{"id":5940,"date":"2016-06-01T18:18:33","date_gmt":"2016-06-01T18:18:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/\/?p=5940"},"modified":"2016-06-01T18:18:33","modified_gmt":"2016-06-01T18:18:33","slug":"linked-is-it-me-or-did-the-power-just-go-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2016\/06\/01\/linked-is-it-me-or-did-the-power-just-go-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: &#8220;Is it me, or did the power just go off?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sixcolors.com\/post\/2016\/05\/is-it-me-or-did-the-power-just-go-off\/\">via SixColors<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>I realized, then, that the best way to discover if the power was just out to my house or if it was the whole neigborhood was to open the Settings app on my iPhone and tap on Wi-Fi.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Everyone\u2019s got a wi-fi base station. On a normal day I can see a half-dozen SSIDs around my house and yard. But on this sunny, calm Tuesday morning: Nothing.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>You bay area people and your multiple Wi-Fi options. I do the same at home and just see mine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span hidden class=\"__iawmlf-post-loop-links\" data-iawmlf-links=\"[{&quot;id&quot;:4562,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/sixcolors.com\\\/post\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/is-it-me-or-did-the-power-just-go-off&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20240404110848\\\/https:\\\/\\\/sixcolors.com\\\/post\\\/2016\\\/05\\\/is-it-me-or-did-the-power-just-go-off\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 09:59:39&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-17 16:25:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-22 11:57:33&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-28 10:24:57&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-10 16:29:01&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-19 02:26:20&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-27 01:15:27&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-13 12:46:45&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-13 12:46:45&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]\"><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via SixColors: I realized, then, that the best way to discover if the power was just out to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"2016-06-02T13:29:25Z","apple_news_api_id":"66a273ef-c843-4e89-af25-a49431eb769e","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2016-06-02T13:29:25Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/AZqJz78hDTomvJaSUMet2ng","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-linked","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1xO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5065,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2015\/10\/09\/linked-breakdown-of-all-ios-9-features-changes\/","url_meta":{"origin":5940,"position":0},"title":"Linked: Breakdown of all iOS 9 Features \/ Changes","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"October 9, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"via Apple Kbase: Other improvements \u00a0 \u00a0 \u2022 \u00a0New San Francisco system font \u00a0 \u00a0 \u2022 \u00a0Leave a message option if recipient isn't available for a FaceTime call \u00a0 \u00a0 \u2022 \u00a0Share voicemails from the Phone app using the share sheet \u00a0 \u00a0 \u2022\u00a0Flight and package tracking for data detectors\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2287,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/04\/27\/apple-qa-on-location-data\/","url_meta":{"origin":5940,"position":1},"title":"\u2605 Apple Q&#038;A on Location Data","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"April 27, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Apple.com\/PR: 3. 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Then there's this little nugget: The work costs the company about $100,000 a mile,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Linked&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Linked","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/category\/linked\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2731,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2011\/07\/18\/question-mark\/","url_meta":{"origin":5940,"position":3},"title":"\u2605 Question Mark?","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"July 18, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"BoyGeniusReport: RIM to discontinue Wi-Fi BlackBerry PlayBook? In a note to investors Monday afternoon, RBC Capital Markets Managing Director Mike Abramsky reiterated an OTR Global report that Research In Motion is possibly planning to stop production of the BlackBerry PlayBook\u2019s Wi-Fi model. 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