Little things defeat me. An electrical blip — so brief as to go otherwise unnoticed — knocked out the time and date on the clocks and telephones in my house. It was so brief I didn’t realize it had happened until… Read More ›
Technology
IT’S ALL CONNECTED – Marilyn Armstrong
It’s the little things that trigger epiphanies. Those tiny moments of recognition that make me say “Oh! I see!” A few days ago, I took my Panasonic out of my shoulder bag where it lives. I’m very careful with my… Read More ›
REMEMBER WHEN PHONE CALLS WERE FUN? – Marilyn Armstrong
Rolling slowly out of bed, I tried to remember what I’d been dreaming about. Something about cats made of smoke and a clothesline that was part of a computer game. And a shrink who offered to scratch my back, but… Read More ›
SKYPING FOR IDIOTS – Marilyn Armstrong
I admit it, I never learned to use Skype. I have tried it. At least twice a year some friend or family member wants to see if we can make it work. I’ve never made it work. There are a… Read More ›
“BAD” IS THE NEW “GOOD” IN TECH SUPPORT – Marilyn Armstrong
Bad customer and technical support is the new good. You only think it’s bad. The problem is your attitude. Or so they’d have you think. YOU CAN RUN, BUT YOU CAN’T HIDE All the big technology companies are working hard… Read More ›
THERE IS NO TRUTH IN THE SMALL PRINT – Marilyn Armstrong
The biggest lie we tell all the time is that when we check the box at the bottom we are agreeing to an interminable list of conditions that basically say whatever they say. What we know is if we do… Read More ›
THE WONDER OF THE WEENIE – By Tom Curley
There was an interesting article in the news concerning a porn site called xhamster.com. I don’t know why it’s called that and I really don’t want to know. They’re in the news because they closed off their website to anybody… Read More ›
TECH-ADDICTED – BY ELLIN CURLEY
I didn’t realize how dependent we are on technology, or more precisely, our household machines. Then our Keurig coffee maker had a glitch and wouldn’t work. How were we going to make coffee?? !!XX?? We’ve always had a French Press… Read More ›
SORRY, WRONG NUMBER – By GARRY ARMSTRONG
People of a certain age will recall the title from a popular radio drama that became a film noir classic with Barbara Stanwyck as the damsel/wife in distress and Burt Lancaster as the spouse with mayhem on his mind. You… Read More ›
LOVING AND HATING THE PHONE WHILE WISHING IT WORKED BETTER – Marilyn Armstrong
Since everyone’s into talking about hating phones, I figured I’d throw my oar in the water too. I loved the phone right through my teenage years. I and my girlfriends would chat the night away, even though we lived two… Read More ›
WOULD YOU PLEASE ANSWER THAT PHONE? – BY ELLIN CURLEY
The world can be divided in many ways – Republicans vs. Democrats, religious people vs. non religious people, cat people vs. dog people. Here’s another way – people who love the phone vs. people who hate it. I love talking… Read More ›
VIOLENCE, VIOLENCE! – BY ELLIN CURLEY
My husband is a sweet and gentle man. He is not aggressive and doesn’t have a violent bone in his body. Yet he spends hours a day watching violence on TV, in movies and actively participating in it with video… Read More ›
