{"id":2792,"date":"2012-09-19T07:00:18","date_gmt":"2012-09-19T14:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.streamdoubletrouble.com\/?p=2792"},"modified":"2012-09-17T21:44:33","modified_gmt":"2012-09-18T04:44:33","slug":"techmom-tuesday-the-technology-knows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/streamoftheconscious.com\/techmom-tuesday-the-technology-knows\/","title":{"rendered":"TechMom Tuesday: The Technology Knows"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(If you want TechMom Tuesday on Tuesdays, head on over to AlliOSNews<\/a> for all things Apple. TechMom Tuesday is typically published the first Tuesday of every month. I reserve the right to rant more during happy fun techie times – such as the anticipation of my new iPhone.)<\/em><\/p>\n

I stayed up. This is how dedicated I was. My boys were asleep and I was CHOOSING to stay awake.<\/p>\n

12:01 a.m.: Apple Store. <click><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll be back. We\u2019re busy updating the Apple Store for you and will be back soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

<refresh> <refresh> <refresh><\/p>\n

12:03 a.m.: \u201cWe\u2019ll be back. We\u2019re busy updating the Apple Store for you and will be back soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

Multi-task!<\/p>\n

12:04 a.m.: AT&T <click><\/p>\n

\u201cThere has been an error. Please try again later.\u201d<\/p>\n

Mother of Pearl! Want my shiny toy!<\/p>\n

12:05 a.m.: Back to Apple. <click> <click> <refresh> <refresh> <refreshrefreshrefresh><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll be back. We\u2019re busy updating the Apple Store for you and will be back soon.\u201d<\/p>\n

I can now say, \u201cWe\u2019ll be back. We\u2019re busy updating the Apple Store for you and will be back soon,\u201d in five languages.<\/p>\n

To the Twitter! (Mostly so I could feel inadequate by reading all the happy tweets about iPhone preorders.) Yup, there they were…<\/p>\n

12:07 a.m.: <Refresh Refresh M#&$**@! Refresh><\/p>\n

Suddenly the light bulb went on. Ok, technically it was a text. But the screen of my little iPhone 3 That Could lit up my voluntarily sleep-deprived night. TO THE APPLE APP!<\/p>\n

Five simple clicks later and I could barely believe my luck. Success! My white 32gb shiny new toy was due to arrive in only a week\u2019s time. I plugged in my iPhone 3 and curled up in my bed while dreams of sugarplums and shiny new tech toys danced in my head.<\/p>\n

But on my nightstand was a far different picture. A little handheld computer seething with resentment, aghast at the indignation of being used to purchase ITS OWN REPLACEMENT.<\/p>\n

I was oblivious.<\/p>\n

The following day I grabbed the vital objects needed to live my life \u2013 my ID and my trusty iPhone \u2013 and headed out to the ballpark. (GREEN COLLAR BASEBALL Y\u2019ALL!) Now, I am aware that sometimes large gatherings of people can cause spotty reception. (Less bars in more places.) The affronted iPhone knew this as well. And used this to its advantage.<\/p>\n

3G was non-existent. But the phone taunted me \u2013 claiming reception. I tried all of Clinton\u2019s cache clearing tricks; the only feasible reconciliation was a full reboot. Three innings and three reboots later it was enough with the fun and games. The little iPhone 3 That Could, wouldn\u2019t. It powered down. On its own. On purpose.<\/p>\n

\u201cUpdate your status and check the scores on your NEW phone, bitch,\u201d I\u2019m pretty sure I could make out in the shadows of the dimming screen.<\/p>\n

Oh come on! I begged my trusty device. One more week! That\u2019s all I ask! Now, if I were a more paranoid person, I may suggest that a spurned Siri was behind such shenanigans. But of course that would be silly; the iPhone 3 doesn\u2019t have Siri.<\/p>\n

But as I powered on for a final try, I\u2019m pretty sure I saw the phrase, \u201cI\u2019m afraid I can\u2019t do that Tricia,\u201d scrawled like an etch-a-sketch across the pixels flickering out on the now defunct screen. (Now read that again in the proper HAL from 2001: A Space Odyssey voice. Thank you.)<\/p>\n

Friday cannot come soon enough. Because hell hath no fury like a woman scorned (by her iPhone).<\/p>\n

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