I’ve known for sometime that I was a slow adapter. What is a
slow adapter? A slow adapter is someone who doesn’t jump on the latest technology
bandwagon. What sparked this realization? It was a BBC
radio show on technology about the new cell phone wrist watch and one of the
interviewees described herself as a slow adapter. That gave me the language to explain what I am.
I don’t need a 40 inch television or cable because I rarely watch television. But I love listening to the radio and once I discovered that satellite radio was available for homes, I was on it like a shot. Never really got into DVDs or CDs; digital music has given me the music library I always wanted without having the need for the shelf space. The PC was a no brainer. It provided way to create your own content without paper, whiteout and with the advent of external portable storage devices, it is easy to physically store the content. Walkmans were great but the Nano is even better. A mobile is a must have and is convenient when charged, but I don’t have a smart phone. I figure any emergency can be conveyed by a phone call or a text message. I’ve always hated fax machines. They are like the microwaves of office technology. They either have basic features or a cornucopia of features that are never used. But I love e-faxing. It does what the first facsimile machines did: sends and receives documents with the added bonus of the capability of blasting faxes to hundreds or thousands without having to dial in each number.
Still working on the lengthwise scarf. Just about at the end of the cabling. Fifteen rows of ribbing and then cast off. It’s not going to make the dent in this particular stash of yarn that I anticipated, so I suppose a hat and gloves will be knit to use up the rest of the yarn.
I don’t need a 40 inch television or cable because I rarely watch television. But I love listening to the radio and once I discovered that satellite radio was available for homes, I was on it like a shot. Never really got into DVDs or CDs; digital music has given me the music library I always wanted without having the need for the shelf space. The PC was a no brainer. It provided way to create your own content without paper, whiteout and with the advent of external portable storage devices, it is easy to physically store the content. Walkmans were great but the Nano is even better. A mobile is a must have and is convenient when charged, but I don’t have a smart phone. I figure any emergency can be conveyed by a phone call or a text message. I’ve always hated fax machines. They are like the microwaves of office technology. They either have basic features or a cornucopia of features that are never used. But I love e-faxing. It does what the first facsimile machines did: sends and receives documents with the added bonus of the capability of blasting faxes to hundreds or thousands without having to dial in each number.
This brings me to my latest gadget: the tablet. I wasn’t
sure but went ahead with the purchase. I knew that I could and do download .pdf’s
of knitting patterns and magazines use those instead of paper when knitting.
Okay, so I am re-addicted to Tetris. But this week I found an amazing app that
allows me to record by BG readings with notes. The data is charted and both
data and notes are combined and can be emailed in an Excel spreadsheet. And
since the clinic has an online patient portal, I can send this information
electronically to my doctor for her review before
my appointment.
Knitting this week
Still working on the lengthwise scarf. Just about at the end of the cabling. Fifteen rows of ribbing and then cast off. It’s not going to make the dent in this particular stash of yarn that I anticipated, so I suppose a hat and gloves will be knit to use up the rest of the yarn.
I’ve found a pattern for the 8 skeins of blue yarn. It’s a
skirt and I will have just enough. I’m going to do elastic for the waist as I
don’t like the idea of a leather string tie for the waist.
All this has been a valuable lesson. I bought this yarn not
because I was at all interested in knitting the pattern that came with it, but
because it was on sale. There is nothing wrong with the yarn; it’s actually a
yarn I like working with. It’s the colours and the quantity. I don’t have
enough of any one colour to knit anything sizeable and I can’t really combine
the colors with anything in my stash and to make a garment with both colours
would mean making or buying something to match.
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