Still up to our eyeballs in boxes and of course, all the utilities hookups are not going smoothly (I’m talking to you, Comcast, and you, Atlanta Gas Light.) No heat or hot water so we’re staying in a hotel until that is resolved (tomorrow). Technically no cable or Internet and Comcast gave us the wrong phone number.

But it’s still Tech Tuesday here at Random Neural Firings so I thought I’d take my real-life moving fiasco and tell you what technology tools we’re using to make this easier.

First, let’s start with the moving company. We found a great one through Kudzu. Have you ever used them? The company we selected had rave reviews and indeed, they have been great to work with.

Second, with the cable fiasco, I don’t even mess around with calling customer service. I send out a tweet about it and generally, Comcast responds very quickly on Twitter and escalates it to corporate.

How do I tweet without Internet service, you ask? I have a Palm Pre smartphone with a Twitter application called Tweed. So yesterday, while the installer was here telling us what he couldn’t/wouldn’t do, I launched Tweed and had at it with some of the Comcast folks on Twitter.

So how am I creating this post without an Internet connection? Well, I could have done it last night from the hotel but I was too tired, and I was still dealing with Comcast until very late. I have a MiFi card from Sprint. It’s basically a portable Internet connection that is about the size of a credit card. It’s around $50/month and it allows you to have a good Internet signal from just about anywhere. Does your local coffee shop charge you for Internet service, like my new neighborhood shop does? Screw ‘em. Take your MiFi card with you. Is your hotel Internet connection so slow it feels like the old dial-up days? Screw ‘em. Fire up your MiFi. Are you WAITING FOR COMCAST to come back out and do what they were supposed to do in the first place? SCREW ‘EM and find a warm spot between a tower of boxes, boot up your laptop, fire up your MiFi and surf your troubles away.

Interested in any of these tech tools but need help? Drop me a note and I’ll be happy to assist. (sherean at gmail dot com)

OK, on a lighter, non-technical note, my 11-month old seems to be surviving the move pretty well. He’s been a bit fussy at times and he would NOT go to sleep the first night in the hotel, but he slept well the last couple of nights. And last night, he scooted/crawled forward for the first time! In the hotel! He’s obviously a late crawler, and usually all he does is scoot himself backwards or in circles but last night, he inched himself forward about a foot.

Of course, I immediately Facebooked and tweeted about it.

Come back tomorrow for a CUTE moving picture!