Last summer, I won a Roku at work. A Roku is a box that connects to a wireless network and streams Netflix, HuluPlus and online subscription TV shows straight to your television, instead of plugging an HDMI cord into your TV or watching shows on a computer or tablet.
After 15 months of sitting in the box, I finally went through the step-by-step manual and the Roku up to the TV at the apartment. After logging into Netflix, setting everything straight and selecting a movie, the sound was not audible. The Millennial in me was about to call & complain, or just give up - but a friend nearby fiddled with the audio cord's fit to the TV, and found a more practical solution.
In the photo above, she used our coasters to prop up the audio cord into it's true spot, and now we have a functioning Roku and I've already watched two movies on the big-screen TV.
What this taught me: as we drown in technology, it's important to realize the simple solutions in life before blaming it on the devices themselves.
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