I was tempted to make that "stoned age," but I was of a more tempered side of the hippie era.
When it comes to high tech, though, I've leaned more toward neo-Luddite. You know, face-to-face and keeping people employed. That's why I go inside to a teller at the bank, rather than an ATM or drive-thru. Ditto for fast food.
One way my family has of nudging me in the other direction is in their Christmas and birthday gifts to me.
Well, my clumsiness therein is another matter.
Here are some examples.
- My first cell phone and then, a dozen years later, the big upgrade to my S22 Ultra, in large part for its digital camera abilities.
- That replaced the Olympus digital camera they'd presented a few years earlier. I have to agree it's a huge upgrade.
- A coconspirator in all this offered some puzzling lenses and a lobster tripod for photography that made no sense until I learned about the S22 Ultra. I was so ignorant, but these are cool.
- Then there's the LED ring lamp for Zoom meetings with its warm and cool light settings. The way it's set up now, I use it for a regular light at my workstation.
- A Fire tablet. An ebook author really should have one, though I use mine mostly to stream music. Which leads to …
- A Bluetooth headset that works with the aforesaid cell phone and tablet plus my laptop Zoom connections. Didn't know I couldn't live without one.
- As well as my Tribit remote speaker. I love the flexibility of taking my music around the house or of having hands free during a phone conversation.
- My little weather station, the one that doesn't require wires running out to the wind, temp, and rainfall gauges. Hey, living on a windy island puts the weather high on the awareness chart.
- The mustache trimmer. The rechargeable battery device really does the job better than a razor.
- Most recent is a set of wireless speakers to go with the new audio system. I started to say "stereo" but know how outdated that's become. Still, this one accommodates vinyl, if you know what that means.
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