tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360283326769930021.post3365013884085549376..comments2023-10-25T05:54:21.098-04:00Comments on Guess Who's Coming To Dinner: Further Forays Into TechnologyG6http://www.blogger.com/profile/15932781801654313054noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360283326769930021.post-91060053943680676962011-08-28T15:40:07.856-04:002011-08-28T15:40:07.856-04:00Speaking about this tech stuff I showed my 91 year...Speaking about this tech stuff I showed my 91 year old friend from shul on my phone his block that he grew up in Germany and where he went to school and where his mother took him swimming in the water and where he was when he fought in the U.S. army. He was amazed to see that all the stuff is out there and i really enjoyed hearing him speak about growing up in Germany.YWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360283326769930021.post-65206610834774169032011-01-12T14:22:04.217-05:002011-01-12T14:22:04.217-05:00You could be the only one with an iPhone that does...You could be the only one with an iPhone that doesn't text.Yekke Wannabenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360283326769930021.post-19640020326365259582011-01-11T23:38:55.588-05:002011-01-11T23:38:55.588-05:00i dont think you were being foolish at all. If you...i dont think you were being foolish at all. If you consider how little world changed until almost the end of the second decade of the 20th century and look at all the advances SINCE your comment anyone at that time and place would have said the same thing. Your grandfather surely was born in a world of outhouses and dirt roads with difficult communicationa and very difficult travel. after living through a moon landing, intercontinental jet flights and telex and facsimile machines, not to mention all the "little" inventions we dont even consider anymore (telephone, electric washer/dryer, air conditioning etc etc)it is understandable that people would assume that the world had seen all the inventing there was to invent.My grandfather had one of the earliest "cam-corders" whch consisted of a very large video camera and a separate carry along "VHS" system, my father once commented to me that one day video tapes would be the size of a cassette tapes, i was incredulous at the thought but even he could not have conceived of DVD's and certainly not mp3's etc. The world has changed more in the past 90 years than in the previous 1800!wolfmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360283326769930021.post-7456439964527443012011-01-09T18:34:07.942-05:002011-01-09T18:34:07.942-05:00Modern Technology is leaving me far behind. Somet...Modern Technology is leaving me far behind. Sometimes, I do not feel ready for it all.Hasya Ya'arahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277283281453966588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360283326769930021.post-44813369260429381822011-01-07T07:14:37.537-05:002011-01-07T07:14:37.537-05:00FBB - I'm not sure I agree with you. Although...FBB - I'm not sure I agree with you. Although inventions naturally tend to build one another, I'm not sure how you can claim that there is nothing new.<br />Microwaves, sattelites, nanotechnology, bluetooth technology, touch screen technology - I can't even BEGIN.<br />Now, those of you old enough to remember (and secure enough to admit it) and who watched the old TV show "Get Smart" will fondly recall his 'shoe phone', which was intended to be the height of ludicrousness at the time. Today? It's possible. (Maybe the 'cone of silence is next, LOL).<br />Avram - Only <i><b>shop</b></i> via phone? My iPhone can scan the bar code of any product and then proceed to tell me where I can get it for the best price. If the store I'm in isn't the cheapest, I can leave.G6https://www.blogger.com/profile/15932781801654313054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360283326769930021.post-81454643875488398102011-01-06T22:31:00.809-05:002011-01-06T22:31:00.809-05:00I still remember when your grandfather was amazed ...I still remember when your grandfather was amazed that we could pick up the phone and shop from a catalog. The idea of everyone having a home computer never even came into question, much less shopping online. And now you can shop online from your phone!Avramnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360283326769930021.post-22054305642531489282011-01-06T22:17:04.138-05:002011-01-06T22:17:04.138-05:00This is such an interesting observation.
Though, ...This is such an interesting observation.<br /><br />Though, I wonder if our technology changes are as drastic as the ones from previous generations.<br /><br />It's more like our technologies have evolved and in the earlier generations the actual product was invented.<br /><br />The walkman to the ipod is definitely a change, but not really that drastic. They're both portable private music devices.<br /><br />Cell phones I would say are more drastic, but they too came after cordless phones. A generation that went from one phone per house (or a few houses), to phones that can be answered on your ear is quite a jump.FBBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14505082368362325039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360283326769930021.post-26218722675298430302011-01-06T17:16:15.232-05:002011-01-06T17:16:15.232-05:00It also works perfectly to hold a book open to the...It also works perfectly to hold a book open to the page you are on if you need to answer the door.<br /><br />You missed one of those older inventions--reel-to-reel tape. I still have my dad's tape machine purchased in 1957. I figure if I hold on to it for a while yet some museum might pay money for this "historical artifact." And then there is the projector that plays 8mm film.ProfKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17954446826821665314noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8360283326769930021.post-66302604713247162622011-01-06T15:46:43.392-05:002011-01-06T15:46:43.392-05:00You can also look into it and see if your tefilin/...You can also look into it and see if your tefilin/tichel are straight.BLDnoreply@blogger.com