Who Takes Out The Trash On The Space Station?
I mean, seriously, who does it? Because people are people, even if they are astronauts, and basic human nature has to intervene at some point. If the ISS operates anything like things do around my […]
Tag: technology
Kathy’s Points to Remember
People are smarter than computers. We just pretend to be dumber so we won’t make the machines feel bad about themselves. Your computer will never crash until you are almost finished with that super important […]
A Technology Trifecta
Madam never claimed to be a technology whiz. Frankly, I too face techno challenges just trying to organize my hooves on a keyboard without triggering an Internet explosion. So, you can imagine my surprise when […]
ZOMBIE BLOGGER
I wasn’t always this way. Two years ago I didn’t have a clue as to how to turn on a computer. Didn’t even know what Safari or Internet Explorer was. I’d see my kids feverishly […]
Cars That Drive People
Lately, the news has been full of stories about “automatic cars.” Supposedly, these are the cars of the not so distant future. Basically, they will be able to drive themselves, freeing us […]
The Information Age and I
I just found out that the year I was born also saw the launch of the first big, useful computer, named ENIAC (History of Computers). I get blamed for a lot of things, but never […]
Traveling Faster than Superman!
I remember watching the reruns of Star Trek as a kid and thinking, “If only we could beam ourselves anywhere we wanted to go.” Well, that is not going to happen anytime soon; however, entrepreneur […]
The Aging Brain, or Why Your Otherwise Intelligent Grandmother Can’t Figure Out the Internet
DISCLAIMER: This is not a scientific article. I, the author, am just an aging Baby Boomer doing some minimal Internet research, spouting off some personal observations, and maybe even making a few things up. I […]
Happy National Engineers Week!
It’s National Engineers Week! And not the choo choo kind – I don’t think. So, I think I will send a pseudo personal greeting card to my computer engineer husband and all the other engineers […]
Making Stupidity Go Away
Has anyone seen this commercial by Fidelity Insurance? Here it is on You Tube. In the ad, a man says, “I love you” to his wife, partner, significant other, whoever and proceeds to walk to […]