I’ve joined the 21st century. Our house is totally cable-free. My husband never wanted to subscribe to cable television, so, to our children’s consternation, we never did. We had a landline phone in our old house, but abandoned that when we moved to this house. We now only have cell […]
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Forgetfulness and Flexibility
I went out of town last week with great plans for what I would accomplish. I would care for and play with my granddaughter, of course, but babies take naps, and surely I would have some down time. And then I got to the security line at the airport in […]
Continue readingFrom Old Photos to Aura Frame
I’ve written many times about photographs taken from my childhood or from my children’s childhood. When I was young, black and white snapshots were still the norm. My grandfather got a color camera sometime while I was still a toddler, but my dad didn’t get one of those snazzy new […]
Continue readingNew Technology: Short-Term Loss of Productivity for a Long-Term Gain (I Hope)
I’ve written several times before about setting up new computers and other digital devices. (See here and here.) I was at it again last month. Before the pandemic, my then-three-year-old laptop had started having battery problems. These problems took two forms. First, the laptop only held a charge for a […]
Continue readingAnother Year of New Technology
I’ve written before about all my technological devices needing to be upgraded at the same time. And now in 2020, I am repeating the experience. I needed a new tablet earlier this year, and was fortunate to get it in February before the pandemic hit. My old tablet was still […]
Continue readingTechnology Update: On Wi-Fi and Tablets
The time has come again for me to focus on technology. It seems every three years or so I can’t avoid upgrading my devices and/or systems. For the past several weeks, I’ve been deep into wi-fi networks and tablets. Actually, my need to focus on technology began last summer. I […]
Continue readingThe Hazards of Living Off the Grid
My husband and I have now been in our new home a little more than two weeks. Most of the problems during the move have stemmed from people’s reliance on computer systems. Automation can be a boon to efficiency or a bane to our sanity. When we rely on computers […]
Continue readingRandom Photo: An Old IBM-XT . . . Or Maybe It’s a Clone
This random photo was taken in December 1986, when our family visited my parents for Christmas. I found an envelope of pictures taken during that trip, and, since many of the pictures had Christmas motifs, I will save them for December posts. But this picture is of an early IBM […]
Continue readingPostage Costs in the 1840s
I wrote a post last year about the difficulties of mail service during the California Gold Rush years. I was thinking about this issue again recently when I bought first-class stamps at our local Post Office. I typically wait until I’m almost out of stamps (which I was last week), […]
Continue readingA Tale of Two New Computers
I wrote in January 2013 about having to replace two computers and an e-reader within a few short months. Four-and-a-half years later, I’m in a similar situation. After replacing my husband’s and my cell phones last December and our printer in February, I am now in the middle of upgrading our […]
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