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By
Michelle Kennedy
Dot Com Magazine
One of the benefits to having a computer guru as a husband
is that my computer is always running. Some of the other
benefits vary in their degree of quality, depending upon
your perspective.
For
example, the fact that we have our own server (a "supercomputer"
that networks all of the computers in the house together)
is one of those benefits. Most people only have servers
in their office and do not have network cable running like
holiday lighting throughout their house; we do. Some men
like to fix up old cars. My husband likes to fix up old
computers.
Again,
this has its advantages, like the very inexpensive computer
we were able to give to the children. However, my list of
uses for old motherboards is beginning to rival Martha Stewar's
list of uses for old dishtowels, and the sight is less than
pretty.
Just
how many motherboard spoon rests does one kitchen need?
The fact that it took me years to even accept the computer
as part of my life was shocking enough. In college, I had
a professor in love with his computer (no, this was not
my husband-to-be). This was 1990, and this crazy man was
convinced that the computer was the wave of the future.
"Whatever,"
I said, in my best Valley Girl tone. "Listen to me!
It's true! Haven't you ever heard of Prodigy? We will all
be connected by computer. I will send you messages by computer!"
"Whatever,"
I said, and then I went out and bought my first word processor.
This was basically an electric typewriter with a small LCD
screen. I would type a line in the screen and then the typewriter
would type the line on the paper. Enough memory for one
line.
Forget
what the typewriter could handle, that was all I could handle.
Michelle
Kennedy, who is no longer computerphobic, is the new editor
of Dot Com. Please send your comments, questions and potential
stories by email to: michelle.kennedy@gogreenbaycom or call
her at 432-2941.
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