In pursuit of the common good and an answer to oh-my-gosh-what-is-that-sound?, I have set up a laboratory (the 5-syllable kind, not the 4) in my office. For the past week, at various times, I have heard an unfamiliar beeping coming from the mass that is my backpack/purse/various communication devices. Invariably, I open my backpack, take out my purse, remove all of the communication devices and study their faces in hopes that one of them will reveal themselves as the noisemaker. But none of them flash, or indicate low battery, and the beeping doesn’t match any of their normal sounds. So, I have decided to try to isolate the source and work from there.
Backpack: Makai Diamondhead corner, under desk
Purse: Makai Ewa corner, on top of cabinet
Work cell: Mauka Diamondhead corner, on top of cabinet
Beeper: Mauka Ewa corner, on chair
Personal cell: center of room, on desk
Above language unfamiliar? Makai is towards the ocean, mauka is towards the mountains. Diamondhead and Ewa are other geographic areas. Like in New Orleans, directions don’t generally make use of north, south, east, west.
In other news, my dreams last night were more weighty. I didn’t discover the cure to the common cold, and I don’t remember anymore what they were about, but I did feel good about them this morning
Update: My experiment was a success, and my laboratory is no longer. It turns out it was the pager. Once I isolated it as the pager, I kept pressing buttons. It responded by convulsing/vibrating. I changed the battery. Problem solved. I guess if I'd looked at the directions, I would have seen that the icon looking like a full battery means, "Give me a full battery."
Posted by Shokufeh at August 16, 2004 04:50 PM