tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34511226.post959184459538302801..comments2023-07-29T10:07:52.558-04:00Comments on The Hidden Hero: Techno-Love (but only as a friend)V. Rileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17784637105545220269noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34511226.post-79445923326430945322010-05-24T22:03:14.879-04:002010-05-24T22:03:14.879-04:00Ok, I know this is probably the wrong place to pos...Ok, I know this is probably the wrong place to post this....but oh well. Cher-I Love that you've compared Victor to Castle...I've been thinking the same thing since I started reading the posts. Because I lack that very endearing quippy humor and cross-content knowledge, I really appreciate it when others do it well....and both these great guys are story-telling masters!! It also makes me think of a genious character from Jasper Fforde's hillarous books...but she's a female character....so there probably aren't many more similarities after the conversational forte.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34511226.post-43076409531969146232010-05-22T18:38:37.836-04:002010-05-22T18:38:37.836-04:00OMG! Thank you for blogging. I've read a coupl...OMG! Thank you for blogging. I've read a couple of your posts so far. I'll have to come back later when I have more time. But I just wanted to make a few quick comments:<br />1. I am soooo glad I am not alone in the whole late on the tech band wagon thing.<br />2. Periodic evaluation of people inthe category of Emotionally Supportive is a must... like regular oil changes (which I suck gizzards at doing too). This is a category to win not just be content with a nomination.<br />3. W00ts to you for the New Jib. Keep up the good work.<br />4. Nostalgic endeavors, while a bit on the romantic side, are a good way to stay grounded in reality. I say celebrate your skills and the ocassional (feel free to correct my spelling)niggling problem with a well earned deep-down-contented feeling. I get that way translating German successfully. Talk about hard fought and well earned!<br />Can't wait to read more from your blog.sherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04664231178384208560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34511226.post-18097512535852560442010-05-07T15:28:43.977-04:002010-05-07T15:28:43.977-04:00So a week later, we're thinking of upgrading o...So a week later, we're thinking of upgrading our cell phones to ones that can access the internet...or at least traffic data. Being stuck in an informational vacuum sucks...which also might prompt our upgrading our Garmin to one that can tap into real-time traffic.<br /><br />The first car fire (garbage truck under an overpass) on the drive down was fine--we had access to Wi-fi, so we could see when they reopened the freeway from Subway. The second car fire on the way back...they only updated the phone message once an hour (which is better than never). Both times both lanes were shut down for at least an hour and a half.<br /><br />Oh, and I just bought a portable CD player. Now I have to find the waist belt so we can wear it while moving around. Staying low-tech is hard work!<br /><br />I'm still a little bitter that DH ditched our VHS player when we left CA....<br /><br />And I'm another hardcore fan of paper books. I like the feel of the pages and even the smell of the ink (not the glue!).<br /><br />S.fritzAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34511226.post-14214077480572024792010-05-04T22:14:15.671-04:002010-05-04T22:14:15.671-04:00When I was still young and wearing my hair in brai...When I was still young and wearing my hair in braids I purchased a small cassette player/radio/alarm clock. I know.....cassetts? What are those again??? But I LOVED it-every night, while the rest of my family slept, I stayed up late to read and listen to Mariah Carey, Toni Braxton, R. Kelly,and other 90's artists who I try to pretend I don't know about today (I also blame them for my rediculously unrealistic romanticism....) <br /><br />Anyway, this little radio was the best thing I've ever bought (I still have it on my bedside table and it sings me to sleep every night and wakes me up every morning with that unbelievably annoying BEEEEEEP). Sadly the cassette player door lost a hinge so it hangs loose, but the cassette player even works if the tape is put in carefully. Since then I've upgraded to a "boom box" (also in working order despite being ruffed up by a lot of crazy kids). I college I got a CD player and my classmates endlessly made fun of me since they all had ipods-but I loved my old school CD player and it worked-so why replace it. When it did eventually die (it was dropped into a giant puddle) it was on to an ipod of my own and a laptop to organize my itunes on.....Despite all of this, I still love my first radio and will love it until the day it dies....at which time I will probably have a ceremony and a very touching eulogy.....but that's another story altogether.....So I guess I'm old school too....I don't replace something until it brakes (my cell phones look brand new when I exchange them every 2 years for free)..... alright, enough rambling....to bed to bed!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34511226.post-69616664830957008332010-04-28T20:35:03.350-04:002010-04-28T20:35:03.350-04:00I'm much like you -- not that interested in te...I'm much like you -- not that interested in tech, but willing to get tested and proven items. After lots of consideration. But I'm looking at Blu-Ray players, for two reasons. First, my DVD player's almost 10 years old, and it's showing its age. So an upgrade is coming soon. Second, I have a serious interest in audio -- so while the video isn't a big selling point, crisp sound is.<br /><br />But I think my favorite tech is still the book. Yes, print, hard copy, however you want to describe it. I only got a cell phone when my commute became 45 minutes into the city... before that, no interest. Even now, little interest in using it.<br /><br />And, in keeping with the spirit of your question, I think I'd be hard-pressed not to use my portable CD player when grading. But no ear buds! They drive me nuts!King's Rabbithttp://enker-grene.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34511226.post-46002443480299535682010-04-27T23:44:02.273-04:002010-04-27T23:44:02.273-04:00I'll have to give this some more thought and p...I'll have to give this some more thought and post back later, but first I have to share that I find it very interesting that every guy I ever dated (yes, all 3 of them) was a computer nerd. Yet if you'd asked me what type of guy I was drawn to, I never would have chosen computer nerd as my type.<br /><br />Of course, now I can't imagine my life without my resident computer expert...who admittedly isn't really that much of a gadget freak. He'll drool over the latest and greatest laptop configurations when it's time to upgrade, but he doesn't really care about the cell phones, e-readers, etc.<br /><br />S.fritzAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com