My Hiatus aka Nerd Story

The emails have been pouring in, asking me where I've been. Sorry about that folks, been a bit busy, traveling and such. But being on the move is no excuse so me leaving so many of you without direction...or at least a witty story. So here goes:

I went to visit my friend this weekend. Being that I don't visit as frequently as I used to, my friends try to get as much computer knowledge and work out of me as they possibly can. So I get into town on Wednesday and he promptly puts me to work. He expresses his concerns that others might be utilizing his wireless connection and slowing his internet browsing as a result. He wants me to lock down the router. Sure…why not. So I disable the SSID broadcast, wpa password protect it, and enable the mac address access list.

His girlfriend comes back from work. She opens her laptop and tries to access the wifi connection. Obviously she can't. Knowing that I'm in town, she suspects that I've locked-down the router. She spends about 30 mins trying to find me, getting angrier and angrier as time goes by. She finally finds me and asks why she can't see the SSID and if she needs the password to log on. I tell her:

"Well, just give me your mac address and I can add you onto the list. Then you'll be fine"

Angrily she points to her Compaq laptop and says, "Does that look like a Mac to you?!?"

Then she goes storming off….I laughed until I near passed out.