October 24, 2007 | Spam!
At some point last night, our DSL went kaput. On the rare occasion that this happens, I check all the lights on the modem, and wait for the DSL light to come back on. After an hour or so, it failed to return to a normal state, so I went to bed figuring it would fix itself by morning. Which, of course, it did not. So I start hunting around the apartment for some sort of manual or troubleshooting guide, and find nothing. Despite having no caffeine and being awake an hour earlier than normal*, my brain miraculously figures out that unplugging the power to the modem might be a good thing to do. I'm so proud of my brain right now.
First order of business is checking e-mail. I log in to my gmail account to a little surprise. I've spammed everyone in my address book. Apparently my brain wasn't quite as smart last week.
I received a friend request from someone to join Yaari, ANOTHER social networking site. I had received a request before from someone I didn't know and ignored it. Since this was someone I knew, I didn't want to not accept their request. So I start filling out the info (where they ask for your gmail e-mail and password so they can tell you who is already on Yaari that you know), and hit submit, and the next page never loads. So I close the browser, figuring I'll try again later. But apparently I had already given them everything they need. I think it took about a week, but I'm now getting a bunch of bounce back e-mails or auto responses saying that I want everyone to be my Yaari. Greeeeeat.
So if you got an e-mail from me saying that I'm your Yaari, I'm terribly sorry. Please ignore it. In fact, just DELETE it. That whole gmail thing should have been a red flag for me, but apparently my brain wasn't as smart last week as it was at 6am this morning.
* I'm going to Austin! For work! But only until Friday.
at least you figured out that unplugging, and replugging the wires to the modem would work. when i first encountered dsl connection problems i had no idea what was going on. my brother even needed to point out where the modem wires were to me. i'm so not tech savvy.
Ha, and in the email they really try to make you sign up - I knew what was up, so I ignored mine, but it said something like "If you don't respond Whitney will think you aren't her friend." And that would indeed be sad!
Unplugging the modem is what I've learned to now do too! Or I turn off the computer and restart. Or I scream for my husband to come quick and bring me a beer, too. One of those three usually works.
I was wondering what the deal was with that last night. Good thing I figured I would wait and ask you about it before signing up.
I am so, so, so very sorry for the Yaari thing. I had no idea that they would do what they did. I signed up for the same reason you did. Ugh. By the time I realized what happened it was too late for me. Everyone had already been contacted.