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Tuesday, 15 March 2016 / Published in Home, News, Rants and Random Thoughts

Technology and me

Hello. My name is Hilda and I am a technophobe! There I have admitted it…I have a fear of technological things. Already I feel better for sharing.

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When I was a teacher, I relied on pupils to work the video cassette recorder (showing my age now!) and then the DVD player. I retired before my classroom got a computer and before end-of-term reports would need to be written on a keyboard, so I remained computer-illiterate..

Even at home I’m hopeless when it comes to appliances. I still haven’t worked out how to pre-set the oven (we have it about twelve years) and the defrost button on the microwave keeps trying to upset me. And Netflix seems to need three different ‘thingies’ or gadgets to get going, so further confusion there!

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The family PC scared me. I was terrified I would break it or erase files, but gradually I learned a few things like reading and sending emails, researching material on the internet and even playing ‘No Fear’ bridge online…all with my right hand locked on to the mouse and pressing the keys with the index finger of my left hand!

My announcement that I wanted to start a blog ‘for the more mature woman’ was greeted with much amusement by husband and daughters. But after months of everyone else doing the menial stuff – GG would type my handwritten notes, Kirstin (who developed the site in the first place) would upload photos and images and Courtney would provide design and creative advice – a laptop was acquired and the whole process of learning to use it got going.

After some exasperation at my inadequacy, I eventually made headway and can now do almost everything by myself…with the help of detailed, written instructions, of course.

Imagine my utter despair then last week when my website was attacked and all of my posts were infected with a virus. This was like my baby. I loved looking at it every evening and seeing how many more people had read my latest post. I loved the comments and feedback. Despite suggestions from some technically savvy people, it looked like there was no hope and I would have to start from scratch again.

As a last resort, I put out a call for help on FB and immediately a former pupil, Simon Stewart of IT specialists Cloud Nine Consulting, got in touch and with his expertise and a lot of work he saved everything. I was back in business, so I decided that in my next post (this one) I would give him a ‘shout-out’. I believe that’s what you call it. So take a look at their website – http://www.cloudnine.ie – they deal with all things IT and website related and they are obviously brilliant at it!

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So while I can manage to type, edit and upload my posts, I am still no Steve Jobs, but I’m getting there, but for the time I’ll leave GG to work the Netflix and I can call on my talented past pupil if I have a technical emergency. So nothing really changes after all.

 

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20 Comments to “ Technology and me”

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    October 19, 2016 at 5:19 am

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    October 19, 2016 at 9:12 am

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    October 19, 2016 at 10:52 am

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  8. Lloyd says :Reply
    October 19, 2016 at 12:45 pm

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  9. Ara says :Reply
    October 19, 2016 at 12:58 pm

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    I would certainly take a half at 7am and around 4 hrs
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  13. toiletrepairpros.bitbucket.org says :Reply
    October 19, 2016 at 2:27 pm

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  14. Leaking Pipe Fitting says :Reply
    October 19, 2016 at 3:51 pm

    The presumption that methadone people are raggedy bums-homeless, out of work, on welfare
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  15. マユライズ says :Reply
    October 19, 2016 at 5:19 pm

    マユゲが薄くて毎日ゆっくりお化粧していられない、毎日忙しくてまゆ毛を描く時間が無い、まゆ毛を化粧するのが面倒くさい、まゆ毛を上手く書けない、また、眉毛が薄くて彼氏にスッピンを見られるのが怖いなど・・・まゆ毛に悩みを持っている女性は結構に多いです。

    けど安心して下さい。薄眉でお悩みの人にいいニュースです♪

    マユゲ専用美容液のマユライズはまゆ毛の毛穴の中を若い頃の状態に戻し、毛乳頭と毛母細胞の成長を促しながら、まゆげが生える部分の肌状態を改善するために生産された眉毛のための美容液です。

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    October 19, 2016 at 5:37 pm

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  17. 新宿 ドクター松井 クリニック says :Reply
    October 19, 2016 at 7:14 pm

    脱毛サロンって人気なんですけど、意外と不衛生だったり危険なこともあるそうです。
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    その点医療脱毛であれば資格を与えられた医療機関が対応しているので安心できますね。
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    October 19, 2016 at 8:35 pm

    Due to increases in substance addiction to other pain alleviation drugs such as oxycodone, more prescriptions are being written for methadone.

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    October 19, 2016 at 8:56 pm

    This is why some people get hooked on Benzos, coke or meth.

  20. toiletrepairpros.bitbucket.org says :Reply
    October 19, 2016 at 9:15 pm

    At Hamilton’s John Street Clinic, concerning 20 per-cent of men who are prescribed methadone also searching for
    some form of hormonal agent replacement therapy, authorities claim.

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