Archive for the 'Technology' Category

How I Keep My Writing Mind In Shape:

February 12, 2009

A great friend developed this game:  It revolves around emails.  First, she’ll send a cryptic message.  She ony sends a phrase which is in the subject line of the email.  For instance, she just emailed to me, “Wondertwins… Thundersnow….. ACTIVATE!!!!!”  But that’s all the email will ever contain (the title in the subject line).  The body [...]

40 Toys from 40 Years of Life ♥

January 27, 2009

In continuation of the Turning 40 theme, I’m gonna talk about 40 toys from 40 years of life.  This was a difficult list to compile.  Because many toys impacted me over the years.  But, after a lot of thinking, I came up with the 40 that affected me the most:
Dapper Dan – The Six Million Dollar Man [...]

Apple IIc ♥

January 26, 2009

The Apple IIc debuted in April, 1984.  By July of that year, I’d convinced my parents to buy it (for my birthday).  Between the computer, monitor, state-of-the-art dot matrix printer, games, software, joystick, and external floppy drive – the price tag was way over $2,000.  My parents weren’t willing to spend that much money, so I agreed [...]