mycalicocat

Tom Cavin was right. He was a math major at Swarthmore who tried to convince me that one day everyone would have computers in their homes that could find and read almost anything ever written. I scoffed.

Also, why aren't there any prom dresses left that cover your shoulders AND your belly button?
 

technology amazes, and yes, baffles me. things get smaller rather than larger. i was amazed at sam's club on saturday to see how tiny cell phones, cameras, etc have become. i-pods boggle my mind.:)
 

I probably shouldn't admit this, but I'm not real sure what an i-pod is or does.
Also, I'm not sure why anybody needs a telephone that takes pictures, but I do remember reading once that there were scoffers when somebody came up with the idea of having radios in cars, so I try not to be a Luddite.
I think that in my lifetime, and my teen self might now notice this first, one of the best changes has been the ease with which most housework can now be done. Remember defrosting refrigerators and dampening great piles of still laundry in order to iron them? Remember ice cube trays?
What I'm wondering is what there'll be 25 years from now that we can't imagine now.
Also, I'm wondering if there will still be local print newspapers. Books Ihave no doubt of. Magazines still have their purpose. But newspapers like the one I work for for? I don't know. (Not that this is all a matter of modernity. The inability of newspapers to adapt to reader interests and changing times is mind-boggling, as is the extent to which they are being created daily by people who don't read, so if they perish, it may not really matter that much)
 

p.s. I imagine that the fact that it's Monday morning had something to do with my comments on newspapers.
 

i'm happy to come to my clients rather than having them come to me.:):) an ipod, no red hat, has something like 5000 songs in something the size of an electric razor. i'm not sure i even like 5000 songs.:):)i only recently received a cell phone at my child's insistence, but i never turn it on or check messages so i continue to be left alone while riding in my car and shopping.:)
 

Barely -I'm glad I have company on the cell phone issue, and thanks for the i-pod info I thought I was cool for having a "party shuffle" on imusic. I downloaded my favorite cds and then mixed them all up, so I have music on my computer.
Princess - I think we're all moving toward doing more at home, but I don't want it to go to far, because after a couple of days I get pajama-itis, bedhead, and forget what day of the week it is.
 

In 1965, my family owned the following electrical appliances: radio, floor lamp, table lamp, iron, mixer, refrigerator, washer.

In 2005, if I wake up in the night, I see tiny lights from these appliances: radio, vcr, dvd player, phone, my laptop recharging, Beau's laptop recharging, and two surge protectors. That's when we've turned off the TV, four lamps, the blow-dryer, the air conditioner, and the fan. And that's only my bedroom.
 

Princess,

I'm living the telecommuting life, and it definitely has limits. You can head off misunderstandings much better when two people can see each other's expressions and body language. And you can buld relationships much better with truly casual banter from one desk to another. On-line work has plenty of plusses, and I love it, but it has some weaknesses, too.
 

I'm amazed that WEDDING dresses show so much cleveage!

I think the technology is wonderful! I don't use i-pods, but I love my cell phone, computer and digital camera.