Ever imagine life without the internet ? For us tech savvy people, it kind of feels that we are handicapped if we dont have internet for a few hours in a day. I read somewhere that a human body can go for several days without food and water, but can hardly stay 11 mins without internet. Well, I survived for 10 hrs without internet and it was not pleasant, but I survived.
Yesterday the router here was spoilt and I was not able to connect to the internet. It was a totally weird experience for me. Not knowing what to do. The major part of the day was spent in trying to get the internet to connect, trying on and off by switching off the router and switching it on again, restarting the laptop again and again just to confirm it is not a problem with my laptop, and then changing the wi-fi settings on the laptop. It was living hell, but I survived.
Finally I realized that the internet was just down and I wont be able to do much in this case. So, I just picked up a book regarding interview questions and began scanning through it just to pass time. At-least some of what I read there will help me during my interviews hopefully. I then watched some TV - not Netflix - god knows it doesnt work without the internet :) - just watched some TV shows while having lunch. I then settled down for a nice siesta and enjoyed every moment of it. Well, I did not have much to do anyways. What else was I supposed to do ? Anyways, it was ok, but I survived.
In the evening, my uncle was back from work and when he tried to correct the damn internet connection, he realized that the router had gone bad and he immediately bought another one on craigslist, picked it up from the seller's house and set it up. Lo and Behold, we had internet connection again. So, thats my 10 hours of agony time without internet connection summed up into - lets see here - 3 paragraphs. So, just goes to prove that internet is not everything in life. You can still do other things in life. Dont be glued to the laptop / computer all day peeps. Learn to enjoy other things in life, and you wont regret it later on. All in all, it was a good day, and I SURVIVED !!
- So
Yesterday the router here was spoilt and I was not able to connect to the internet. It was a totally weird experience for me. Not knowing what to do. The major part of the day was spent in trying to get the internet to connect, trying on and off by switching off the router and switching it on again, restarting the laptop again and again just to confirm it is not a problem with my laptop, and then changing the wi-fi settings on the laptop. It was living hell, but I survived.
Finally I realized that the internet was just down and I wont be able to do much in this case. So, I just picked up a book regarding interview questions and began scanning through it just to pass time. At-least some of what I read there will help me during my interviews hopefully. I then watched some TV - not Netflix - god knows it doesnt work without the internet :) - just watched some TV shows while having lunch. I then settled down for a nice siesta and enjoyed every moment of it. Well, I did not have much to do anyways. What else was I supposed to do ? Anyways, it was ok, but I survived.
In the evening, my uncle was back from work and when he tried to correct the damn internet connection, he realized that the router had gone bad and he immediately bought another one on craigslist, picked it up from the seller's house and set it up. Lo and Behold, we had internet connection again. So, thats my 10 hours of agony time without internet connection summed up into - lets see here - 3 paragraphs. So, just goes to prove that internet is not everything in life. You can still do other things in life. Dont be glued to the laptop / computer all day peeps. Learn to enjoy other things in life, and you wont regret it later on. All in all, it was a good day, and I SURVIVED !!
- So
