Comments on: Monday Morning Condo Blogging, vol. 5 http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/monday-morning-condo-blogging-vol-5/ falling indelibly into the past Sun, 20 Jul 2008 01:18:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: KF http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/monday-morning-condo-blogging-vol-5/#comment-1395 KF Thu, 30 Sep 2004 19:59:32 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=641#comment-1395 <p>Sigh.  Do I ever.  Perhaps I should abandon “Planned Obsolescence” for “The Obsolescence of Anyone Performing a Technology-Related Job Who Manages to Do It Right the First TIme, Thereby Not Making My Life That Much More Aggravating.” </p> Sigh.  Do I ever.  Perhaps I should abandon “Planned Obsolescence” for “The Obsolescence of Anyone Performing a Technology-Related Job Who Manages to Do It Right the First TIme, Thereby Not Making My Life That Much More Aggravating.”

]]> By: Francois Lachance http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/monday-morning-condo-blogging-vol-5/#comment-1394 Francois Lachance Wed, 29 Sep 2004 19:58:46 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=641#comment-1394 <p>You seem to be becoming a specialist in this type of weblog entry. Remember the Sony episode? <a href="http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/index.php?/weblog/comments/why_so_long_as_i_live/" rel="nofollow">http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/index.php?/weblog/comments/why_so_long_as_i_live/</a> </p> You seem to be becoming a specialist in this type of weblog entry. Remember the Sony episode? http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/index.php?/weblog/comments/why_so_long_as_i_live/

]]> By: KF http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/monday-morning-condo-blogging-vol-5/#comment-1393 KF Wed, 29 Sep 2004 01:41:17 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=641#comment-1393 <p>The ladder is pretty cool, huh? </p> <p> So I’ve temporary solved the problem:  thanks to the ingenuity and the generosity of one of my students, I am now the proud borrower of a 5-foot ethernet cable and an inline coupler.  (Frankly, I just like to say “inline coupler.") </p> <p> That’s the good news.  The bad news is that this renovation cost the college millions, and yet we’re still dealing with this kind of stupid nonsense. </p> The ladder is pretty cool, huh?

So I’ve temporary solved the problem:  thanks to the ingenuity and the generosity of one of my students, I am now the proud borrower of a 5-foot ethernet cable and an inline coupler.  (Frankly, I just like to say “inline coupler.”)

That’s the good news.  The bad news is that this renovation cost the college millions, and yet we’re still dealing with this kind of stupid nonsense.

]]> By: Miriam http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/monday-morning-condo-blogging-vol-5/#comment-1392 Miriam Tue, 28 Sep 2004 21:00:35 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=641#comment-1392 <p>I’ve also got a phone jack/ethernet connection from hell problem, which I’ve “solved” by keeping my phone on the floor.  (Basically, if the phone isn’t on the floor, I run the risk of killing myself by falling over the cords.) Needless to say, this results in moments of indignity if the phone rings while a student is in the office. </p> I’ve also got a phone jack/ethernet connection from hell problem, which I’ve “solved” by keeping my phone on the floor.  (Basically, if the phone isn’t on the floor, I run the risk of killing myself by falling over the cords.) Needless to say, this results in moments of indignity if the phone rings while a student is in the office.

]]> By: Jake http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/monday-morning-condo-blogging-vol-5/#comment-1391 Jake Tue, 28 Sep 2004 15:26:47 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=641#comment-1391 <p>I like the ladder, though! </p> I like the ladder, though!

]]> By: meg http://www.plannedobsolescence.net/monday-morning-condo-blogging-vol-5/#comment-1390 meg Mon, 27 Sep 2004 23:54:46 +0000 http://www.new.plannedobsolescence.net/?p=641#comment-1390 <p>That is pa-fuckin-thetic.  I don’t know why I’m surprised, but I am. </p> That is pa-fuckin-thetic.  I don’t know why I’m surprised, but I am.

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