1543 E-Changes

Always fun to deal with the changes wrought by new technology. Like the other day, my modem went out. And I had to do a hard reboot. All well and good, except they’ve improved those pesky old modems.
They put in a battery backup so a power outage doesn't affect them. But that means you can't reboot them by unplugging them. You have to flip over the modem, pry open the hole, figure out how to dislodge the battery, knock over everything on your desk, lose your connecting cables down the backside of your desk behind the privacy plate where you can't reach them, finally yank out the battery and then reverse the whole process.
And then find out it doesn't work anyhow because Comcast is still screwing with a node somewhere upstream on the internet highway.
I'm convinced all the time we save using computers we lose again when something crashes. So it’s a toss up. Leave the battery out and save myself the trouble next time, or put it in. Gamble on what are the greater chances, the giant power company having an outage or the giant cable company having a service interruption.
Another E-frustration is clandestine Facebook photos. If you do anything in public, right now a goofy picture of you could be posted on the web. In the old days, news organizations about to publish your likeness had to obtain a release from you. Not so with Facebook. And with fast digital shutter speeds, goofy pictures are easy to get. Interrupt any normal person talking midword and you'll catch and freeze their face in very odd contortions.
Voila. E-goofy.
Primitive tribes used to think pictures stole your soul.
Facebook steals your reputation.
And that's really hard to reboot.
America, ya gotta love it.