But the faithful ATT WiFi box at the house had died during the night. Quietly and with dignity probably, but even when prodded, poked and banged gently, refused to reanimate this morning as the heater in the house was slowly getting the temperature up to normal.Calling Dr. Frankenstein. We have an emergency.
The immediate crisis passed by calling into action Adm. Fox's new IPad which has its own 3G internet connection. Some expected emails hadn't shown up yet for me, so there was some breathing room for the day.
But the emails that needed to go out right away couldn't because the IPad and Gmail are not on the best of terms.
That's a little glitch that needs fixing before I head to the Apple Store to buy one.
So instead of a leisurely, tea-sipping morning at our casa, Adm. Fox and a I barreled out of the house to the nearby Crepe Escape restaurant (a favorite breakfast spot near the university) where we had a great breakfast and luxuriated in the free (and very fast) WiFi signal. All emails got handled nicely, other Internet matters taken care of, too. And Adm. Fox went online (where else?) to look for a replacement modem for the late ATT WiFi box at the house.
It was an interesting (if momentarily uncomfortable) reminder of how dependent we are on the Internet for, well, practically everything but cooking the western scramble breakfast I ate this morning.
But a new modem for the house will be installed today.
How could we have the Thanksgiving holiday without it?
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You can set up another email account on your iPad. I have both gmail and a mindspring account. You can then flip between the two of them when you go into your mail
Yes - you can also now download the Google App and get the whole ball of wax. Downloading 4.2 as I write - Stevie Wonder playing in the background.
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