Technology Today!

Technology is a wonderful thing. It allows for creative expression. It allows for efficiency and productivity. Technology sometimes makes the improbable probable. Where blind men can see and the deaf can hear. Where the lame will walk, run, sprout wings and fly. The automobile allows for transportation, fast and comfortable. The automobile is also there for entertainment. We love the sleekness and the speed. The sound of the roaring engine, power magnified. Our homes are a technological wonder. Built to keep out the elements and keep us safe and warm. Adjustable lighting controlled from a switch. Electric power provided by a myriad of cables with additional veins for water, both hot and cold. Now I hear that you can control the climate in different rooms, creating microcosms. Imagine having a summer beach room, a wintery snow room and perhaps a cool breezy fall forest all within walking distance. Sound a bit like the holodeck on the starship enterprise. There's now an Airbus that can carry at least 555 people. Wow!

This computer thing's getting way out of hand. Just imagine, a few years ago, not that long really, computers were for the chosen few. I remember some summer jobs where there were no computers in sight. The secretary only had a typewriter. I also had a typewriter which I still own today. My first computer, a Tandy 1000 SX was my introduction to personal computing. Oh we had computers in school, but with your own computer you can really go wild and experiment. It had a single floppy drive, 360 Kb. What a lot of space. I remember that WordPerfect fit neatly on a single disk. When you wanted to print, you had to take that disk out and put in the second one. I believe you also had to do this if you wanted to do any spell checking.

What a long way we've come!