I’ve lost my mojo, baby!
October 24, 2006
If you’ve worked in the tech industry for any length of time, you must be aware of your own mystical powers when it comes to resolving “techie problems” – how many times has a colleague asked you to look at something and the moment you peer over their shoulder, you hear the words, “It seems to be working now…”, as your invisible, Force-like aura does its stuff.
My own Jedi-powers have long been the envy of family and friends, and my mere presence has seemingly breathed life back into all manner of uncooperative hardware. Call it what you like, the Force, an aura, mojo, it’s all the same.
Until last week. First, I hose my my router during a firmware upgrade; then my Xbox 360 refuses to talk to my new router, followed swiftly by my DS Lite and my laptop. Then, my Smartphone refuses to upload new podcasts via ActiveSync – appointments, emails and contacts; fine. MP3 files? No chance. This morning, the NIC on my desktop PC starts throwing a hissy-fit. Oh, and the cooker-hood in the kitchen – which of course, has a micro processor in it, to warn when the filters need cleaning – flashes an undefined error when I switch it on last night.
I stand and glare at this pile of hardware, willing it to function normally again, but nothing. Is this what it feels like to be a mere “computer user“? I’ve lost my mojo, baby. Major bummer, man. Like, totally.
[tags]life, digital life, computers, mojo, jedi powers[/tags]
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