computers

Personal Search Engine (MM #1955)

I have a new job. Fortunately the job isn’t full time though. Since my parents don’t like computers, I’ve become their personal search engine. Now I don’t actually get paid for this talent, but perhaps I can add this skill to my resume…

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Delete Button (MM #1928)

I’ve worked with computers for a long time. And one key on the keyboard that often puts fear into people is the delete button. You have to get past the fear. Once you do, it’s all good. Wel, at least most of the time…

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Hunched Over (MM #1884)

Many of us spend our days, and even our nights at our desk hunched over a computer. And the more we do it, the more the potential for… back problems. My wife is paying the price for all of her years working the 9 to 5 hunched over that computer…

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Constant Change (MM #1874)

It’s a fact of life that change is fairly constant. But in our new technology driven world constant change is an understatement. It’s tough to keep up. Even if you’re a person who doesn’t always mind change…

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New Appliances (MM #1770)

We now live in a world where we replace our expensive cell phone every few years. Most of us just throw it away. What if we were forced to get new appliances just as often? We don’t think anything of replacing some of our tech gadgets every few years, but what about our applainces…

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Going Computer Shopping (MM #1728)

For the most part I don’t mind shopping, except when I’m going computer shopping. For me, buying a computer is more difficult than buying a car. And it’s almost up there with the chore of buying a house. Okay, it might not be as costly or time consuming as buying a house, but for me…

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Computer Crisis (MM #1723)

I’m having a bit of a computer crisis. Okay, it’s more than a bit of a crisis. Anytime you have major computer issues it turns your world upside down. Main main laptop is having some issues, and I may be forced to upgrade… UGH.

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Flying Toasters (MM #1685)

Things that fly always seem to be a recurring dream of technology. Years ago people dreamed of flying cars. Back To The Future gave us the hoverboard that people still yearn for 30 years later. And for a brief moment we were even obsessed with flying toasters…

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Hunting For A Mouse (MM #1634)

Shhhhhh….. Be very quiet. I’m hunting for a mouse. No, not the furry little rodent, but the sometimes very elusive one that I need to navigate my laptop…

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Tuning Out Noise (MM #1541)

Noise is a funny thing. There are some noises that if you hear them often enough you stop noticing. But there are other noises that no matter how often you hear them you always hear them. Tuning out noise obviously isn’t something that we can control on our own.

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