Tag: Technology

  • Laptop Died First Post From My Phone

    Laptop Died First Post From My Phone

    I’m sorry to report that my laptop, which has been giving me a lot of issues recently, has finally breathed its last. It’s on the kitchen table of a good friend right now, in several pieces, as he performs emergency surgery. Hopefully we’ll be able to retrieve all the files.

    In any case, this is the first post I ever typed on my phone, and I definitely do not want to make a habit of it. Writing on a phone is excruciating and not at all conducive to the kind of thoughtful, clever, and/or polished writing that I strive for. I ask that you please indulge me if, in posting anything in the next day or two, I opt to keep it short. It’s likely I won’t be responding to many comments until I’m back on a laptop. Don’t think that just because I’m curt or even silent that I don’t love you.

  • Why I Ditched Smartphones Ravel Would Understand

    Why I Ditched Smartphones Ravel Would Understand

    Anyone who knows me knows that I don’t own a smartphone. Why would I keep a phone that would only make me look dumb (as when I try to type on somebody else’s using that impossibly tiny “keyboard”)?

    But yesterday, as I was driving on I-95, I passed a sign that said something along the lines of “TRAVEL DELAYS POSSIBLE.” Only the “T” was burnt out. As today is the birthday of Maurice Ravel, I am doubly sorry not to have been able to document it. Then again, I could have wound up like one of those idiots who stands too close to the edge of the Grand Canyon in order to get the perfect selfie.

    Ravel was fascinated by gadgets and lived as a semi-recluse. In all likelihood, he would have been transfixed by the smartphone. But if he had been, I’ll bet he wouldn’t have accomplished as much as he did. He would have had a hell of a Facebook page, though.

    Happy birthday, Maurice Ravel.


    PHOTO: If I owned a smartphone, it would look just like this.

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