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Robin’s RAMblings
Have you ever been forced to say goodbye to a
trusted friend on whom you often relied? Did you
feel lost and confused with no contact for an ex-
tended period of time? Did you really miss your
friend? Did it feel as though you had gone into
withdrawal? How did you cope? Did you ultimate-
ly feel a sense of liberation?
Suppose that “trusted friend” was your smartphone
and you could not use it for three long weeks? Did
you mind that it had turned into a (mostly) useless
object in your pocket or purse? How would you
deal with things like not being able to read your
email, or send texts, search the internet on the fly,
or having an up to date GPS in your pocket? Oh,
and the little details of not being able to make or
receive phone calls. Did you mind that you were
not on call to much of the world? If people wanted
to reach you, they would have to rely on old fash-
ioned methods. When I mentioned to a friend that I
did not have a usable cell phone, she wrote “There
are times when it is a blessing not to have one with
you.”
At first the silence was deafening. I kept looking
down at my unresponsive friend and wondered
how I ever managed without it. Was it just force of
habit or did I really miss it? Going cold turkey was
challenging. I was well into adulthood when I got
my first Motorola flip phone. I spoke to another
friend who said she was delighted not to have the
use of her iPhone for a week.
As our plane was taxiing to the terminal at O'Hare,
I said with glee "I can turn on my phone!" It took a
while for my recent emails to appear. As we wait-
ed for our ride to arrive, I made phone calls and
sent texts. Back to the real world!
We have exciting programs scheduled for 2013:
June 8, 2013-Fred Barnett on "Google search tips
and tricks"
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July 13, 2013-LCACE picnic at Liz and Fred Bar-
nett's house
August 10, 2013- Mike Kastler, host of WRLR ra-
dio TechTalk show
September 21, 2013-
October 5, 2013-
November 2, 2013-
December 14, 2013-Holiday party at State Bank of
the Lakes. Save the date!
Everyone, if you haven’t already done so, it’s time
to pay your LCACE dues.
Happy computing!
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I read an Internet review that some Internet TV
software overflows the buffer and downloads vi-
ruses and malware to your computer. They were
right, after three days – I had a Trojan on a com-
puter that never gets viruses and is not used for
the Internet. I will now have to run constant full
Virus Protection scans on my computer more
often.
REVIEW: The software could be written a lot bet-
ter, without viruses, without advertisements, with-
out distracting screens. They don’t tell you what
you get with $5/month more premium package. I
would not recommend it, primarily because of the
viruses. But if you do use it, use on a spare com-
puter (one that you can reformat).
Gene