Tech stuff

Good and Bad Tech Stuff

This guy could be a Proctor and Gamble sales rep calling his office, or a guy named Lenny pretending to be a 4 year-old girl. In the past month, in what I can only assume is an act of rebellion against their father, Rahouey & Hucker bought Macs, making it a clean sweep for Apple amongst the Schlong kiddies.  Hucker brought his new laptop over, and I have to say I'm impressed by some of what I saw.  There's a built in camera over the screen.  He called his brother's Mac - yes phoned him using the computer- and Ro appeared in real time.  The conversation was fluid, as was the image.  None of the jerkiness I associated with "picture phones." While I'm not at all sure I welcome this technology, I see one immediate benefit down the line.  Teenybopper girls who make new "friends" via any of the myriad bulletin boards, will no longer have to worry whether new BFF Buffy Anne is really not some 40 year-old pervert named Lenny.  While I'm on the subject of technology, I'm glad this GPS thing didn't happen when I was a yoot.  Early on, I was a sales rep for a food company, and one of the bennies of being in outside sales is - or was - a certain freedom of time management.  Don't misunderstand.  I was always the top producer, but if I wanted to shop for a Christmas present between calls, I did.  If I felt like taking in a movie, I could. I understand today's sales reps are getting company cars equipped with GPS monitors that allow - make that "force" - their manager to track whereabouts.  I shudder, without apology.