Whoops!

I apologize for my long absence. My sick modem finally died, but not in an obvious manner. I spent days trying to track down why it wasn't connecting until I finally decided that it just wasn't working, despite all the right lights being on. Then I had to wait for a new modem. It arrived and I couldn't get it to connect. It took more days to find out that the protocol for connecting a new modem to my ISP had changed completely, but I am finally back and will be posting later tonight.