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‘Electronics’ Posts
When I was a kid, I played on an Atari for the first time and thought it was very cool and so high tech. I remember playing Keystone Kapers, Frogger and Pitfall for hours on end. I never did win any of them, but every time I hear one of their names, I get a smile on my face. If you’ve never heard of them, you were probably born either before the 70’s and after the 80’s. I am now married with a five year old daughter and this past Christmas we purchased the Kinect game system for our family. When I watch my daughter play soccer, go down a river on a raft or do the long jump on our high definition TV with high tech motion sensor tracking her every move, I am astonished at how things have changed. I have to admit, I fought the idea of having video games in my home with children, but with the recent development of family friendly gaming, I think it can be a great addition to family activities.
Movie Projectors Rock!
I’ve never been a huge TV watcher, but have always loved watching movies. In the past year we moved to a new place and gave our family TV to a sister who didn’t have one. We originally intended to get it back, but just grew accustomed to not having one and found out we didn’t really miss it. The few TV shows we liked to watch could be viewed online so we just watched them on our computer monitor. We get all our news from BBC online and like to choose exactly which TV shows and movies to show to our three year old. We have decided to not get a new TV and are really happy about it. However, we do love to watch really great movies like Lord of the Rings, Gladiator and Star Wars that look great on a big screen, so here is our compromise.
I will start off by saying that I resist most types of new technology that I hear about from other people. I don’t own an iPod or flat screen TV, I’ve never played a Nintendo DS or used a Blackberry and I have no idea what a gigahertz is in relation to a megahertz. There are a few times when I have made an exception when it comes to technology. I love using digital still and video cameras to record my family, I use my GPS to keep me from getting lost, and I love owning a blue tooth so I can do other things while I’m on the phone. I have now ventured into the land of webcams and I have to say it is really cool.
HP dv9410us
Just thought I would take a few minutes and let everyone know how much I love my HP dv9000 series laptop. I’ve had it for almost 2 years now. Although I’ve put it through a lot, it’s never let me down. I carry it to class everyday and it’s seen everything from extreme heat to heavy snow. I am in a top 10 Tech program in a top 5 business school (as rated by businessweek) and let me tell you, a lot of us use HP laptops.
About five years ago my husband and I had something that happened to us that we weren’t prepared for. Without warning our computer hard drive crashed and we didn’t know what to do. My husband tried to fix it, but nothing worked. We called a local computer store and told them what happened. Based on the information we gave them, they said the information on the computer was essentially lost and could not be recovered. This was very bad news because we kept a lot of important information on the computer. But that wasn’t the worst of it. We also kept pictures of our family, including those of our first daughter who had passed away. If we lost those pictures, there was no way to ever get them back.
The other day I was entering some coupons and sales on CouponBuzz when I came across an item of great interest. It is a piece of equipment that can digitally save and restore pictures that are on slides as well as old pictures that need to be restored digitally.
What a great piece of electronic equipment to own if you are interested in Family History, Genealogy or restoring old family records and pictures. I found these scanners to be reasonably priced in comparison to having them professionally done at a photo lab. The professionals do offer higher quality, but for must of us the level that these kind of scanners offer is fine.
Ok, so tell me if any of you have the same problem as me. You’re at the park, swimming pool, lake or somewhere else fun with your kid and they start doing something that you really want to take a picture of, but you have to snap the shot at just the precise second or you won’t capture the moment. You take the shot, but miss it by just a second or two. How one earth can you figure out exactly when you push the button on your camera so that you get the shot you want? When my husband and I bought our last camera I was sold by one particular feature that makes this problem just about disappear.
I Love My Bluetooth!
Moms are very busy people. They are regularly required to be in 10 places at once, juggle meals, carpools, school projects, work, exercise, quality time with their husbands and still have time for themselves. It’s not usually possible to do all this at once, and that’s why moms are usually the most tired bunch on the planet. Moms have perfected the art of multitasking and need all the help they can get. That’s where Bluetooth comes into the picture. I never went looking for a Bluetooth because I thought they were only for uptight, business people or those who want to look cool and modern. I am now a full believer in them and I’ll tell you why.
I Love GPS
I am a thirty year old mom of a toddler and am officially out of the “cool” phase of my life. I think I was cool at one point in time, but have officially put that title to rest in exchange for new titles like “mom”, “nurse”, “cook” and “portable jungle gym.” Yes, there are those moms that can still pass for high schoolers, but I am not that mom. I prefer no makeup, sweats and a t-shirt and my hair in a pony tail. I like to wear comfortable and low maintenance clothes so I can take my toddler on hikes, walks, bike rides, to the zoo and wherever we want to go each day.
