狗，Airtag和快樂的聚會

在我為正規教育所讀的所有書籍中，從一個苗條的平裝本中，有一點提出了我的大腦。

A bit of William Blundell's The Art and Craft of Feature Writing sticks in my mind. It's a slim paperback, and the useful advice is densely packed. In a chapter on writing for newspapers, Blundell offers a "selective list of what readers like." It starts with a definitive No. 1: "Dogs, followed by other cute animals and well-behaved small children." People, Blundell continues, are your second-best option, providing they are doing or saying something interesting.

威廉·布倫德爾（William Blundell）的一些特徵寫作棍棒的藝術和技巧。這是一個苗條的平裝本，有用的建議密集地包裝了。在有關報紙寫作的一章中，Blundell提供了“讀者喜歡的選擇列表”。首先是一個確定的第1號：“狗，隨後是其他可愛的動物和良好的小孩。” Blundell繼續說，人們是您的第二好的選擇，只要他們在做或說些有趣的話。

I have failed to provide Ars Technica readers with a dog story during nearly three years here. Today, I intend to fix that. This is a story about a dog, but also a rare optimistic take on a ubiquitous "smart" product, one that helped out a very good girl.

在這裡，我未能為ARS Technica讀者提供狗的故事。今天，我打算解決這個問題。這是一個關於狗的故事，但也是一個無處不在的“智能”產品的罕見樂觀的看法，它幫助一個非常好的女孩。

Note: The images in this post are not of the aforementioned dog, so as to protect their owner's privacy. The Humane Rescue Alliance of Washington, DC, provided photos of adoptable dogs with some resemblance to that dog.

注意：這篇文章中的圖像不是上述狗，以保護其主人的隱私。華盛頓特區的人道救援聯盟提供了可收養的狗的照片，與那隻狗有些相似。

Hello, strangerMy wife and I were sitting with our dog on our front porch on a recent weekend morning. We were drinking coffee, reading, and enjoying DC's tiny window for temperate spring weather. I went inside for a moment; when I came back, my dog was inside, but my wife was not. Confused, I cracked open the door to look out. A dog, not my own, stuck its nose into the door gap, eager to sniff me out.

您好，最近一個週末的早晨，我和我和我的狗一起坐在前廊上。我們正在喝咖啡，閱讀，並享受DC的微小窗戶，以供溫帶春季天氣。我進去了片刻。當我回來時，我的狗在裡面，但我的妻子不是。困惑，我打開門，看著。一隻狗，不是我自己的狗，將鼻子伸入門間隙，渴望嗅我。

"There's a dog here?" my wife said, partly to herself. "She just ran up on the porch. I have no idea where she came from."

“這裡有一隻狗嗎？”我妻子說，部分是對自己。 “她只是跑到門廊上。我不知道她來自哪裡。”

I secured my dog inside, then headed out to meet this fast-moving but friendly interloper. She had a collar, but no leash, and looked well-groomed, healthy, and lightly frantic. The collar had a silicone band on it, holding one of Apple's AirTags underneath. I pulled out the AirTag, tapped it against my phone, and nothing happened.

我把狗固定在裡面，然後出去遇到這個快速移動但友好的闖入者。她有一個衣領，但沒有皮帶，看上去很整潔，健康且狂熱。衣領上有一個有機矽帶，下面拿著一個蘋果的Airtag。我拉出了airtag，將其輕拍到我的手機上，什麼也沒發生。

While my wife posted on our neighborhood's various social outlets (Facebook, Nextdoor, and a WhatsApp group for immediate neighbors), I went into the garage and grabbed a CR2032 battery. That's not something everyone has, but I have a few AirTags, along with a bit of a home automation habit. After some pressing, twisting, and replacing, the AirTag beeped and returned to service.

當我的妻子在我們附近的各種社交網點（Facebook，Nextdoor和WhatsApp for直接鄰居）上發佈時，我走進了車庫，抓住了CR2032電池。這不是每個人都擁有的，但是我有一些Airtag，還有一些家庭自動化習慣。經過一些壓力，扭曲和更換後，Airtag發出嗶嗶聲並恢復了服務。