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Out of all the books I read for my formal education, one bit, from one slim paperback, has lodged the deepest into my brain.<\/p>\n

William Blundell’s The Art and Craft of Feature Writing<\/em><\/a> 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 writes, are your second-best option, providing they are doing or saying something interesting.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Note: The images in this post are not of the aforementioned dog, so as to protect their owner’s privacy. The Humane Rescue Alliance<\/a> of Washington, DC, provided photos of adoptable dogs with some resemblance to that dog.<\/em><\/p>\n

Hello, stranger<\/h2>\n

My 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 of 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.<\/p>\n

“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.”<\/p>\n

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\n Rexi<\/a>, a nearly 3-year-old mixed breed, is being fostered and ready for adoption at the Humane Rescue Alliance<\/a>. The author’s wife thinks Rexi looks the most like their unexpected dog visitor.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>
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\n Rexi<\/a>, a nearly 3-year-old mixed breed, is being fostered and ready for adoption at the Humane Rescue Alliance<\/a>. The author’s wife thinks Rexi looks the most like their unexpected dog visitor.<\/p>\n


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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.<\/p>\n

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<\/a>. That’s not something everyone has, but I have a few AirTags, along with a bit of a home automation habit<\/a>. After some pressing, twisting, and replacing<\/a>, the AirTag beeped and returned to service.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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