Nicholas Zakas' Personal Blog A deviation from my usual tech writing

Tech support

Dad: Nicholas!
Me: What?
Dad: What happened to the computer?
Me: Huh?
Dad: The monitor used to turn on automatically, now it doesn't.
Me: Dad, the monitor never turned on automatically.
Dad: Then why would it come up as soon as I turned on the computer?
Me: That's because Mom never turns the monitor off when she turned the computer off.
Dad: Oh...so how do I make it turn on now?
Me: Hit the power button.