My laptop is acting funny.
I really like my little old HP.  It’s pre-Vista, so I don’t have any of  those issues, but it’s also been carrying the load for me with all my home computing needs for quite awhile.
The MacBook Pro I have at work is pretty awesome, but to tell you the truth, I’m [...]

I must be getting really old.
It seems every single student is hard wired to some electronic device constantly.  From cell phones to ipods, all of the kids are tuned in to their own little worlds, mildly annoyed that they have to share band width with the other electrophiles.
Oh, sure, I would much rather see ear [...]

I guess I’m supposed to consider it a signing bonus.  At least that’s how I’m looking at it.  And I gotta tell you — as promotional products go, this is one of the best I’ve seen.
I picked up my new laptop today, and it’s VERY cool.  The school gave me a MacBook Pro with a [...]

At myself, that is.
I spent all day yesterday with my nose buried in books, calendars, and the laptop, working like a little trooper on developing three syllabi for most of the new classes I’ll be teaching this fall.
Now, when I put together a syllabus, it goes well beyond “this is the book you need” and [...]

I went on a mission today, but unfortunately, it was not “mission accomplished.”
I was hoping to find a cable with a USB plug on one end and RCA plugs on the other.  That way, I could patch a cassette deck into my laptop and record some of the quartet’s music onto the hard drive with [...]

My neighbor Marisa is the best thing since sliced bread. No, really, she is!
I spend almost as much time in her kitchen drinking coffee in my jammies as I do in my own. Belle the pit bull doesn’t even bark when she hears me walking around to the back door anymore. She [...]

I’m sick and tired of not having a cell phone.
I lost the last phone I had last February when the radio station laid me off.  It was my phone, but when I was hired, the boss said he would transfer the contract to the station’s bill and pay for everything if I would agree to [...]

The older I get, the dumber I sometimes feel.
I’m fully convinced that we should allow the 14-year-olds to run the world, then take away the reigns of power when they no longer know everything.
On a slightly less cynical note, I do envy the kids who have grown up in the computer age. I’m the [...]

I’m not always amused when technology steps up and slaps me right out of my comfort zone.
Right now, I love my TV.  It’s a 36-inch flat screen.  It is NOT, however, a high def.
The doggone thing weighs about as much as a Buick, but since I’m not real big on rearranging the furniture, especially in [...]

I’m fully convinced now that absolutely everything is available via the internet.
Case in point: I just discovered a website where you can buy online lab tests. Instead of going to the doctor and being referred to a traditional laboratory inside a clinic or hospital, you can buy your blood work directly and [...]