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My wife is under the computer desk of her nonagenarian mother, and has just found a Raspberry Pi

No, no idea why it's there

@bellinghman if you don't know why it's there, do you know where it likely came from? Or does she just have IT elves who come in and set up systems overnight?

simon3270

@Antiqueight @bellinghman "I am that elf" 😁 It's monitoring the network, backing up local data, and providing somewhere for me to send offsite backups.

@simon3270 @Antiqueight I did rather assume it was your work

We're installing a Brother colour laser/scanner, but tidying and labelling stuff while we're about it

All the plugs under the desk are now labelled

@simon3270 @bellinghman I keep swearing I'm going to label the plugs and cables but I haven't actually DONE it yet... So many steps between here and there!

@Antiqueight @simon3270 That's why we actually took down two Brothers - one the laser printer, and one a handheld label printer to do the plugs and stuff

@simon3270 @bellinghman @Antiqueight I only started labeling plugs this year. I’m 50. I don’t know why I never thought to do it before.

@qhstone @simon3270 @bellinghman I think it is the sanity brought by middle age....

@bellinghman for a second I thought that was addressed to me and I thought "No, the only one I have is in MY mother's house"

@bellinghman @simon3270 @Antiqueight I am in sevetal toots of this thread and feel seen! 😹

(seriously, I am also an adept of "RasPi under the desk as an off-site backup" and obsessively labelling cables)

@Antiqueight making a note to myself to drop by, whenever the next opportunity to cross the Channel for a conference or something arises...

@NefariousCelt @Antiqueight @bellinghman no, just to check whether mum's pc is on, and to monitor broadband speed. No blocking in place (yet…)