Life Outside the Box

A son told me he disliked technology. I was taken aback, as I recalled the Montana cabin dweller who hated technology so much he set out to make life miserable for so many it got him life in the penitentiary. What is to hate?

In my past life as a library/media specialist I was kept up to date on the latest and the newest technolical wonders of the world. I miss that. My own attitude was bring it on and show me how to use it. Life as a teacher had many rewards and that was one of them. It all started in with a summer class called "Electronic Information Systems." All of us in the class were given our first Internet accounts through the university and we went online in those early exciting days of the WWW. Good Bye to the sturdy solid Card Catalogs that did not alphabatize themselves. Welcome Brave New World.

I still have email friends from the early days of listserves. I am a part of a group of retired people from every walk of life imagenable and many continents. From them my world view is enriched and my personal life is enhanced through email.

It is good to challenge oneself, I think. It is easier to do and at the same time more difficult then you might first think. Why do you think I have linked "Simplicity" to my blog? There is really nothing simple about this writer from MIT. Salt is far from simple. If theology today interests you, this Rector's reading and thinking will challenge you. St. Bartholomew's home page is loaded with information.

Today I found a link in Artic Finland regarding the Aurora Borealis that would take a few college classes to get my head around. Who knew that we not only have a Geographic Longitude and Latitude, but also a geomagnetic latitude? Somewhere on that site is a live web cam to watch the aurora as it happens.

But a person can't mess around on the computer all day. I am going to get back in my safe little box and soak in someone else's thinking while I read.