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Snap, Crackle, Pop

So, I am leaning down over my desk trying to plug work out why a bluetooth adapter I plugged in the day before is no longer showing up. I finally manage to extricate it from the mass of cabling and have a look. Why I did this I have no idea. Its not as though I expect it to have a flashing LED on it once the power is gone, or have a little thumbs up sticker. Anyhow. I plug it back in. Nothing. Possibly a device conflict I think, and sit back down to head to the control panel. I stand back up and reconnect the mouse which must have jumped shipped in the confusion. No device conflicts later, I unplug the dongle again. I plug it back in again. This latter move is accompanied by a sound one might associate* with introducing into a live three phase fuseboard, something with the electrical resistance of, oh I don't know, a pig.

Whilst I am busily jumping backwards over the chair, there is another almighty pop followed by the sound of a harmony of young children accompanied by a rather large orchestral ensemble.

Having realised that I hadn't just fried myself, I am somewhat bemused by the fact I had managed to activate the internal PC speakers, which I had been thusfar unable to do since getting my new PC, and it was just unfortunate that the volume setting was marginally higher than on the external ones I had been using.

Oh, but the dongle still didn't work.

17 Jan 2008 8:58 | (0) comments | Technology

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