustration. I also went thru that period in my life..I actually was away from my computer for about 1 month and when I finally checked my emails it was a disaster. It took me one whole week to read my personal and business emails.
by Trace / on January 7th, 2008, 8:41 pm / permalink
I usually keep books, games or other materials in a bag for when ever Im stuck somewhere and have nothing to do. That way you dont die of boredom.
But I can’t imagine being without internet connection. lol.
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by Andrew / on January 16th, 2008, 10:19 pm / permalink
I have been there, when moving to my wife’s parents for a short while. Man, what a difficult period! No internet, awful!
by Ecommerce website templates / on March 21st, 2008, 8:48 pm / permalink
This is how I feel when I visit my folks. I work online and could telecommute, so really I could come down and help them once in a while, provided I could work too. But they got this really weird local isp that would not allow extra pc’s connected to the wireless network …. The only good side of this is that when I finally do come to visit, I once again convince myself there is either completely nothing on tv or 4 good things at the same time.
by Miami web design / on April 15th, 2008, 12:41 pm / permalink
Thats why I always have my cell phone with me..It has internet, GPS, office, and everything I need in that little device..that way if im stuck anywhere I can work from my phone..
by Asher Milgrom / on May 2nd, 2008, 5:27 pm / permalink
You watch everything there is to see on TV.- This happened to me once..yikes..it was horrible..people would talk about a certain TV show and I knew exactly word per word what they where talking about..not a good feeling..I was stuck in a ranch with some relatives for two weeks with no internet and no phones…at least they had a TV..lol
by Scott Partridge / on May 27th, 2008, 6:33 pm / permalink
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