Comments on: So Techie http://www.feminagirls.com/2008/08/12/439/ Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:40:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Billie http://www.feminagirls.com/2008/08/12/439/#comment-108333 Billie Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:14:22 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2008/08/12/439/#comment-108333 My first computer was a Commodore Vic 20. If you spent hours programming it, you could make little bird-looking things fly across the screen. You couldn't make the printer print an 80 character across page--only 40! So, I used a manual typewriter--no white out tape--to type school papers. We just couldn't afford anything else at the time. What took my friends about an hour to type up, took me about 10 for all the pages I had to re-do. I remember saving up for a word processor, and that was the best thing EVER! :) My first computer was a Commodore Vic 20. If you spent hours programming it, you could make little bird-looking things fly across the screen. You couldn’t make the printer print an 80 character across page–only 40! So, I used a manual typewriter–no white out tape–to type school papers. We just couldn’t afford anything else at the time. What took my friends about an hour to type up, took me about 10 for all the pages I had to re-do. I remember saving up for a word processor, and that was the best thing EVER! :)

]]> By: bean http://www.feminagirls.com/2008/08/12/439/#comment-108177 bean Tue, 12 Aug 2008 22:44:06 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2008/08/12/439/#comment-108177 I couldn't agree with Missy any more. I am feeling the need to go clean and beautify my desk now!!! I couldn’t agree with Missy any more. I am feeling the need to go clean and beautify my desk now!!!

]]> By: Missy http://www.feminagirls.com/2008/08/12/439/#comment-108069 Missy Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:24:52 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2008/08/12/439/#comment-108069 Technology is a marvelous gift, and so is the picture of your beautiful clean desk. It stands in stark contrast to my desk which is a little dustier and has the little stacks of work belonging to myself and the four big kids who share this computer with me. I'm going to get us all tidied up this afternoon. Thank you for your inspiration. Again. Technology is a marvelous gift, and so is the picture of your beautiful clean desk.
It stands in stark contrast to my desk which is a little dustier and has the little stacks of work belonging to myself and the four big kids who share this computer with me.
I’m going to get us all tidied up this afternoon.
Thank you for your inspiration. Again.

]]> By: Deb http://www.feminagirls.com/2008/08/12/439/#comment-108060 Deb Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:51:03 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2008/08/12/439/#comment-108060 Loved the last paragraph! Our first computer was a used Mac 128. We thought we were pretty cool. We used it to write papers in grad school. Yes, I remember the dot matrix printer and having to tear the perforations between pages. On a side note: My mother-in-law still uses her MANUAL typewriter to type library cards etc. for her small church library. She is content, not wanting to do it differently! She is also a wonderful mother-in-law! Loved the last paragraph!

Our first computer was a used Mac 128. We thought we were pretty cool. We used it to write papers in grad school. Yes, I remember the dot matrix printer and having to tear the perforations between pages.

On a side note: My mother-in-law still uses her MANUAL typewriter to type library cards etc. for her small church library. She is content, not wanting to do it differently! She is also a wonderful mother-in-law!

]]> By: Rita Joiner http://www.feminagirls.com/2008/08/12/439/#comment-108058 Rita Joiner Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:40:06 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2008/08/12/439/#comment-108058 I did a few A Beka classes, and I admit I fell asleep a couple of times. (Of course I went back and watched them again.) But if the teacher was good, I loved them even if they couldn't keep me awake sometimes. I did a few A Beka classes, and I admit I fell asleep a couple of times. (Of course I went back and watched them again.) But if the teacher was good, I loved them even if they couldn’t keep me awake sometimes.

]]> By: womanofthehouse http://www.feminagirls.com/2008/08/12/439/#comment-108057 womanofthehouse Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:01:07 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2008/08/12/439/#comment-108057 I know exactly what you mean about not knowing if your audience is following along or falling asleep. I teach a couple classes on-line (beginning my seventh year of it this fall), and it took me awhile to get used to *not* seeing the people I was talking to. I always choose to believe they are fascinated and hanging on my every word. :-) I know exactly what you mean about not knowing if your audience is following along or falling asleep. I teach a couple classes on-line (beginning my seventh year of it this fall), and it took me awhile to get used to *not* seeing the people I was talking to. I always choose to believe they are fascinated and hanging on my every word. :-)

]]> By: Julie Jones http://www.feminagirls.com/2008/08/12/439/#comment-108055 Julie Jones Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:34:14 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2008/08/12/439/#comment-108055 I think those are some fun reflections. :-) I had no internet service for roughly two days this last week and initially was feeling pretty agitated. I was reminded of something your husband wrote once about being aware of the temptations that come with technology. With the enjoyment of such convenience as we experience in the age of computers, it's easy to forget that that doesn't give me a free pass to grumble over the loss of it. It helps to remember that whiteout tape you mentioned! I think those are some fun reflections. :-) I had no internet service for roughly two days this last week and initially was feeling pretty agitated. I was reminded of something your husband wrote once about being aware of the temptations that come with technology. With the enjoyment of such convenience as we experience in the age of computers, it’s easy to forget that that doesn’t give me a free pass to grumble over the loss of it. It helps to remember that whiteout tape you mentioned!

]]> By: Ellen http://www.feminagirls.com/2008/08/12/439/#comment-108053 Ellen Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:28:52 +0000 http://femina.reformedblogs.com/2008/08/12/439/#comment-108053 My husband used one of those old computers to write up his PhD. I typed his honours thesis up on one of those old type-writers - working over a round, pregnant tum. Our (now) 24 year old son is very amused at such recollections. Old fashioned is nice sometimes, but oh how much I thank God for this new technology!! Thank you so much for using it to bless and encourage others. My husband used one of those old computers to write up his PhD. I typed his honours thesis up on one of those old type-writers – working over a round, pregnant tum. Our (now) 24 year old son is very amused at such recollections. Old fashioned is nice sometimes, but oh how much I thank God for this new technology!! Thank you so much for using it to bless and encourage others.

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