BosGuy

I made such a HUGE mistake when I downloaded IE 9.0 today. Although the look and feel is familiar, there are several drawbacks that have left me pulling out my hair so if you use blogger DO NOT DOWNLOAD IE 9.0.

The two issues I noticed immediately are I can’t leave a comment on other people’s blogs. ARRGH!, and I can’t access the “Stats” page on blogger. Earlier today I fired off repeated tweets to IE and Blogger but to no avail. Adding insult to injury, I can’t seem to uninstall IE 9.0 so I’m sort of stuck until this bug is fixed. Until then, I’ll be using FireFox… probably not what Microsoft had intended when they launched IE 9.0.

Once upon a time, long, long ago there was a decade called the ’90s. Back in those dark ages people primarily communicated with friends and family in person (crazy, right?), phone and email. Although many people had cell phones, these earlier phone models were generally used to talk; no texting, apps or games were included -gasp-.

Suprisingly maybe -depending on your age- not everyone had a cell phone (especially at the start of the 90s) in part because they were expensive, reception was even worse than it is now, battery life was amazingly limited, and they were too big / bulky to easily carry with you.

As with cell phones, people interacted via email and on the web quite differently than they do today. Although the internet was available; bandwidth and connections remained significant issues as people routinely shouted at their computer’s and bemoaned something called “dial-up”.

Sites like AOL and chat rooms were all the rage (there was no such thing as Manhunt or Grindr). There was no Facebook; twitter was something birds would do; and even email was very different in the 90s – inserting images, embedding links, etc… was not always possible.

As communications and technology has progressed, the way I interact with people has changed significantly. For example, the only time I leave my house without my phone is when I’m off to the gym. I’m far more likely to text than I am to call, and I only check my email once or twice a day.

Thinking back 5-10 years, I would have found what I just admitted inconceivable. Although I always had my cell phone with me, the way I used it was so different from today. When texting was initially available, I loathed it (mostly because my phone at the time was crappy), and my preferred method of communicating was email. Oy, I feel old…

I’ve never been a fan of flavored waters. I dislike ‘energy drinks’ preferring the real thing so when I saw “Meat Water” with flavors like beef stroganoff, cheese burger and peking duck I practically gagged. Apparently these are popular items sold in Walmart’s in China. I have one word to describe this, Yuck!