Internet Out

9 Responses to Internet Out

1. Leland says:

   November 4, 2022 at 9:50 AM

   They found a way to silence Lawrence just prior to the election!
2. Jon Jewett says:

   November 4, 2022 at 11:34 AM

   use your iPhone as a hot.spot.and connect.to your computer via blue tooth
3. martywd says:

   November 4, 2022 at 11:34 AM

   In the past when I’ve seen a Spectrum van parked in front of someone’s residence on a Sunday I had assumed that it was some sort of “lights on” emergency? But nope, after reading this post I realize it’s just some hapless Spectrum customer who’s been waiting DAYS for for a fix of their overpriced Spectrum service!

   Figures. :-(
   .
4. Howard says:

   November 4, 2022 at 6:21 PM

   OT question:

   Who has an archive / screenshot / clip of the NBC article they pulled down? Daily Mail claims the article was online from Friday morning to Friday afternoon. Somebody saved that before they deleted it, right?

   https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11390497/Paul-Pelosi-answered-door-cops-did-NOT-say-distress-new-police-account-claims.html

   NBC News mysteriously PULLS its exclusive report on how Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul, 82, calmly opened door to cops in his underpants – and then walked TOWARDS ‘hammer intruder’ who bludgeoned him

   • The NBC News report cited sources close to the investigation and was published on Friday morning, but was pulled down by the afternoon
   • The report claimed that Paul Pelosi did not declare an emergency or try to leave his San Francisco home when cops responded to his 911 call last week
   • It claimed that Pelosi took several steps away from police and back into the foyer where he was attacked by David DePape with a hammer
   • The NBC source also claimed that it was unclear if Pelosi was already injured or what his mental state was when he took steps back into the home
   • The report differed from the court documents filed earlier this week based on the San Francisco Police Department report

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6. Mike -SMO says:

   November 5, 2022 at 12:13 AM

   I have the same “technical difficulties” when the alarm clock reminds me of when I planned to get out of bed. Did you try pouring coffee on the router?
7. Howard says:

   November 5, 2022 at 12:49 AM

   Found the NBC video. It is as the Daily Mail describes.

   Download the video while you can! If you can’t, I’ll happily upload it somewhere for y’all.

   https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1588533925848104960
8. Lawrence Person says:

   November 5, 2022 at 11:39 AM

   If I’m that important, I should be making a lot more money (like any) off this blog!
9. Michael McNeil says:

   November 5, 2022 at 7:57 PM

   As noted up-thread, one can use their iPhone as a tether to feed internet access into a computer. (But be careful you don’t get charged by your carrier for passing too much data that way. Cell-phone carriers such as Verizon charge differently for hotspot-provided internet data versus internet-data accessed and presented internally within your phone.)

   It’s possible, though, to turn your iPhone — independent of a desktop or laptap computer for it to tether to — into a more generally usable computer system by:

   a) Connecting your iPhone through one of Apple’s iOS HDMI dongles to an external (I recommend at least 4K resolution) TV. (Mine is a 42″ Sony TV with 4 HDMI [+ other] inputs, costing $400-some-odd a few years back; it provides good service.)

   b) I recommend also connecting a bluetooth keyboard (e.g., such as this one) to your iPhone. (The given keyboard — in addition to folding quite compactly — can easily switch between 3 different bluetooth- and 1 usb-wired device(s), so it’s handy well beyond use with just one’s iPhone. I have 2 iPhones along with 2 Mac computers I use mine with.)

   Note that Apple itself (disregarding the legions of apps available for the iPhone from others) provides powerful applications such as a decent word processor (Pages) and darn good spreadsheet (Numbers), which are both well done in my opinion, and which are especially handy (especially the spreadsheet) when blown up on a big-screen, high-resolution HDMI monitor while being accessed via an external keyboard. (Put away that crappy on-screen iPhone keyboard — at least when you’re home!)

   When accessing one’s iPhone in this way, the phone’s top physical surface — its touch-screen — functionally acts as just the mouse for your desktop (iPhone-based) computer system. One does need to glance at it now and then, in order to find one’s way around.