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My Turn to Say “I told you so” 0 CommentsPosted by Catastrophe on October 19, 2009 under The Internet, This and That
Since I was 35 I've been playing on computers, loving them. Since the internet became less than mainstream, when the BBS was the wave of the future, I've been playing online. Webchat Broadcasting Role playing rooms and all manner of things which the friends in my life wanted nothing to do with and just didn't understand why on earth I found that fascinating. I was rather ostracised, called a ge... more.
VOIP – What’s That About? 0 CommentsPosted by Catastrophe on September 22, 2009 under Techno-Toys, This and That
The Internet has become part of nearly every aspect of our lives, and helps most of us take care of a good portion of our banking, bills and communications. The beginning was the BBS and all that it entailed, along came email, which gave us the ability to communicate with people in other countries in the blink of an eye, and just when people have gotten used to that, along comes VOIP, giving us... more.
Why The Pirate Bay Trial Was a Load of Crap – and other such trivialities 0 CommentsPosted by Catastrophe on April 23, 2009 under The Internet, This and That
Okay so by now, we're all in tune with the Pirate Bay trials and how the owners of the site got their little cyber hands slapped for aiding and abetting piracy..want to read the real deal about why that trial shouldn't have happened, how come it sux and why its total crap from the get go? (more...)... more.
Buying a Laptop. 0 CommentsPosted by Catastrophe on November 11, 2008 under This and That
There is literally so much out there today for our use or purchase that its hard to know where to start when it comes to buying and upgrading our computers, whether they are laptops or PC's Mac's or even cell phones. (more...)... more.
Walking on the Wireless Side 0 CommentsPosted by Catastrophe on September 29, 2008 under This and That
PDA's seem to be all the rage right now, for people under twenty but even for those of us who are over forty and still teching it up. PDA's aren't just for kids you know. What the heck is a PDA? It stands for personal digital assistant. Typically it is a fax machine, a cellular phone, a mini computer and a lot more. (more...)... more.
Age Is a Number… 0 CommentsPosted by Catastrophe on September 21, 2008 under The Basics, This and That
Senior citizens today, particularly those who are 65 or more, have survived a LOT of changes. The space race, the cold war, the popularization of the television, a couple of recessions, maybe part of a depression, Elvis, rock and roll, and O.J. Simpsons trial. If you can handle all that, you can certainly deal with a little computer... Increasingly I'm finding that people over the age of... more.