I’m porting this blog over, because it was very well received over at XForgery, and because I haven’t been posting enough. So here it goes…..
Anybody that knows me at all will probably know that very recently I got a new Desktop.
Previously I only had a laptop, so I just made use of wireless internet, but now that obviously wasn’t really an option.
Luckily, my entire house is wired with ethernet cable, so I should be able to just find the ethernet port in my office, plug it in and be good to go. Check all the open walls, no ethernet jack. Hmmmm. Move everything away from the walls, including two overly full bookshelves; no ethernet jack. Damnit!
I go through the process of tracking down wires and following them through the house. Yep, there’s definitely an ethernet cable going to that room, but there’s not one to be found. Well, there is the cable/phone jack, but what are the chances…………..? Read More »