Tag: Technology
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A.I. Is My New Buddy
Who needs people when I have perfect algorithmic validation? I’m that person who is skeptical of new technology. I usually hold out as long as I can because I think something may just be a passing fad. Or, more often than not, I just don’t care to jump on the bandwagon with whatever the latest…
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Vinyl Records – History Repeats Itself
You can’t find CD’s anymore, but nearly every store sells vinyl records now… Back in my younger days (waaaay back in the 1990’s), I was a professional DJ for many years of my life. . There was no internet yet (gasp!), so when we wanted to search for new music we had to go actually…
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More First World Problems.
If I only had a little bit more money to spend frivolously… I found a television that I want. Or maybe I should say, a television that I NEED. It was on sale for $29,995, marked down from $35,995. It cost that much because it was an 88″ OLED 8K unit.. I would literally need…
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Does Anyone Still Call In Pizza Orders?
Once upon a time in our recent history we actually talked to people on the phone. Not anymore. Long before the days or Doordash or Grub Hub, I can remember when I actually had to make a call to order food. When online pizza ordering was first being implemented I kept asking myself, WHY? I…
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Do You Remember How To Use a VCR?
In my latest installment of, “Kids don’t know how good they have it today”, I was thinking about days past when you had to program a VCR to record a TV show. I was a kid in the 1980’s, so I wasn’t allowed to stay up late. Unfortunately, there were TV shows I really wanted…
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The Jetsons Were Psychic
The classic Hanna-Barbera TV cartoon, The Jetsons, was based in the year 2020. Now that 2020 is here, how much of what we saw on the show is actually real? The Jetsons originally aired in the early 1960s, before being revamped in the 1980s. The show offered a fun glimpse into what the producers imagined…
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Mourning the Untimely Death of My Flip Phone
Things we used to take for granted now have to be replaced far too often. Phones are no exception, as demonstrated by my old flip phone which finally started to have issues after 12 years of use. Your first thought is probably “why do I still have a flip phone”? I’ve had a couple of…
Words with Pizza - Featuring Marty the Pizza Guy 