Technology is great...until it isn't

Last week, the office of the Phillips County News was buzzing and busy. Catching up on lighter work-weeks following the shop’s closure on Christmas and New Year’s left us scrambling and trying to catch up.

Things were going along rather smoothly, as smooth as can be expected on Monday anyway, and then things started going sideways in a hurry.

It all started with the office fax machine. No I think I have stated my disdain for fax machines in this column a time or two, but I have a hard time remembering so I will say it again...fax machines rot! I would rather use smoke signals, a carrier pigeon...