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| Blogs > helga_hansen > ♥♥ Mitt Hjerte - My Heart ♥♥ |
Helga's In Love...
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Helga's In Love... ... with modern technology!!! Yep... I'm totally smitten with my new utterly gorgeous purple (being Helga Hansen, would I have any other colour?) MP3 player.  I've just spent the last two days (my birthday weekend  - so I got to spend it just how I wanted to) uploading a few of my favourite albums onto my new toy. Having said that, I have over 1,200 songs uploaded, and that where I fall in love with modern technology.  Think just how many CDs 1,200 songs represents. Let's say that the average CD has about 12 songs on it - that means I've stored about 100 albums on my MP3 player (yeah, I know, that's quite a few CDs  ), and I'm only about a third of the way through my task.  While I was uploading the songs, it got me to thinking just how much technology has advanced in the last 20 years (this ageing thing has some advantages, like having memories). I can remember swooning over my first Walkman cassette player back in 1988 (as it happens, CD players were just making an appearance back then, but being young and generally poor between paydays, I decided to get the cassette Walkman instead), and here I am, nearly 20 years later, swooning over something infinitely smaller, and which doesn't rely on me to carry around a whole case of cassettes/CDs.  I can remember when home computers were DOS-based, and the screens had that lovely luminescent green glow, as the cursor sat there, waiting for you to type something onto the keyboard.  Computer games were actually played on the telly back in those days. Who remembers Pac-Man and other platform-type games, and moaning when your parents told you to switch it off because they wanted to watch the news? I'm embarrassed to admit that my does the same, but he spends his life battling away on Halo, using his X-Box, and I don't have to shoo him away at 6pm, as I'm either never home in time to watch the news... but more importantly, he has his own widescreen telly - don't look at me like that - are you telling me your aren't as spoilt as mine?  Okay, okay, so he inherited the telly when his parents fell in love with a plasma screen.  Not that I spend that much time watching it... I seem to have become surgically attached to my brand new laptop (Master Hansen tells me they are actually called "notebooks"... pah!) What do I care what it's called - I'm still cursing that bloody woman who delved into my electronic library and helped herself to my last laptop. Having said that, the new one has a few more bells and whistles on it that I've become rather used to, in such a short space of time.  What happened to old-fashioned pen and paper? Writing a diary, instead of a blog? Sending cards and letters instead of emails? I like to think I am still capable of sending the odd letter and card - and I must confess to hating it when someone sends me an e-card for something as important as a birthday. Imagine my disgust when my family sent Master Hansen a text message for his 13th birthday... how the hell are you supposed to stand that on the mantlepiece???  So, despite my love for all things modern, shiny and new, I still hanker after the odd non-modern way of living. Does this mean I am getting old? Am I becoming a grumpy old lady in the making? Nah!!! I'm just wondering how long it will be before I can stop cooking dinner and simply swallow a few pills come dinner-time!!! (Mr Hansen is glaring at me now, as he has become the chef in the house, and I can see he is thinking "when did you last do any cooking anyway?")   Love, hugs and kisses from ♥♥HH♥♥ |
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9/24/2006 3:54 pm |
What is it about blonde Scandanavian women and the colour purple ? .... my last girlfriend was a Swedish blonde that loved lilac ....... and it drove me crazy! ....  Happy birthday by the way.  Modern technology toys rock ! ...... Live with passion !
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9/24/2006 4:08 pm |
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9/25/2006 12:24 am |
Do you remember the tv tennis game? You could go & make a cup of coffee whilst waiting for the slow game to get the ball to your side. On fast you ended up with eyes like Marty Felman. I agree over the ecard thing & its disgusting for family to text a birthday message instead of sending a card. Do it as well as sending a card...yes. My sister does that with J & I & we do it with her. Ecards are great for those long distance friends you youve only met online & dont have an address for them. I love getting cards, if i have time i like to make cards for people too. Technology is fabulous but as long as real important things dont get pushed aside.
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