Archives in Category: Technology

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Smiling in the 21st Century

Posted on May 19, 2006

There must be some axiom somewhere that says “If it’s simple, then tamper with it until it’s complicated.” Maybe Ben Franklin went out kite-flying under this principle and discovered electricity. Maybe Bill Gates did the same thing with the lowly

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Keep in Touch

Posted on May 4, 2006

I like email as much as the next person; in fact, my program is set up to send me a little pop-up whenever I receive a message, so I’m never too far behind. At the same time, I like the

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Images

Posted on January 29, 2006

Before there was digital photography, there were paper photographs, the kind you brought to a drug store for one hour processing. And before there was one hour processing, you waited in anticipation for a few days to see how your

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Doctor’s Office, Part Two

Posted on January 28, 2006

It must be the mood I’m in, that I need to devote two blogs in a row to my annual physical. Or maybe it’s the book I’m reading that suggests writers need to find inspiration everywhere and be sensitive to

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Learning Curve

Posted on January 26, 2006

I must remember that when you buy a new computer or any other new electronic device these days there is a learning curve. You simply can’t assume that the new item is a replica of the old, only in a

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Ironing

Posted on January 22, 2006

We are finally unpacked from our recent trip, and Earl has caught up on our laundry. Stacks of slacks and shorts and summer shirts wait on the seven-foot pew in our family room. But they’re hardly waiting for Sunday service

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Web Site Angst

Posted on January 2, 2006

I’ve spent the better part of the day on various web sites, trying to get answers to questions about the new technology I received for Christmas. (New technology always requires a learning curve!) I got a Z22 PALM and a

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No Rocket Science Here

Posted on December 29, 2005

A recent headline on the front page of the local Herald Palladium noted that experts do not understand why college graduates are more illiterate than ever. The article didn’t say what the experts were expert at studying, but it doesn’t

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Colonoscopy

Posted on August 25, 2005

There are rumors about colonoscopy that suggest the procedure is akin to medieval torture. That surviving the procedure is tantamount to sainthood. I’m here to debunk those rumors.

I underwent my third colonoscopy in ten years this afternoon; and, while

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Garlic

Posted on July 12, 2005

“I need a little timer,” I said to Earl, not explaining why in full detail. “Something cute too.”

“I’m on it,” he said a couple days ago as he went off on his errands. Sure enough, when he returned he

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