Admittedly, I’m not very tech savvy. In fact, I’d even go so far as to say that I’m a technodummy. So, why am I suddenly interested in Cloud? Basically, I think I’m interested in it because everyone I know is storing their data in it. I’m usually behind the times when it comes to technology and this is one of those times. I’ve been afraid of the Cloud technology ever since it came out. My worries centered on the fact …
A friend had always driven a full-size sedan so when the car rental agency told him they were reserving a full-size car for him, he naturally assumed it was going to be like the cars he had always owned. If it weren’t so pathetic, it would be funny. I watched him folding himself into the car and ducking so that his head didn’t hit the top while he was driving. Getting out was the reverse procedure. He opened the door …
I wonder how long it will be before humans are completely taken over by technology and rendered obsolete. It’s not an idle question. Take a look at all the occupations that have shuttered their doors and gone out of business. The first thing that comes to mind is the medical field. We used to see zillions of doctors in private practice. No more. Now we see them being offered a truckload of money to sell their practice to hospitals and …
I’ve always had a fascination with the concept of hidden rooms. Many of the books I’ve read told of secret passageways or a library that, if you knew of its existence, and you knew where it was located and how to use it, you would press something in a panel and the panel would slide open, allowing you to go downstairs to a hidden room. I’ve never had a need for a hidden room because my privacy was always respected. …
When computers came out, my first thought was that they were going to replace humans. I couldn’t imagine it not happening but everyone kept telling me that computers couldn’t operate by themselves, that they needed humans to input data. Since almost everyone thought I was taking a pessimistic view and that there would always be work for humans, and that work was going to be made easier by the use of computers, I stopped ranting about it. Almost. One day, …
After 9/11, we became paranoid about airport security. We couldn’t even take lip balm or nail clippers on airplanes. TSA agents have been allowed to get away with sexual pat-downs and confiscating expensive items for phony reasons that are unrelated to airport security. But now we’re hearing the worst news of all. A German security consultant, who’s also a commercial pilot, has demonstrated tools he says could be used to hijack an airplane remotely, using just an Android phone. Speaking …
Did you ever have a day start out where you knew you shouldn’t have gotten out of bed? That was yesterday. I had set the alarm for an hour and a half earlier than usual because I had so many things to accomplish. Bleary-eyed I got out of bed, turned off the alarm and set about getting ready for my day. But no one told me that it was a holiday and most of the things on my to-do list …
Last week I received a letter from the electric company telling me that for the next two months they will be upgrading sections of the underground power line in my neighborhood. They went on to say that they don’t expect this proactive maintenance work to require a power outage but if there is going to be one, they’ll notify us in advance. As soon as I read the letter, my first thought was, well you don’t want to know what …
I was reading some of the website blogs and Facebook entries and they got me to thinking about the people who post them. Some of the things they tell us about themselves make them seem as though their lives are way more exciting than mine. Now, that alone, isn’t terribly surprising because lately I’ve been feeling that I’m living a beige life. But, then I got to wondering if my life is more beige than the average person who posts …
A few weeks ago, after I got home from grocery shopping, I noticed that my GPS was missing. I knew I had put it on the floor of the car before I went into the store. It was within easy reach so I figured it would be easy to find and that’s the first place I looked. It wasn’t there. I even looked in the back to see if it had slid back there and I couldn’t find it. Every …