I have mentioned before that I don’t always get it right. That is particularly true when it comes to technology. At some level, I’m always tempted to do problem solving by changing a setting or two. Isn’t it true, if they didn’t want to have the freedom to make changes, they wouldn’t have given you options? Right? Wrong – They give you options for the expressed benefit of knowing you’ll need professional help to get the problem resolved after you’ve made a total mess of things. My experience has proven one predictable outcome, “It isn’t going to work.” In addition, I’m not going to remember what the original setting was after I made the changes. Saturday morning I was greeted with a yellow light on the airport router when I walked into my home office. Consequently, I was not surprised to discover that our Internet was not working. Not a problem! I’m old school at resetting the system. In the early days of our Internet service, it went out every time there was a heavy rain. Simply fix: unplug everything (3 connections), wait a minute, reconnect. It usually worked. Did I mention, it didn’t work Saturday morning? I shouldn’t have been surprised. It hadn’t rained. I’m still not sure what caused the problem. All I know is that I did not have Internet connectivity. So why was the yellow light on? Why yellow anyway? A green light indicates connectivity. Doesn’t a yellow light generally mean caution? I would have carefully connected to the Internet if that had been an option. It wasn’t. I think they should change to yellow light to red, because red means stop and when it is on your Internet journey isn’t going to happen. It is a little challenging to get my blog posted without the Internet. Thankfully, the hotspot on my phone worked and I got connected. I wouldn’t want anyone who pays me the courtesy of reading the nonsense I write, not to have the opportunity to do so. I figure, if you miss a day, it is even easier to miss the next. I’d hate for that to happen. I’m telling myself that writing it down is better for the neurons in my head than working jigsaw puzzles with the General (aka – my wife). I’ve mentioned she has the patience of Job. For the life of me, I can’t imagine many things more boring than a jigsaw puzzle. Knowing that a few people consistently look forward to my morning nonsense with a cup of coffee, it all the incentive I need to keep writing. Okay, the purpose of this blog is to ask for help. I’ve recently made the discovery that another challenge that comes with technology is remembering “user id” and “password”. Back in the good ole days, I used my name for my identification and my password was always the year of my birth, followed by “ABC” and the year of my birth. Simple! I can consistently remember that. So what went wrong? For one thing, there are apparently too many people named Don Forrester. At one time, there were three of us living in Hays County. Did I mention one of them was a high school principal? He went by the name Don. His telephone listing was under Donald. Guess you got his early morning telephone calls from teachers who weren’t going to work that day? It has been a long time since any “user id” request has allowed me to use my name. “Don Forrester” has proven to be an unacceptable user name. They always want a number or two added. Numbers somehow relate to a left-brain function and I am always in my right mind. I don’t do numbers well. However, I do like adventure. I could add 007 after my name and allow each sign-in to reinforce the fact that my life is adventuresome. I could care less about having a golden gun like James Bond, but I’d settle for any of the fast cars he drove. Wow! That would be awesome. If you think coming up with a “user id” I can consistently remember is difficult, try figuring out how I manage to remember a password. For whatever reasons, “123341234” is no longer acceptable. I really need you help. How do you do it? Let’s keep this simply. Don’t suggest that I click on the button that says, “don’t remember password” or “user id”. I’ve tried all those gimmicks and they ultimately end with the instruction to change them again. I’ve now changed them so many times that I can’t remember. So how do you do it? Please don’t suggest I give it up and simply accept my fate: a jigsaw puzzle experience.
Posted on: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 12:04:24 +0000
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