“Blow on it” stands test of time
April 22, 2008
For about 2 hours, I couldn’t persuade my internet connection to operate. First I chalked it up to shitty Columbia. Then I tried all different combinations of cat 5 wires in the various ports in the wall, on my computer, and in my hub thinger (can’t remember the technical term). No dice. So I sat curled in a ball on my bed, internetless, for too long. Then something occured to me; an ancient strategy once used on SNES and Game Boy cartridges that authority figures always said would make everything break, but all it ever did was work. So I pulled out the ethernet cable, blew into the ethernet orifice, blew on the cable, plugged it back in, and poof– internet. This is truly one for the books.
Entry Filed under: college. Tags: cartridge, ethernet, fix, game boy, snes.
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