When I consider myself a technological neophyte, I think of the folks back where I grew up, who are still bitching about the new traffic lights that went up downtown and why are so many people driving so many damned cars around, dammit. I wonder if my mother ever brought herself to use an ATM.
Mal: How come you didn't turn on me, Jayne? Jayne: Money wasn't good enough. Mal: What happens when it is? Jayne: Well... that'll be an interesting day.
'Serenity'
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Connie Neil - Mar 05, 2009 8:00:31 am PST #9324 of 25501
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NoiseDesign - Mar 05, 2009 8:07:35 am PST #9325 of 25501
Our wings are not tired
My mom is that way. The biggest tech she ever got into was an electric typewriter. I got Dad onto a computer around 1990, but mom insister on getting her typewriter repaired around 2002 rather than ever learn to use the computer.
Liese S. - Mar 05, 2009 8:11:48 am PST #9326 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
My parents were like that too. In fact, my mom still had her manual typewriter when I left for college. Beyond that point, they suddenly got a microwave, new vhs/dvd setup, eventually a large flatscreen, two laptops and a desktop. I exclaimed about it and they just kinda laughed.
It wasn't until years later that I realized that they'd gotten all that stuff with the money that they'd saved for my college, which I'd abandoned to elope. Hee. Good on them for spending on themselves.
tommyrot - Mar 05, 2009 8:25:15 am PST #9327 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
What sort of books are available for the Kindle? Just newly-published ones? Or are they Kindleizing older books too?
megan walker - Mar 05, 2009 8:28:43 am PST #9328 of 25501
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I'm reading The Eight (1980something) on Kindle now (AInotFG, because I hate the Kindle, but it's massively on hold at the library and I got two chapters into The Fire before I realized I needed to re-read The Eight or I'd be too confused.)
Jessica - Mar 05, 2009 8:37:47 am PST #9329 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I've heard such terrible things about the G1's battery life that I'm willing to wait for a 2nd-gen Android phone.
Hey, speaking of the Kindle, does anyone know if you need a Kindle in order to buy books on the Kindle iPhone app?
tommyrot - Mar 05, 2009 8:41:37 am PST #9330 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
does anyone know if you need a Kindle in order to buy books on the Kindle iPhone app?
From what I read, no. You can't use the iPhone app, though - you gotta buy books on a browser.
Jessica - Mar 05, 2009 8:45:04 am PST #9331 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
You can't use the iPhone app, though - you gotta buy books on a browser.
Oh right - I mainly meant, can I buy Amazon ebooks for the iPhone now that they've got the Kindle app out.
Jon B. - Mar 05, 2009 8:52:16 am PST #9332 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
has anyone here moved their Dreamhost email accounts over to Gmail's system?
Not Dreamhost, but I'm just starting/testing out this process. It seems quite easy.
Sean K - Mar 05, 2009 11:44:20 am PST #9333 of 25501
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
My iPhone makes me laugh and clap my hands. Other times it makes me go "Grrrrrr," but then I remember that it's shiny and pretty, and I forgive it.