Comments on: Geek Like Me http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/04/09/geek-like-me/ The Thinks I Think Wed, 20 Aug 2008 01:34:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Camron http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/04/09/geek-like-me/#comment-2184 Camron Fri, 11 Apr 2008 21:42:57 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/04/09/geek-like-me/#comment-2184 Tom (et al) is right - these bits of technology are just part of their natural world. My boys are nonplussed by the fact that I didn't get my first cell phone until I was 24, and even then it was one of those clunky bag-phones that you had to plug in to the cigarette lighter. But elsest son had something to say the other morning when Youngest Son asked if we could buy Cookie Crisp cereal, and I mentioned that Cookie Crisp was my favorite when I was his age (seven). Eldest Son looked completely shocked and said, "Wow, they had Cookie Crisp <i>way back then</i>? Cell phones and laptops and iPhones - ubiquitous. Cookie Crisp, now, that's something special... Tom (et al) is right - these bits of technology are just part of their natural world. My boys are nonplussed by the fact that I didn’t get my first cell phone until I was 24, and even then it was one of those clunky bag-phones that you had to plug in to the cigarette lighter.

But elsest son had something to say the other morning when Youngest Son asked if we could buy Cookie Crisp cereal, and I mentioned that Cookie Crisp was my favorite when I was his age (seven). Eldest Son looked completely shocked and said, “Wow, they had Cookie Crisp way back then?

Cell phones and laptops and iPhones - ubiquitous. Cookie Crisp, now, that’s something special…

]]> By: Katherine http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/04/09/geek-like-me/#comment-2181 Katherine Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:31:03 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/04/09/geek-like-me/#comment-2181 Ok, well let me know when she's on twitter... :) Ok, well let me know when she’s on twitter…
:)

]]> By: Jim Wright http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/04/09/geek-like-me/#comment-2179 Jim Wright Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:01:46 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/04/09/geek-like-me/#comment-2179 Same here. I talk to my brother and various other relatives on a Messenger video call each weekend, the kid wanders by, waves disinterestedly, and keeps on going. Video phones? Yeah, so? Haven't we always had those? Microwave clock? Who cares? Coffee pot clock - very very important. Don't have a VCR (well, I <i>do</i> but it's on a self in the store room). I've got a DVR HD Cable box - which gets a timing signal from the Cable company. Hell, I don't even know if its clock <i>can</i> be set manually. Same here. I talk to my brother and various other relatives on a Messenger video call each weekend, the kid wanders by, waves disinterestedly, and keeps on going. Video phones? Yeah, so? Haven’t we always had those?

Microwave clock? Who cares? Coffee pot clock - very very important.

Don’t have a VCR (well, I do but it’s on a self in the store room). I’ve got a DVR HD Cable box - which gets a timing signal from the Cable company. Hell, I don’t even know if its clock can be set manually.

]]> By: Steve Buchheit http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/04/09/geek-like-me/#comment-2178 Steve Buchheit Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:17:56 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/04/09/geek-like-me/#comment-2178 Oh, and for some reason I'm visualizing the video call scene from 2001 right now. That's gonna be in my head all day. Oh, and for some reason I’m visualizing the video call scene from 2001 right now. That’s gonna be in my head all day.

]]> By: Steve Buchheit http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/04/09/geek-like-me/#comment-2177 Steve Buchheit Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:16:46 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/04/09/geek-like-me/#comment-2177 Everything that exits when you're born is part of the natural world. If it's invented before you're 20 it's new and exciting and you probably can get a good job with it. Anything invented after you're 35 is against the natural order of the world. - to paraphrase Douglas Adams twice in one day on the same blog. Everything that exits when you’re born is part of the natural world. If it’s invented before you’re 20 it’s new and exciting and you probably can get a good job with it. Anything invented after you’re 35 is against the natural order of the world. - to paraphrase Douglas Adams twice in one day on the same blog.

]]> By: kimby http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/04/09/geek-like-me/#comment-2175 kimby Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:59:46 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/04/09/geek-like-me/#comment-2175 I am constantly amazed at how easy our children "get" technology. When ours started school, THEY showed their teacher how to use a Mac...she had only ever used windows...and they start school here at 4 (3 1/2 for my youngest). While they might lack in PC knowledge, and still cannot use windows, they love their Macs! I love to sit and watch them use Illustrator and Photoshop. The 12 year old was helping me with Quark the other day...he was teaching me! A "way to go" being shouted out to your Lizzie! I am constantly amazed at how easy our children “get” technology. When ours started school, THEY showed their teacher how to use a Mac…she had only ever used windows…and they start school here at 4 (3 1/2 for my youngest). While they might lack in PC knowledge, and still cannot use windows, they love their Macs! I love to sit and watch them use Illustrator and Photoshop. The 12 year old was helping me with Quark the other day…he was teaching me!

A “way to go” being shouted out to your Lizzie!

]]> By: Random Michelle K http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/04/09/geek-like-me/#comment-2173 Random Michelle K Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:46:16 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/04/09/geek-like-me/#comment-2173 Tom, I don't watch TV, unless it's WVU Football or a big parade. The only reason we have Dish TV is for my grandmother. So again, why bother? Especially considering how often the power goes off, even for just a second. Tom, I don’t watch TV, unless it’s WVU Football or a big parade. The only reason we have Dish TV is for my grandmother.

So again, why bother? Especially considering how often the power goes off, even for just a second.

]]> By: Monochrome Rainbows http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/04/09/geek-like-me/#comment-2171 Monochrome Rainbows Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:09:11 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/04/09/geek-like-me/#comment-2171 Your proud now but wait until you start getting a subscription to 2600 showing up at the house. You will have to figure out which kid is putting on the black hat by checking who is uploading the most code to source forge! The day will come when one of your kids will call you a noob lol. Your proud now but wait until you start getting a subscription to 2600 showing up at the house. You will have to figure out which kid is putting on the black hat by checking who is uploading the most code to source forge!

The day will come when one of your kids will call you a noob lol.

]]> By: Tom http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/04/09/geek-like-me/#comment-2170 Tom Thu, 10 Apr 2008 11:40:23 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/04/09/geek-like-me/#comment-2170 I was an early adopter of VCRs. I had my first one in 1978. I remember saying when I got it that there were two reasons I wanted it. Three's Company was on opposite another show (can't remember what) and I wanted to watch both of them. The other reason was that I wanted to go out on Saturday night, so I would watch Saturday Night Live Sunday morning on tape. That VCR was before electronic timers and electronic tuners. It had 2 clunky knobs you had to turn, one for VHF and one for UHF. The timer was a clock that the VCR was plugged in to, that turned the whole VCR on and off. I just felt like showing off what a dinosaur I was. I was an early adopter of VCRs. I had my first one in 1978. I remember saying when I got it that there were two reasons I wanted it. Three’s Company was on opposite another show (can’t remember what) and I wanted to watch both of them. The other reason was that I wanted to go out on Saturday night, so I would watch Saturday Night Live Sunday morning on tape.

That VCR was before electronic timers and electronic tuners. It had 2 clunky knobs you had to turn, one for VHF and one for UHF. The timer was a clock that the VCR was plugged in to, that turned the whole VCR on and off.

I just felt like showing off what a dinosaur I was.

]]> By: Vince http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/04/09/geek-like-me/#comment-2168 Vince Thu, 10 Apr 2008 02:18:30 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/04/09/geek-like-me/#comment-2168 I don't worry about blinking 12:00, I never record. Almost anything I really like is or will be on DVD, so I just buy it when I want. And each new generation absorbs the technology that becomes the norm at that time. I don’t worry about blinking 12:00, I never record. Almost anything I really like is or will be on DVD, so I just buy it when I want. And each new generation absorbs the technology that becomes the norm at that time.

]]> By: Tom http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/04/09/geek-like-me/#comment-2167 Tom Thu, 10 Apr 2008 01:58:44 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/04/09/geek-like-me/#comment-2167 She's not a geek. She's just a kid. That's what kids do these days. As for the blinking 12:00, I always reset mine if the power went out. Otherwise, how would you tell the recorder to tape the show from 8:00 to 9:00? I mean, that's what a recorder is for! She’s not a geek. She’s just a kid. That’s what kids do these days.

As for the blinking 12:00, I always reset mine if the power went out. Otherwise, how would you tell the recorder to tape the show from 8:00 to 9:00? I mean, that’s what a recorder is for!

]]> By: Nathan http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/04/09/geek-like-me/#comment-2166 Nathan Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:43:15 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/04/09/geek-like-me/#comment-2166 Can I borrow the kid for a minute? My microwave has that blinking 12:00. Can I borrow the kid for a minute? My microwave has that blinking 12:00.

]]> By: Jeri http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/04/09/geek-like-me/#comment-2165 Jeri Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:36:07 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/04/09/geek-like-me/#comment-2165 It's great that your daughter is so technically savvy! The level of tech our kids grow up with is staggering. They make no distinction between online and face to face friends, take advanced computer technology and media production in high school, and can text message without ever removing their phone from its belt clip. My youngest is more geeky - he's surpassed me in graphic software knowledge, provides Mac and network tech support to his brother, and is building his own gaming computer one lawn mowing job at a time. (Think Johnny Cash's "One Piece at a Time" and you wouldn't be far off.) Neither has used Skype or video chat yet, though... their Powerbooks don't have built-in webcams. It’s great that your daughter is so technically savvy!

The level of tech our kids grow up with is staggering. They make no distinction between online and face to face friends, take advanced computer technology and media production in high school, and can text message without ever removing their phone from its belt clip.

My youngest is more geeky - he’s surpassed me in graphic software knowledge, provides Mac and network tech support to his brother, and is building his own gaming computer one lawn mowing job at a time. (Think Johnny Cash’s “One Piece at a Time” and you wouldn’t be far off.)

Neither has used Skype or video chat yet, though… their Powerbooks don’t have built-in webcams.

]]> By: Random Michelle K http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/04/09/geek-like-me/#comment-2164 Random Michelle K Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:36:12 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/04/09/geek-like-me/#comment-2164 Lizzy is awesome! Hope she feels better too. But really, what is the *point* of setting the time on the VCR/microwave/whatever? They don't have battery back-up, so every time the power goes off--even or a moment--they have to be reset. It's a waste of time! Lizzy is awesome!

Hope she feels better too.

But really, what is the *point* of setting the time on the VCR/microwave/whatever? They don’t have battery back-up, so every time the power goes off–even or a moment–they have to be reset.

It’s a waste of time!

]]> By: Janiece http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/04/09/geek-like-me/#comment-2162 Janiece Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:40:10 +0000 http://www.brainofshawn.com/2008/04/09/geek-like-me/#comment-2162 I'm right there with you, Shawn. Although my son still DM's the old fashioned way. I'm so proud. I’m right there with you, Shawn.

Although my son still DM’s the old fashioned way.

I’m so proud.

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