Technology

We've had our iPhone 4Ss for a few weeks and compared to my old 3G they're worth every penny.

To be honest, Siri is not all she's cracked up to be, but the phone is lightning fast and iCloud is really cool.  I like being able to sync contacts between my phone, my husband's phone and my ipad.  That was a huge limitation on the old ios.

Another cool feature is "Find my iphone."  I'm not really the type to lose my phone  (except within my own house which ios5 hasn't solved for unless you live in a palace since it's only accurate to 30 feet) but it's nice to know that if I go out for a run and get kidnapped my husband can find my body - as long as they leave the phone attached to my arm.

And yes, I think like that.  And yes, I watch too much crime tv.  How could you tell?

Anyway, back in my 20s I bought a condo in Boston.  When I decided to move I was too lazy to sell it so I rented it out and we still have it.  It doesn't make much money - it just about breaks even - and a few times a year it's a huge pain in the ass (i.e. rental time and when anything goes wrong.)

Today was one of those times.  On Thursday the tenants emailed me to tell me that the heat wasn't working so I emailed them back and asked them to make sure it was set to "heat."

Yes - I know it's elementary - by my tenants are typically 22 year olds and you'd be surprised...

I didn't hear back from them until Saturday night that it still wasn't working.  It was 28 degrees out.

Swell.

Sunday morning I sent my husband up to check everything out.  He hates doing stuff like that for the apartment but we figured a plumber would be a million dollars on a Sunday.  Plus I promised him a blowjob.

He relit the furnace and headed home.  He got halfway home when the tenant called to tell me that the heat still wasn't working.  I needed my husband to come home so that I could take his car to a Halloween party with all 4 kids. (Our other car is a Corolla and it doesn't have enough seats for the kids.)

So my husband got home, switched cars and headed back to Boston (about 45 minutes away) to meet the plumber.

I took the kids to the Halloween party.

My husband texted me to tell me that everything was fixed at the condo for the we're-not-breaking-even-this-month price of $370.  OUCH.

When we got home from the Halloween party I was surprised that my husband wasn't home.  The Pats game had started at 4 and it was 4:30.

I got the kids inside and settled down and then headed to the computer.

I typed www.icloud.com and then clicked FIND HIS IPHONE.

Turns out he was just down the street from our house!  He'd be home in 15 minutes!

I hit refresh.

Huh?

His car wasn't moving.

I zoomed in and hit refresh.

He appeared to be stopped.  I figured I'd click over from "street map" to Satellite map to see if he was stuck at a red light.

And then I noticed that he appeared to be "stuck" in a parking lot.

I texted him, "Apple puts your iphone in the parking lot of the bar across the street from Target."

He texted back, "Do you really think I'm in the parking lot?"

 

Comments

[DeadCowGirl]

Awesome. That last bit sounds like a conversation my husband and I would have. I used the find my iPhone app about a year ago to find my iPhone after using my iPhone to distract my toddler while I tried on dresses for a wedding at the local mall. Apparently when he was done with it, he did what everyone does when they are done with their iPhone. Tossed it. Keeping track of the hubs is a much more fun use!

[Hannah]

FYI, There's a free app called "Find My Friends" that uses iCloud to locate people (like husbands and boyfriends...) from the comfort of your own iPhone (or iPad or iPod Touch) here's the link if you're interested: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/find-my-friends/id466122094?mt=8

[Moomser]

I find this app vaguely disturbing... yet convenient in case I get kidnapped.

[TechyDad]

For someone who's as "techy" as me, I'm practically a luddite when it comes to my cell phone. We just got the texting plan 2 years ago. We don't have a data plan, though, and don't have smart phones. We use our phones to text, make calls, take photos and that's about it. It's not that I don't *want* a smart phone. It's just that we can't afford paying $30 a month per phone in data fees. Maybe if they bring the price down, we'll get smart phones. (More likely, though, they'll just push us onto smart phones by simply requiring them.)

[Lisa]

Actually, it can help you find it inside your house. Once you've used iCloud to locate the phone, click on the green dot that indicates where it is. Click on the "i" then click "Play sound or send message." Your phone will make a rather horrid noise, even if it's on vibrate.

[Jessie Powell]

Oh GOD I love that!!! He had surely earned his brewski!!!

[Kim Pugliano]

Hahahaha!! I WANT ONE I WANT ONE!!!!