Phones (Cellular and Otherwise)

Net-Blind

Fun situation: a crash-bang-thumper of a thunderstorm blew through our neighborhood the other night. No animate casualties, gratifyingly. But among the inanimate ones: The Missus’s computer. our network router the base station of our cordless phone set our phone service, briefly, and either our DSL modem… or my computer’s network card… or both. Not a [...]

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Department of Unintended Consequences
(Animals & Technology Division)

The Missus and I are not alone in having a dog who barks rabidly during thunderstorms. But alone or not, we do. She may be little, and her bark may be a mere yip! compared to the more conventional woof! of full-size hounds, but she is determined to scare the storm away. (And you know [...]

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