Technology

Teamwork! Or How to Put Together A TV Cabinet and Live To Tell About It!

Teamwork! It goes really well when the task isn’t too difficult, all parties involved are in a good mood, and the end result is something all parties want to achieve.  Recently, my Texas granddaughter, Emily, wanted to eat a strawberry flavored Go-Gurt yogurt.  Go-Gurt prides itself in being, “The first yogurt in a tube that kids could have fun slurping …

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Arcade Games

Do you remember when video games were a novelty?  I remember waiting all week to visit our neighborhood arcade.  The arcade was in a little dark room inside a small diner.  There were probably only six games there, but it was magical and the glow of a dim green light still  brings me feelings of excitement and longing.  The smell …

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The Last Piano Roll Salesman

Who was the last piano roll salesman?  Surely someone who entered the trade with Gilded Age optimism as sales boomed, only to see `talking machines’ turn the 19th century marvel of player pianos into objects of quaint obsolescence.  The last piano roll salesman fell victim to technology’s restless relationship to music, and the fortunes made and lost thereby.  The story …

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The Twitterverse

Tell the truth: When you hear the word “tweet”, do you   a – instinctively start to snap your fingers, roll your shoulders and boogie to the tune of “Rockin’ Robin”? b – wax nostalgic for Tweety and Sylvester of Looney Tunes fame? c – run to your smart phone to check on your “followers” or “tweet” something to those …

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