Radio silence, explained

Oh, the trauma.

I woke yesterday to find no internet access. After shuffling around awhile, I determined that the Router had died.



Here it is, belly-up. So sad.

So it was off to the Apple store last night for a shiny new Airport Extreme router:



It looks sort of like a doorbell. I was excited that I could hook the computer's music to the stereo, but now it looks like I need another part, an "Airport Express."

Humbug.

Well, I needed to spend several hours screwing around with the computers anyway. We can print again from the Mac Mini in the kitchen. I still haven't gotten the old Windows Dell laptop to play nice with the Macs. I hate when they get sulky...