Technology and learning new things

I have learned so much this semester about technology. It has been scary for me, very scary for me. I do not like to be stretched, I mean really who does. But you know what it has been the best thing that could have happened to me. I needed a class like this, not one that just challenged me academically, but one that forced me to learn new things about something I had a comfortable familiarity with. I thought coming into this class that I was up on technology, I was good. Boy was I mistaken!! There is a huge difference between knowing how to check your email and knowing how to imbed a code or a widget. I had never even heard those terms before this class! I now realize that these things are everywhere. I did not realize that when I paste a new background on my my space account that I am copying a code. That actually calmed me when I realized that. It was one of those, " Hey you have done something similar before, so just calm down." Fellow classmates have helped eased my anxieties and frustrations as well and you do not know how much that meant to me. It is comforting to hear somebody else say that they also struggled or were not completely sure of one aspect or another. For a while I really thought I had gotten in over my head. I have not and I am so glad that I pushed through my self doubts. I really needed to do this! I know that sounds a bit strange, but now that I am getting to the otherside of this class things seem so much more clear. I would not say that technology and I are best friends, but I definitly understand it more now.

Technologyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!

So...I feel as if you are all going to get bored hearing about me and technology!!! I really am trying to keep it light and fun and still fulfill the requirements of the assignment. I realize that I talked about our new television in my last blog, but I am entirely impressed with it. Listen it is super nice! We only got the 720 p, the P standing for pixels and that refers to what the television stations broadcast there shows in. The 720 P is soooo much more affordable than the 1080 P! The 1080 P price is double the price of the same model in the 720 P. Plus the fact that most of the television shows do not even broadcast in 1080 P yet, so at this point it is a waste of money. The t.v. is high def, though we did not get any high def channels on the Dish, because that makes things cost more money. Even though we sound like spendthrifts, we are trying to conserve. So no high def stations for us. However, for those of you who are not aware the local channels broadcast a feed that is high def. Not only do you have channels 15, 21, & 33 - you have 15-1, 21-1, 33-1, those are the high def stations. So what you do is go to radio shack and buy yourself some cheap rabbit ears to pull in the local channels, then you can watch those in high def for free. That is super nice!! You can especially see the difference when you go from not being in high def to high def or vice versa! We watched American Idol last week in high def, I seriously felt like I was in the audience. It was amazing, I think I saw all of Paula's blemishes! Anyways all this say to I love technologyyyyyyyyyyy!!! I love watching my new t.v.!

Technology - making my life cushier!

As you all know Steve and I moved into our new home last weekend. I love it! I love my kitchen, dining room, bathroom, and most of all my whirlpool tub. The whole place is fabulous and we are settling in nicely. Along with our new home as come some new gadgets for the two of us. Things that we have always had access to, but never owned ourselves. Just today we purchased our new 42" Samsung plasma TV to be able to watch our Dish network on and on Sunday we bought a brand new laptop. It is sort of comical about the laptop, we got it because it was a great deal, but we do not have internet yet. So our computer really does nothing at this point, because it has no features. We just sit and look at it!!!
Something we discovered about the Dish network we have is that there is interactive games on it. For a small fee you can play monopoly, mahjong tiles (yes!), yahtzee, solitaire or any number of games. It really is so nice and convenient! All you have to do is pick up the remote and voila you are playing an oldie, but a goodie. Not only that, but now that we have a big TV to play them on, we can actually see what we are doing.
Oh, I do love technology!! Before you know it, it'll be just like Star Trek - The Next Generation. All you will have to do is walk up to a computer, say beef and a large steak will appear. I fear we will all gain 150 pounds and never leave our homes. I really am just kidding. Technology has made life easier though and I know that we can all appreciate that!