狗，Airtag和快乐的聚会

在我为正规教育所读的所有书籍中，从一个苗条的平装本中，有一点提出了我的大脑。

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·布伦德尔（William Blundell）的一些特征写作棍棒的艺术和技巧。这是一个苗条的平装本，有用的建议密集地包装了。在有关报纸写作的一章中，Blundell提供了“读者喜欢的选择列表”。首先是一个确定的第1号：“狗，随后是其他可爱的动物和良好的小孩。” Blundell继续说，人们是您的第二好的选择，只要他们在做或说些有趣的话。

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.

在这里，我未能为ARS Technica读者提供狗的故事。今天，我打算解决这个问题。这是一个关于狗的故事，但也是一个无处不在的“智能”产品的罕见乐观的看法，它帮助一个非常好的女孩。

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：这篇文章中的图像不是上述狗，以保护其主人的隐私。华盛顿特区的人道救援联盟提供了可收养的狗的照片，与那只狗有些相似。

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，最近一个周末的早晨，我和我和我的狗一起坐在前廊上。我们正在喝咖啡，阅读，并享受DC的微小窗户，以供温带春季天气。我进去了片刻。当我回来时，我的狗在里面，但我的妻子不是。困惑，我打开门，看着。一只狗，不是我自己的狗，将鼻子伸入门间隙，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."

“这里有一只狗吗？”我妻子说，部分是对自己。 “她只是跑到门廊上。我不知道她来自哪里。”

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.

我把狗固定在里面，然后出去遇到这个快速移动但友好的闯入者。她有一个衣领，但没有皮带，看上去很整洁，健康且狂热。衣领上有一个有机硅带，下面拿着一个苹果的Airtag。我拉出了airtag，将其轻拍到我的手机上，什么也没发生。

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.

当我的妻子在我们附近的各种社交网点（Facebook，Nextdoor和WhatsApp for直接邻居）上发布时，我走进了车库，抓住了CR2032电池。这不是每个人都拥有的，但是我有一些Airtag，还有一些家庭自动化习惯。经过一些压力，扭曲和更换后，Airtag发出哔哔声并恢复了服务。