ERRATIC DIGITAL EPISODES – EDE, Pronounced EEEE D EEEE

EDE exists. EDE happens. EDE is among some of us. Scientists are not yet aware of this phenomen and it doesn’t exist for everyone, but I’ve had lots of experience with it. And maybe you have, too.

Last week my TV went blank — completely black. So I fiddled with connections, plugs, etc and it did not come back on. Then I called Xfinity and they checked everything on their end. No problems there. Next I tallked to the landlord and he came over and replaced batteries, checked sockets, plugged and unplugged, peered at the back of the TV. Finally he shrugged and said, “Guess I’ll buy you a new TV.”

My favorite time-wasting activity is playing cards on line. I’m deep into it two days later when the TV came on. It just came on. Whoa…..is this EDE? And Erractic Digital Episode?

I called the landlord who was on his way over with a new TV in the trunk of the car. When he arrived he plugged, unplugged, etc etc and determined that the original TV was working just fine. He shook his head in frustration after an hour or so and just shrugged. EDE for sure.

And it’s just not TV’s. My Iphone screen jumps all over the place from photos to TikTok to messages when I press the button for emails. When I took it to ATT, the young man pushed some buttons and just shrugged. “It’s your phone,” he said. Whoa EDE again.

My computer is not immune to this digital affliction, either. Once I keyed into my AirBnB account and got my neighbor’s name and email.

EDE doesn’t happen to everyone. As far as I can figure out, it’s not airborn, it’s not mishandling of the digital object but there is something weird there. Think I’ll contact the scientists at MIT and spur some research. But, remember, EDE, you heard it here first.