Fixing the Internet

[susandennis]

Ok so my punishment for making fun of the Twinkies is a big new zit just below my eyebrow. Frankly, I felt so much better after I lambasted them that a zit is an ok price to pay.

But, I've also lost access to my favorites/bookmarks and that's kind of a bummer. I've been using this very good service that let me have one home page for home and one home page for work but have both share the same set of favorite links. The name of it is/was Linkagogo - I sure hope it isn't Linka gonegone.

It must be a day for default home pages. My Mom uses MSNBC and has since her first internet connection. I don't know why but I do know that there is no changing her now. She has no clue what a browser is or what the default page of a browser is. But she knows when things aren't right.

This afternoon I got a note from her that said and I quote "My e with a tail is broken and all of the internet is fucked up. Would you please fix while I'm at dinner?"

Sure enough I got on to her computer and she had some other page as her default page. She probably clicked on 'make this your home page' thinking that looked like a good idea.

I fixed the internet. Aren't I a good daughter?

Comments

[pheon.livejournal.com]

My web surfing pages have been loading quite slowly lately. Do you think you could fix the internet for me? :-)

[susandennis]

Heck, your fix would be easier than Mom's!! One word, dude... Broadband. Those slow loading pages would fly by.

[pheon.livejournal.com]

Nope. Won't work. There is no cable out here. Nor much likelihood of it. We are too far from the central switch for DSL and I'm not inclined to pony up for ISDN. Until a chain of folks from here to town run wireless portals, I think I'm stuck with 56K.