Dongle Dementia

I broke my dongle.

God that sounds sick.

At least I've had better luck then nate. Nate broke Dongle A, then broke dongle B, and uses dongle C (which is a 10baseT/Coax that he "Borrowed" from an ex employer) which is actually broken, and the only way it will work, is if it is taped to a desk so that it hangs out of the PCMCIA card at a slign downward angle. And don't bump it or it dies. He was using Dongle D which was actually my spare. I broke mine a few minutes ago. I stood up. The cable somehow wrapped around my foot and comedy soon followed. I left a nifty chunk of plastic inside the PCMCIA card, and the dongle now has pins pointing in directions that remind me of a "Koosh Ball" from days of old.

I had a spare this time- thank god. Next time I won't be so lucky. Now what I really want to know is why these things are so fragile? We put a man on the moon for crying out loud. Why is it that my house has had at least 4 dongles get broken in the last year? We're not energetic people. Hell I barely leave the house more than twice a week so its not like I'm overworking the thing. Ugh. My hardware karma is now 2 points down this week.