29 Monday Dec 2014
another sunshiny day…
stayed in for breakfast… felt like –41 Celsius outside…
went out for lunch with a friend and his three children… busy, lol…
one of my gifts was a light that I can turn on with an app on my iPhone… besides white, it can also turn any colour I’d like… guess which colour I’ve made it so far…
in the background is my new picture which the kids picked for me at IKEA… it looks lovely against the purple wall…
I do love technology…
27 Saturday Dec 2014
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big girl pants, bookmark, Chihuly Garden and Glass, gift, gratitude, note cards, photographs, project, Technology
last year I made bookmarks using pictures I took at Chihuly Garden and Glass when we were in Seattle following our Alaskan cruise… the other side was the word gratitude with the names of things and people for which/whom I am thankful…
many of my colleagues still have it up in their offices… felt I needed to do something equally as nice this year, lol…
finally came up with the idea of note cards using some of my photographs…
spent a lovely time looking through pictures I’ve taken in 2014 and picked about thirty… used Publisher to produce 15 pages with two pictures on each…
went to my buddies at Staples and they printed, cut and scored them… picked up envelopes and folded and stuffed them…
put five together and wrapped them with ribbon… then I put nice labels on them and they were all done…
when I gathered them up into the groups of five, I think I managed to make each group different… quite the feat…
everyone liked them so I am happy… it is such fun to make something for others… particularly with help from technology…
27 Thursday Nov 2014
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been in a number of taxis lately…
continue to wonder how they can fiddle with all the equipment in their vehicles…
most of us aren’t allowed to text, or even pick our phones up while we are driving…
I am nervous when I’m at a stoplight and want to take a picture…
I have been watching them… they are connected to their dispatcher with a screen on the dash and have their hands at this piece of technology very often…
they also have GPS that they are looking at as they drive, which apparently they are allowed…
interesting…
02 Thursday Oct 2014
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had a wonderful discussion with a couple of people as we shared ways that technology can help us…
talked about apps that make it possible to use your phone to do things more easily… and apps that help you streamline your email… energizing…
then, when I got home, I discovered that the tv in the bedroom had no signal… ignored it for a while hoping it would get its signal back… had a nap, tried it again… still nothing…
checked the main floor tv and it worked perfectly… went to the basement and turned the router off and on and came back upstairs… and the tv worked…
then I tried to send an email from my phone… and it wouldn’t connect…
shut down and restarted the computer… still nothing…
called MTS and went through the whole process again…
got a great workout running up and down the stairs, lol…
finally everything is working…
an early morning glory today…
08 Monday Sep 2014
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was pleased to discover some interesting use of technology while in Ottawa…
the Mosaika light show on the Central Block of the Parliament buildings was amazing… even the littlest person thought it had only taken ten minutes, although it was a thirty minute presentation…
the use of the building as the backdrop for the light and sound show was clever and the music and slides used interesting techniques… especially liked the 3D effect toward the end of the show…
we went to Zak’s twice for breakfast… the first time the server used a napkin to take down our order because the app on his phone wasn’t working…
the second time the server’s app worked perfectly and she ordered and calculated the cost at the same time… while there I had wonderful spinach eggs Benedict on a hash brown patty, delicious…
the pilot of our balloon was using an app on his phone which gave him flight information and which he used to record the flight…
his pursuit team also had an app which helped them be the first (of seven teams) to arrive at our touchdown spot…
always interesting what technology you can find if you keep your eyes open…
12 Tuesday Aug 2014
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spent the whole day dealing with technology…
lots of time trying to accomplish particular processes…
lots of time waiting for responses from three different technical people…
and lots and lots of time on the phone trying to understand and solve issues…
I’m always working/dealing with technology, but don’t usually spend the entire day at it… thankfully most issues have been resolved…
just a bit tiring, lol…
29 Tuesday Jul 2014
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been thinking about technology quite a bit lately…
when it works it makes everything go well… when it doesn’t it makes life so frustrating…
the changes over the last few years have been amazing…
can you even remember when you didn’t have a smartphone… or a laptop and/or tablet…
we purchased our first cell phone when our older daughter was sixteen as she was taking a road trip with a bunch of her friends… we wanted her to be connected if she needed help or had trouble with the van… that phone was large and cumbersome and didn’t work everywhere on the main highway…
and here I am, writing my blog on my iPhone and texting with my daughter at the same time…
earlier my other daughter was sending me pictures from Montreal where they are visiting for a few days…
while we were in a shoe store, in Fargo, North Dakota, the clerk went online and ordered shoes that they didn’t have in the store, and had them delivered to us at the border…
fifteen years ago email was just becoming a new tool… cannot imagine being without it now… and, on the phone, as well as the desktop and laptop and maybe even the tablet…
all of my kids watch movies on the computer…
people complete forms on their home computer and submit them online, or use an iPad when they arrive at the office… I remember trying to decipher handwriting and guessing what a name or phone number was supposed to be…
the internet has changed our lives… not sure if young people know what an encyclopedia is, lol…
I need to remember all the great things that technology helps us with, particularly when some of it might not be working at its best…
view of the pond tonight…
14 Monday Jul 2014
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seemed like a busy weekend, so when I got home from work I had a little nap…
then I had supper and watched a bit of tv… tried to set up a new Skype address but technology wasn’t working with me… been a bit of that lately…
although I must say that I am really understanding our database at work… a colleague and I were discussing some new information we had received, and we both knew exactly what it was all about… great to realize that we have learned a lot about the system in the last year or so…
had a great visit by phone with one of my BS buddies… we used to go to aquasize together but she moved away and we’ve only gone a few times when she’s home… we just made two dates to go in the next month or so, which will be great fun… she will be back here on a more regular basis and we are looking to swim more regularly… looking forward to that…
when we were out for dim sum on Saturday, I got this picture of the beautiful salt water tank at the restaurant…
salt water tank at restaurant…
22 Sunday Jun 2014
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broken, Emergency, garden, hot tub, party, Technology, unexpected, weeding
had a very poor sleep last night… when I got up I started the day with a hot tub…
after a shower I sat out in the garden and read and thought about doing a bit of weeding…
designed and printed a birthday card for my grandson, which I was able to do from my chair in the garden, thanks to some of the work of my son-in-law when they were here last weekend…
was just thinking about making something to eat when my daughter texted to let me know she was at the hospital with a possible broken foot…
spent the next three hours with her in Emergency…
she was right, it was broken and they put a splint on it… we made it to their house for the birthday party with an hour to spare…
helped with the party and got a ride home and am now heading for bed… the day didn’t turn out quite as planned or expected…
17 Tuesday Jun 2014
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while the kids were here we visited Best Buy and Future Shop a number of times and Ron was kept busy…
we picked up a USB hub…
and went back for a new card reader…
both of these items made me very happy… now I can finally plug in a USB stick and my camera memory card at my desktop… for months I haven’t been able to, which means I have basically had to write my blog on my phone… if I had a photo on the camera, I had to take a picture of the photo with my phone…
then we got a new power bar which also has USB ports in it and that got put up on the wall… it is very handy and now there aren’t cords all over the floor… and I am going to be able to plug in my phone or fitbit in the living room…
best of all we picked up an additional router so that I can access wifi in the garden… all that work the MTS guy did, didn’t solve the wifi problem at all…
even the loaner laptop was fixed… apparently the date on it was wrong and that was causing it to refuse to go to any website… I can now access my email as well…
all the technology is working beautifully…
we won’t talk about the electronic frame which, just this morning, is telling me there are no photos on it, sigh…
