Sunday, November 14, 2010

Berner's eye view of negligent alpha dog

Sheila is ignoring me wirelessly with candy apple red Bluetooth headphones. Dogs don't grok red but we definitely know about being ignored.



Bluetooth technology is named after King Harald I of Denmark, an ancient(before smartphones and facebook) ruler remembered as a great uniter. When he heard this the other, more troublesome alpha dog chimed in: 'Like King George I of the USA, right?'.

Some people think Harald Bluetooth (HB for short) was called that because he ate a lot of blueberries, or maybe he was just cold all the time. The Nordic runes for H and B, when superimposed, give the modern-day logo:



Those Scandinavians are a clever bunch. They are really good knitters too.

Regardless, I am still being ignored.

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