Tonight I tried to create my own webpage. After only fifteen minutes, I gave up. I salute the graphic designers and other creative artists who are more computer savvy in this area.
My patience to create another extension of myself beyond this blogging has been dealt this small disappointment. The time to sit down and think about how to connect with the outside world is not worth the trouble and may have to invest in this area sometime in the future if business opportunities knock at my door.
When we had our first computer, it was an Apple IIE with the color printer. The flimsy floppy disks were black in color while this bulky drive made these chucking noises as it fed data into the computer. The monitor had these green characters that glowed too small to be read by a myopic person. The dot matrix printer was loud and slow as it scooted left and right line by line.
I remember having to type ASCE codes to get my homework done in bold, italic, underline or super- or sub-scripted. The work was tedious and got me nowhere during my high school days.
I remember enjoying a mystery game that could never be solved because it got stuck somewhere in the middle. All I typed were simple No or Yes answers. That was no fun.
Soon I bought my first `real` computer and used a telephone to place this order. Those order by phone days are now over. I didn`t know much about computers or the internet back then.
I moved files around on my computer to get it more organized and prettier because that`s how I liked it. I ended up having to reinstall the operating system because I corrupted the files.
I got online and didn`t have anti-virus soft wares and had to get that installed. I ended up having to reinstall the operating system again because my computer got infected.
Soon there were softwares that taught me about people, places and thing and that gave me headaches from playing 3-D games. Some were never used because they were part of the package that came with the computer. Those were a waste of money.
I needed to upgrade my computer because the operating system was fast becoming obsolete and the updates would no longer be supported. So I bought not only my second computer but a laptop both from the same company. I still have both computers and have the desire to purchase a more compact design with all the full features meant for gamers.
I wanted to upgrade my computer furniture but there is no space in this small bedroom. My computer desks are the white furniture with gold like trimmings from my childhood for the primary and currently this adjustable plastic table that was advertised on television for my laptop. My computer chair is this hard wooden back breaker that matches the white computer desk. Maybe I could upgrade my chair with one of those recliners that support the neck while typing.
My eyesight is not all that great and perhaps owning those larger flat screens would be another nice investment. My ultra white painted walls are bare; so I could try mounting a monitor to save space on that computer desk. It`s not really meant for computers but for writing. And who writes by hand nowadays?
Working with computers is essential and the old timers that don`t know how better learn now or be left behind. It`s a pity that some still don`t know how to program the VCR or work the simple remote controls for their televisions. Technology is more efficient but complicated for most. Some learn to stay ahead.
The engineers, programmers and designers really need make everything as simple as possible and less complicated and confusing by design. But the world is not simple and simply by making everything easier for everyone is not in this current reality, I`m afraid.
We should learn from the simple spider spinning its simple web. The web itself is many times the tensile strength of steel. Yet the spider, depending on what kind, could create delicate circular patterns that ride the winds in undulating waves or those random deliberate messes that disguises as trap doors below.
Like the spider that spins different types of webs for its own purpose, the web designer has the opportunity create the unique designs, however simple or complicated like our spider web example earlier, on the webpages to grab the attention of the readers.
This is where responsibility for the bio-units must control the activities of unwary children and the contents being viewed online. The internet is like a web enticing browsers to spend hours in front of the computer, the new black box. And no one could leave once addicted to the many webpages offered online for people to enjoy for the rest of their lives.
We the readers, the bloggers and other computer and internet gurus are the creative force that artfully entraps (or enlightens) only the few in this endless overload of information. So how do we get ourselves out from in front of the monitor and stop being stuck like a bunch of helpless flies on the web?
I would recommend taking a spinning class to burn off lots of calories and to reduce those unsightly bulges that ooze out from the thighs and buttocks for most and from the backs and arms for some. I rest my case. Now, if you`ll excuse me, I have more blogging to do.
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