D'vorahDavida
Yetzirah

Gizmo Report
Fri Feb 29 2008

Brace yourself.

Technology discussion.

Caution.

Angst ahead.

One of my sons and his wife had an extra one of these and very sweetly, passed it on to me....

[album 65561 Zune Sized.JPG]

Now I know that mp3 players have been around for quite some time, but this is brand new to me. I was lamenting to my son that I had recorded something for myself on my computer, but it wouldn't play on my cd player because it had recorded as an mp3 and my old portable cd player doesn't have a clue what those are. So he said he would send me this gadget to fix my problem.

I spent half of yesterday nursing cold, and loading up my Zune.

I'm still nursing the cold today and haven't even scratched the surface of filling up this little puppy. When I think back to the days of vinyl records, this is pretty amazing stuff. It's kinda spooky really. All that music in such a little teeny weenie, dinky winky, itty bitty space.

I am reminded of a certain character in a certain movie....

"'Tain't fittin', 'tain't fittin', it just 'tain't fittin'."

Even though I am about 3 years behind the technology curve, I'm still knocked off balance by it. Can you IMAGINE what would happen to me if I was on the cutting edge? I'd probably have a meltdown of some kind.

Some people are the seagoing types, some white water rafters, but in the world of technology, I am a pond person. A raft on a pond person.

And my watchword on said craft would be:

"Don't rock the raft!"

(You got any Dylan on that there Zune contraption? I might give him a listen.
Buck up ya big baby. It's only ones and zeros.)


6 Comments
  • From:
    404Error (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Feb 29 2008
    The Zune is a really neat MP3 player because it allows you to share. I've been thinking about getting one but didn't have anyone to share with. Maybe I'll get one for my birthday, then we can share?

    RYC: If you'd like, you can get as many as you want from me. Other than the black/purples you said you weren't fond of, the varieties on my list are Mr. Stripey, an orangey-yellow with red striped skin and flesh and Super Marzano VFNT hybrid, an improved San Marzano paste tomato. If you'd like to try another dark tomato I'll have lots of those to choose from.
  • From:
    Pragmatist (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Feb 29 2008
    You think you're behind with technology? Huh! I have no idea what you're talking about.


    Bless
  • From:
    Parett (Legacy)
    On:
    Sat Mar 01 2008
    It's Greek to me!

    God Bless....
  • From:
    Ajournal (Legacy)
    On:
    Sat Mar 01 2008
    You're not alone ... our electric went off again last night for an hour or more ... and this morning I couldn't get the DVD player to play ...

    After about 2 hours of trying different discs it finally dawned on me...the DVD player is hooked into the VCR and the DVR and it won't play unless the VCR is turned back on and reset through the VCR to video 1 ...

    I'm not ready for the plastic card electronic age - and some things are surely a step backwards - for instance the plastic cards that unlock the front door - and when the electric goes off the card-holder has to sleep in the yard ... and automatic locks on car doors (you can't just get out of the car and take the groceries from the back seat unless the driver unlocks the doors ... and worse yet, if the driver unlocks the door locks while driving around then the baby in the back car-seat can possible get out of the car seat and get that little head stuck in the power window while the driver is preoccupied at the bank window drive-thru ?






  • From:
    Mamallama (Legacy)
    On:
    Sun Mar 02 2008
    Okay. I'm all caught up now.
    I enjoyed the week's read.
    Very entertaining.
    Very informative.
    Very interesting.
    Very....:o)
    Hugs!
  • From:
    ImNotLisa (Legacy)
    On:
    Sun Mar 09 2008
    I got my first mp3 player about two weeks ago so I can relate. Knocks your socks off, doesn't it?