Covid-19 Days – 12
Be prepared. That’s the Boy Scouts’ motto. I highly doubt we were ready for this. Even if we’ve been home for weeks, there are things we miss. We can never be 100% prepared.
Today, my nephew calls me up and wants to do online schooling in my house. At his, the wifi is saturated with everyone being home and using the network. I told him we all need to self-segregate, so I denied him. I was mainly worried that he would just be goofing off, and I’ve got no time for that. But also, maybe I’m a bit selfish. Maybe. Just a bit.
So I went about trying to solve his problem: the wifi network is saturated. I decided that he should get off the wifi network and straight jack into the router. The problem here is he’s got a newish MacBook with only USB-C connections — no ethernet port. We’ve got to get him a USB-C ethernet dongle.
I look to see if anything is open. I check BestBuy. They’ve got curb side pick up and are open until the 6 PM. I place my order for a USB-C hub with an ethernet port. Picked up and dropped off with him. Turns out, though, his dad was trying to upgrade the wifi router! Still, I think it’s best to get off the wifi.
So that reminds me. I need to update my satchel of computing tools for a more modern computing milieu. I need to be prepared for next time.
