So, last night when I posted, because I was having an extremely rough day, I focused all of my attention on how much I hate law school, but I feel I must clarify something I left out. Yes, the primary reason I have not blogged in almost a month was the fact that I was really busy, but secondary to that is the fact that I am a technology idiot.
When I used to be in the office everyday, everyone sort of came to me as a first resource on IT problems, which I usually could at least help with somewhat if it wasn't too complicated. So, with basic computer skills, I'm ok. But beyond that, it's like trying to get me to solve a multi-tiered mathematical equation. Ain't gonna happen.
I got cable and internet in my apartment 2 weeks ago. Cable has been fine, but even after I bought and installed my wireless router, I still could not connect to the Internet. The mystery beyond that was that my computer showed me my router was just fine, but it was access to the internet that was causing the problems. Naturally, I chalked it up to stupid Comcast and just decided to figure it out later.
This past Sunday night I called Comcast and went through the motions of them trying to talk me through internet set up over the phone. By the end of the phone call, after doing everything the dude instructed me to, I still did not have internet. We got cut off and I didn't feel like sitting on the phone waiting for another 15 minutes so I let it go.
Well, last night I really needed internet, so I gave Comcast a call again. About 2 minutes into the phone call, the guys says "wait- are you sure you have the BLUE cord plugged into the router??" Guess what, I didn't. All this stupid time I had some useless white cord provided to me by the cable company plugged from my modem to the router. How the eff am I supposed to know that the BLUE cord is magic, but the white cord is shit!?
Further, why do they even GIVE you the white cord??
Needless to say, I felt like a major dumbass and I'm pretty sure the dude from Comcast would concur. I told one of my friends in the library today about this little venture and her response was, "Lauren...really!?" So, apparently this is a well known technological standard that blue equals working and white equals useless.
Oh well...I"m used to feeling like a humbled dumbass lately, so why change the standard?
