Diffusion Confusion

My hair drier died today. That machine had been good to me for 16 years. I tried to find another one just like it but it became very complicated. What happened to the good old days when the only thing you had to worry about were two toddle switches that let you know if it was too hot or fast. I thought technology was suppose to make life easier. Nowadays when you buy a hair dryer, you have to contend with concentrators, removable air filters, diffusers and 1875 watts of power. When you turn that monster on, your hair is dry before pick up your brush. And that fly away look that was so popular in the 80’s, has just returned and it’s too late for any diffusion. Ahhhhh!!! Sometimes technology blows.

Hey! I’ve got a tech joke for you.
A man attempting to set up his new printer called the printer's tech support number, complaining about the error message: "Can't find the printer."
On the phone, the man said he even held the printer up in front of the screen, but the computer still couldn't find it.

Way of the Dinosaur

Looks like the “regular” camera soon will become a relic of the past and take it’s place beside old favourites like the old Brownie Camera, 78’s, 45’s, lp’s, 8 tracks, cassettes, etc. Another great era coming to an end. It will be sad to see them go…it’s even sadder to realize that I’m remembering all of these things from my lifetime…Ahhhhh! I’m so way over the hill. Enough of my trip down memory lane, this is depressing me.

Digital cameras…this is good technology! Anything that can be manipulated for the better of man kind is okay with me. Who out there did not like red-eye??? Gone are the days of waiting forever to receive the photo’s you took months before. It was always a waiting game while you wondered whether this particular film was the right one that was picked out of the numerous one’s you had laying around. As the years go by, technology is making life easier and easier for everyone. With these new digital cameras, you don’t even need a computer to view, print, or edit. The printer itself does it all for you. The little memory chips can hold more than 2 gigs so you never run out of room. Batteries not included!!!

The Microsoft Car

At a recent computer expo, Bill Gates reportedly compared the
computer industry with the auto industry and stated, "If GM had
kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would
all be driving twenty-five-dollar cars that get 1000 miles to the
gallon."

Recently General Motors addressed this comment by responding,
"Yes, but would you want your car to crash twice a day?"

And . . .

1. Every time they repainted the lines on the road you would have
to buy a new car.
2. Occasionally, your car would die on the freeway for no reason,
and you would just accept this, restart, and drive on.
3. Occasionally, executing a manoeuvre would cause your car to
fail, and you would have to re-install the engine.
For some strange reason, you would accept this too.
4. You could only have one person in the car at a time, unless you
bought "Car95" or "CarNT." But then you would have to buy more
seats.
5. Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was
reliable, five times as fast, twice as easy to drive, but would
only run on five percent of the roads.
6. The Macintosh car owners would get expensive Microsoft upgrades
to their cars, which would make their cars run much slower.
7. The oil, gas and alternator warning lights would be replaced by
a single "general car default" warning light.
8. New seats would force everyone to have the same size butt.
9. The airbag system would say "are you sure?" before going off.

Locator Button

Today I went looking for our portable phone. I looked high and low but I couldn’t find it anywhere. Then I remembered the handset had a locator button on it. It was the first time I had ever had to us it and to my amazement, I followed the beep and found that darn phone buried under some clothes in my sons room. Isn’t technology great!!!

Disability with Ability

I see many benefits in using technology when working with special needs children. With it, great strives have been made to help the disabled. There seems to be an explosion of new technology with the purpose of improving not just the lives of children that have limited abilities, but also giving the teachers better ways for these children to achieve those goals.

Groundhog Day!

Ah…technology! Love it or hate it? Up until a few days ago, I wondered exactly what kind of benefits I got from it. I had lost my son to it. He was held up in his room and only appeared for necessities.

When the power went out January 31st and also on February 2nd, being unplugged from his virtual world, like the ground hog, he emerged from his den to view the real world. Seeing no shadow (the lights were out and a storm was in full force), he decided to join humanity. This revelation makes me feel that Spring is definitely coming early!!! It would have been great if not for the cold and having to bundle up to keep our teeth from chattering. We talked real talk, not that virtual lingo and he went sliding. This went on until he remembered his fully powered DS and we lost him to his room again. What do I think about technology? For the most part, it’s great! It keeps me warm, fed, and entertained. Despite the fact that I never see my son, at least I know where he is. Could I live without it? The answer to that question is absolutely not!