I finally had to do something about the weblog server going offline within minutes of when we would leave to go somewhere for a few days. When we left a couple of weeks ago for Colorado Springs, by the time I got to my brother’s house in Green River, the Qwest DSL modem had frozen up and the weblogs were offline until I got back home four days later to reset the modem. Qwest supposedly did a software upgrade in the middle of the night after I called their support line, but it’s pretty hard to tell if something changed. So, I ordered a telephone interface to X10 devices so I can now reset the modem by calling a telephone number and entering some codes. The equipment arrived today. It’s hooked up. It’s working. I have long-distance control! Now it’ll be something else that goes wrong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I finally had to do something about the weblog server going offline within minutes of when we would leave to go somewhere for a few days. When we left a couple of weeks ago for Colorado Springs, by the time I got to my brother’s house in Green River, the Qwest DSL modem had frozen … Continue reading Even Old Technology Is Still Amazing<\/span>