tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post4858668595966640014..comments2023-07-19T04:05:34.796-04:00Comments on Of Cabbages and Kings: Technical MehAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10883854503294092142noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-58271646022459088522010-04-29T11:31:44.973-04:002010-04-29T11:31:44.973-04:00My goodness, I've been saying this for a year ...My goodness, I've been saying this for a year or so - we are headed for a technological melt down. Technology keeps changes at such fast past that it now controls our lives and we can't seem to get anything done without it.<br /><br />Forget about yesteryear's Y2K. I think we need to beware of a digital implosion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-57819278937199444222010-04-29T05:40:25.074-04:002010-04-29T05:40:25.074-04:00ReformingGeek- Heh, it used to be wives were stuck...ReformingGeek- Heh, it used to be wives were stuck when their husbands died because they didn't know how to drive, or balance the checkbook... Now we don't know how to work our televisions. :)<br /><br />ScrewDestiny- The irony is that if you had a person who really knew how to explain things, it wouldn't be that difficult. But when you've got booklets written in technobabble translated from about three different languages, things get dicey.Jenn Thorsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12899242535971792424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-38304149533888708782010-04-29T02:26:21.426-04:002010-04-29T02:26:21.426-04:00I HATE that if I want to actually learn how to wor...I HATE that if I want to actually learn how to work that complicated sound system/DISH cable/Blu-Ray player with the four effing remotes, I'd have to sit down for like, two hours with someone teaching me how to use it. It's just too much for me. I miss one remote with the on/off button and the volume and the up/down channels. It was all so simple and wonderful.screwdestinyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00777895976599010393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-25902732826699485172010-04-28T22:41:39.631-04:002010-04-28T22:41:39.631-04:00When my hubby cashes in his chips, the tv, the sur...When my hubby cashes in his chips, the tv, the surround sound, the remotes, the wires, the speakers, the what-its and whozeits are all going right straight to the dump. I will live a blissfully television free existance thereafter!Melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08424489590437278846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-19537890761932648412010-04-28T20:21:45.109-04:002010-04-28T20:21:45.109-04:00Amen. If Hubby's gone, I'm screwed.Amen. If Hubby's gone, I'm screwed.ReformingGeekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17990465686765948682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-917564246445038372010-04-28T18:49:46.234-04:002010-04-28T18:49:46.234-04:00Kathy- I hear your cry for autonomy and less than ...Kathy- I hear your cry for autonomy and less than 12 remote controls at a time, my friend!<br /><br />You mention 3D, and that's RIGHT-- it was you I first heard about 3D television from because your hubs was all jazzed about the idea.<br /><br />Well, I guess it could be worse-- he could hook up all your lights, stove and everything else to a computer, in one complete console. :)Jenn Thorsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12899242535971792424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-77821922599995536322010-04-28T17:20:47.135-04:002010-04-28T17:20:47.135-04:00I love "Technical Meh." It's perfect...I love "Technical Meh." It's perfect. It's how I want to live. I do not need flashing lights, 3D, or any of the latest gadgetry that some pimply nerd says I'm no one if I don't have. <br /><br />"Give me simple or give me death!"Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12168816435565273787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-14988725962520611952010-04-28T14:40:55.594-04:002010-04-28T14:40:55.594-04:00Cari- All hail your husband. May his written words...Cari- All hail your husband. May his written words ring loud, clear and true! :) <br /><br />And yes, remotes DO herd. I hear they are actually attracted magnetically to chubby baby fingers. Scientific fact.<br /><br />Sharon- You're so right about how we get pushed into transitioning into the new technologies whether we want them or not. The reason I currently have a BluRay player is only because my DVD player died a tragic death and it ended up being, oddly, a better financial decision to get the BluRay. It makes no sense. The cost difference was strangely minimal. <br /><br />My mother never did figure out the VCR.Jenn Thorsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12899242535971792424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-30922082533772101682010-04-28T14:20:04.223-04:002010-04-28T14:20:04.223-04:00Oh man, I can SO relate. When I lived by myself, I...Oh man, I can SO relate. When I lived by myself, I knew how everything connected and could fix said connections by myself. Then I had the audacity to fall in love with...and move in with...and MARRY...a techie junkie. So we have DVRs and DVDs and video-to-DVD's and somewhere there's a laser disc player too. And since it's impossible to get old fashioned, old tech TVs anymore, we have all these newfangled flat screen thingies.<br /><br />I used to know how to record and play my VHS tapes. Now I need an Idiot Remote Control ("What do you want to do? "Watch TV" WHOOSH...done!) to do anything. Life used to be so simple...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-61119053800983298812010-04-28T14:19:48.724-04:002010-04-28T14:19:48.724-04:00This is why I love having a husband who is not onl...This is why I love having a husband who is not only in the computer industry but is a TECHNICAL WRITER. That's right, everyone, he writes those manuals no one ever reads. :P<br /><br />We, too, have the Plethora of Remotes. A veritable herd. We have one for the TV, one for the cable, one for the tuner (gotta have that surround sound), and one for the Blu-ray player. It's a chore keeping them out of the hands of the baby.Carihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05808278832117289063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-29228197833829018062010-04-28T12:23:39.157-04:002010-04-28T12:23:39.157-04:00JD- I believe that Omniscient Remote of which you ...JD- I believe that Omniscient Remote of which you speak is, in fact, a House Maid/Butler. :)Jenn Thorsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12899242535971792424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-9376486219740192402010-04-28T10:16:11.436-04:002010-04-28T10:16:11.436-04:00HA!
Now, I would love an Omniscient Remote. One t...HA!<br /><br />Now, I would love an Omniscient Remote. One that did everything with only, like, 3 or 4 buttons. And I do mean everything, including answer the phone and do the laundry.<br /><br />(I'm a little envious of Kathy's husband's set-up, tho I wouldn't know the first thing about how to work it.)JD at I Do Thingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12637216169419014156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-62182508436671979512010-04-28T09:31:21.621-04:002010-04-28T09:31:21.621-04:00Susie- It sounds your basement is the elephant gra...Susie- It sounds your basement is the elephant graveyard of technology-- where old equipment goes to die. :)Jenn Thorsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12899242535971792424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-50477622896254057592010-04-28T09:27:01.681-04:002010-04-28T09:27:01.681-04:00My husband always has to have the newest thing out...My husband always has to have the newest thing out there. He has our house pretty wired up with all sorts of things. He is working on getting a new sound system that we will barely use until the kids get older. I have no plans to keep all this stuff once he is gone either. The worse part once something gets outdated not broke it gets moved to our basement. I will have a lot to get rid of considering how fast things are changing nowadays.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-7863461128383332072010-04-28T09:12:02.443-04:002010-04-28T09:12:02.443-04:00Beer Drinker- I can't tell you how happy I am ...Beer Drinker- I can't tell you how happy I am to hear this, and from a GUY, and one I know is no dummy, too. <br /><br />That's really exciting about the wireless-- you had to be sort of waiting wondering when the poor instructions and the confusion were going to kick in. <br /><br />I find I always brace myself for instructions in ancient Mesopotamian or something. <br /><br />I love your idea of taking photos to bring with you. I'll definitely remember that. That's brilliant!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10883854503294092142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7173487087895437639.post-31311787119113988792010-04-28T09:08:27.899-04:002010-04-28T09:08:27.899-04:00Hey Jenn.
I hear you loud and clear. Recently, th...Hey Jenn.<br /><br />I hear you loud and clear. Recently, though, I set up a wireless computer network in my house. The CD that came with it was idiot-proof, seriously. Three clicks later, nirvana.<br /><br />I've also discovered that cell phones are great for taking pictures of items that are better shown to the staff of Home Depot and Radio Shack. Like the one of that car battery sized thing that runs my home alarm system. Sure the alarm company will walk through the door to replace it in 5 minutes, but it'll cost $105.Beer Drinker Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13482009304734879440noreply@blogger.com