Category Archives: Technology
Happy Online New Year
This is the time of the year when people make New Year’s Resolutions, resolving to change all things wrong in life and turn over a new leaf — to stop smoking, to lose weight, to clean closets, watch less television … Continue reading
A Shooting Spree
“Bang! Pow! Take that, you good for nothing box of bolts!” My friend Kathy tells a story about getting angry with her computer and shooting it. Kathy tells some wild tales and it is hard to know when it is … Continue reading
One Day at a Time with AT&T
Thinking of changing network providers? This is my experience based on the 12-Step Program. Hopefully, your “improvement” will go more smoothly. Step 1 – Admit you are powerless over your cable company. What used to be a mere pittance for … Continue reading
My, What Big Teeth You Have
Let’s get this straight right from the beginning, we are not talking about a tooth in someone’s mouth, we are talking about a Bluetooth in someone’s ear. If you think it sounds like some sort of deformity, you are probably … Continue reading
The New Computer System
Our office is getting a new computer system. Those responsible, called “The Team,” are so proud of it you’d think they created a new solar system — in six days instead of seven. There hasn’t been so much hoop-la about … Continue reading
A Star Lady is Hiding in the Car
Some time ago, I wrote a column about GPS, the global positioning system in cars. It’s a navigation system that can help you find your way from point to point by using an electronic mapping system – to explain for … Continue reading
Who? Me? Addicted to the Computer?
Addicted to the computer? Who? Me? I’ll admit that I’ve been reading email when I should be mopping the floor, browsing online auctions when I should be doing laundry, surfing websites when I should be fixing dinner, but that doesn’t … Continue reading
When You’ve Gotta Glow
I read an article in the paper about some scientists in Taiwan who had biogenetically engineered three green pigs that glow in the dark. Apparently this was big news at the time, but some of us are a bit slow … Continue reading
Self-Service World
An acquaintance of mine mentioned how much he hated standing in line at the convenience market to pay for gas. Invariably there is someone buying lottery tickets and three packs of cigarettes — and then scratching off the tickets before … Continue reading
