I was gone for a couple of days this week, and, the following morning after I returned, I wandered into my office to turn on my laptop and saw I strange light, glowing from a spot that, heretofore, (I love the word heretofore but I cannot use it very often!) never had anything glowing on top of it. After turning on the overhead light, I discovered that the source of the glowing light was something quite exciting. The table next to my desk that had been previously empty, now had a television setting atop of a big, black box.
Allow me to digress for a moment.
The latest and greatest gizmos and gadgets in the electronic world will never darken a room in our home. We are always about twenty-to-thirty electronic generations behind whatever Silicon Valley is promoting. Our 'main' television has a digital converter box attached to it so it can receive a signal from our cable company. The VCR just got disconnected last week and, thusly, my over-used, blank video cassette tapes will be retired as well. I have been methodically video taping missed television shows for years now and have been comfortable with the procedure necessary to program the VCR. "Quoth the Raven, 'Never more'".
Before I continue, keep in mind that our household will NEVER hold the latest and greatest, but, with my new 'glowing light', I have come from the Stone Age to the Industrial Age. The glowing light belongs to my early birthday present, a DVD recorder and re-writable disks. Plus, the television from the kitchen has been sent to my office to replace the Stone-Aged model that died in the spring and the kitchen counter now sports a new eighteen-inch television. While I was away, my SO was busy!
Yesterday I received a tutorial on the operation of the DVD recorder and I think I am ready for my newest electronic stage of life. Yes, I have a fresh set of procedures to follow but I am full of confidence and excitement. Industrial Age, here I come!
What can be next? In ten years I'm certain I'll have a subscription to TiVo!
Ancora imparo
