tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post4485723994745128012..comments2024-03-27T21:52:04.886-04:00Comments on Ramblin' with AM: How Did the Baby Boomers Get Online in 1958?bookwormhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06589840841266507266noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-88822205448753155412014-09-21T12:43:11.562-04:002014-09-21T12:43:11.562-04:00Great post! It's crazy to think where technolo...Great post! It's crazy to think where technology is going in the next 20 years :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-66246041643835398882014-09-20T20:36:45.417-04:002014-09-20T20:36:45.417-04:00Those good old days. I'm a computer newbie com...Those good old days. I'm a computer newbie compared to you! Glad you enjoyed the post.bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589840841266507266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-45639594494604186802014-09-20T16:13:31.177-04:002014-09-20T16:13:31.177-04:00Oh, it makes me nuts that my kids won't pick u...Oh, it makes me nuts that my kids won't pick up the phone and just call their friends, especially when it's something they need an answer to quickly! Kimberley at Cosmos and Cleomehttp://cosmosandcleome.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-24754181562816790912014-09-20T10:54:29.625-04:002014-09-20T10:54:29.625-04:00Great post! I love the commercial. It's so s...Great post! I love the commercial. It's so sweet. I got my first computer in 1987, but I cannot think of when I first had the Internet. But yes, I definitely remember "the olden days." Thanks for the entertaining article!Jeanne Melansonhttp://www.animalbliss.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-11961690495583822412014-09-20T09:16:39.492-04:002014-09-20T09:16:39.492-04:00Loved that story about your husband and his compet...Loved that story about your husband and his competing against a computer! I just read about Watson, the supercomputer that beat two Jeopardy (a popular U.S. quiz show) champions in 2011, and how anyone with an Internet connection will be able to ask Watson questions in just a few weeks. bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589840841266507266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-76241914012332778502014-09-20T04:14:52.399-04:002014-09-20T04:14:52.399-04:00I'm the same as you. My computer experience st...I'm the same as you. My computer experience started about 10 years ago, and I don't have a smartphone.<br />As for computers, My husband entered a London competition in the 70s to challenge that original big single-roomed computer in settling complicated figures--all stemming from each other like a giant bet. My husband finished faster than the computer.Francene Stanleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08298485336064691700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-89371347427830918212014-09-19T20:27:17.429-04:002014-09-19T20:27:17.429-04:00I remember the days of electric typewriters, onion...I remember the days of electric typewriters, onion paper, carbon paper and the correcting pencil with the brush on the other end too well. In fact, I learned to type on a manual typewriter. I never had to quite do what you did but I can remember when it was a big deal to own an electric typewriter.bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589840841266507266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-52171829104834819852014-09-19T20:25:24.876-04:002014-09-19T20:25:24.876-04:00One thing I am happy about is that the musical gap...One thing I am happy about is that the musical gap between my parents and me does not exist between my son and me. I'm happy my son was spared the fights about "hippie music" and "hair length" that so many of my contemporaries had to fight.bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589840841266507266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-26189016145553945132014-09-19T20:23:38.064-04:002014-09-19T20:23:38.064-04:00The gulf between my son and us is wide in so many ...The gulf between my son and us is wide in so many ways. One basic way is the fact that he rarely uses the phone when communicating with his peers - except to text, fo course. There is even a gap between me and my sister in law, who is 12 years younger than I am. Sometimes, I feel like things are changing too quickly.bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589840841266507266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-90522630839518425842014-09-19T20:18:34.496-04:002014-09-19T20:18:34.496-04:00They had online services in the 1980's, and fr...They had online services in the 1980's, and friends of mine subscribed to them - it wasn't the Internet, though. My first internet service provider, in 1997, was one of those services in its final independent days- CompuServe.bookwormhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06589840841266507266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-18428412182201294012014-09-19T19:42:42.122-04:002014-09-19T19:42:42.122-04:00My friend and I wrote a book on electric typewrite...My friend and I wrote a book on electric typewriters when our kids were young. We also wrote a weekly newspaper column based on our book for two years for the primary newspaper in the area, and we typed each column (using carbon paper so we'd have copies) and drove them 10 miles to the newspaper to deliver them. Every week. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01433615946962481575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-18963960131636353682014-09-19T14:01:17.807-04:002014-09-19T14:01:17.807-04:00Your delightful post, Alana, brings back memories ...Your delightful post, Alana, brings back memories not just of times when life was ... different, but also of my kids' own first discoveries. I'll never forget when my son first discovered the Beatles. He came home one day and asked, "Ima! Have you ever heard of the Beatles?" He was so excited! It was hard for him to believe that his mama actually grew up listening to the Beatles and actually remembers a pre-Beatles era! HUGS <3Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18135111444427013385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-72936390258128190192014-09-19T10:50:05.581-04:002014-09-19T10:50:05.581-04:00We bought our first home computer in 1996 as well,...We bought our first home computer in 1996 as well, and went on line at that time. It's just astonishing to think about how fast technology has moved in the last twenty years! It really is wonderful to have an idle wonder about something and be able to just look it up immediately! However, it is also increasingly difficult to just shut it off and be alone with your thoughts. My husband and I can do it, but my kids have a hard time with that.Kimberley at Cosmos and Cleomehttp://cosmosandcleome.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8199270158927284616.post-4304909909487449432014-09-19T10:37:48.100-04:002014-09-19T10:37:48.100-04:00I remember life before the internet. It was simpl...I remember life before the internet. It was simpler:-) Much simpler. I believe the internet began in the early 80s.... why, because I have been watching "The Americans":-) While the Russian spies were involved in kidnapping a scientist to work on this wild project.... now what did they call it? By the late 80s I met a friend I thought was nuts because he couldn't wait to get on his PC every evening to "talk" to this rather underground group of people who typed out notes each others computers. How strange... I think as I comment on a blog. lolStaciehttp://rileyssmile.com/noreply@blogger.com