Thanks to the Kindness of Friends (one on Skype, one AIM, both exceedingly patient with a technodork like me), I have just reconfigured all our wireless doo-hickeys. I named the Base Station Fiorinda, but then I had the brilliant idea of naming the, um, other thing - the Network, that's it! - The Golux (and not a Mere Device).

Now I'm sorry that I didn't name the Base Station Saralinda (or even Zorn of Zorna) instead. . . Oh, well! My communication system as the Love Child of Thurber & Eddison?

Bound to happen someday.

Just spent about, like a million years (dog time) reconfiguring new Airport & Extender because our old one broke and we've been pirating signal from the only nearby apartment that didn't have their locked . . . . God bless Michael, whoever he is - and down with mean neighbors like Helena and Tabasco! And god bless our kind & patient friend who talked me through the whole thing - using the magic of AIM ScreenSharing, which is truly spooky - and at one point we did a Video with Delia's laptop screen facing mine so he could see what hers said . . . . Arthur C. Clarke would be proud.

Our new connection is called GOLUX. It is not a mere device. And the little do-wa is called Fiorinda. She flashes when she's moved.