tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post1757860232744929383..comments2023-10-19T05:40:59.162-04:00Comments on Sippican Cottage: The Future's So Shady... No, That's Not It.SippicanCottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-22188538928567153092008-04-02T10:44:00.000-04:002008-04-02T10:44:00.000-04:00Your wish is my command. How about tomorrow?Your wish is my command. How about tomorrow?SippicanCottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-45642209646267686152008-04-02T10:38:00.000-04:002008-04-02T10:38:00.000-04:00Hey, Author:Can you tell the Editor to re-run this...Hey, Author:<BR/>Can you tell the Editor to re-run this post?Ruth Anne Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01936054116421006847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-90974908488690697342007-09-02T20:22:00.000-04:002007-09-02T20:22:00.000-04:00Ah, yes, music.When I got married, we were very po...Ah, yes, music.<BR/><BR/>When I got married, we were very poor but technically saavy and set up two computers, one attached to the electronic organ in the church (for the recessional) and one in the reception hall. Tower, monitor, keyboard, mouse. Elaborately constructed pain-in-the-butt playlists. All so we wouldn't need a DJ.<BR/><BR/>That fall, they came up with a device that could do the same thing, easier, that was the size of a deck of cards.<BR/><BR/>A year ago they came up with an iteration that can double as a tie clip.<BR/><BR/>And all of this has happened since the turn of the milennium. We're not just heading into the future, we're accelerating.<BR/><BR/>Enjoy the ride.B. Durbinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07559705448147986730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-2916563981752604962007-08-31T11:27:00.000-04:002007-08-31T11:27:00.000-04:00I probably qualify as one of the elderly *sob* bor...I probably qualify as one of the elderly *sob* born in 1950. My list of great things the future has brought include all of those things you mentioned.<BR/><BR/>I can do my job via the "Intarnets from anywhere in the world including sitting in my jammies at home. Information at my fingertips that was inconceivable in the olden days is available at the click of a button and can be emailed to my clients so we can both look at the same information at the same time even in different cities.<BR/><BR/>Plus: SHOPPING!!<BR/><BR/>I can get exotic food ingredients from anywhere in the world shipped right to my house. Want to buy a lobster, lemon grass seasoning, smoked salmon, rack of lamb, duck breasts? Just hop on the net.<BR/><BR/>Need to buy some shoes, clothing, fabric. No need to get into the car and drive the 75 miles to the nearest city (yep, I live in the boon toolies) just hop on the net. It doesn't fit? the color was wrong. Call the UPS guy and have him pick it up and send it back.<BR/><BR/>MUSIC!! How cool is it that I can have thousands of songs on my computer and wirelessly beam a personalized selection of songs to the speakers on my deck? Want to listen to a little jazz and sip some scotch while watching the evening shadows crawl over the river below? No problem. <BR/><BR/>Need to listen to music at work? www.Pandora.com Want to hear any kind of music without interruption while in you air conditioned car with those heated seats for the winter? A satellite will just beam down to you what ever you want to hear.<BR/><BR/>GAMES!! Ok. I'm a game junkie. On line gaming. Computer games are light years away from Pong which was amazing when it first came out. <BR/><BR/>PS. I also love your nostalgia about boys web site.Dust Bunny Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13341429444562280127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-1834199514186180492007-08-31T01:04:00.000-04:002007-08-31T01:04:00.000-04:00Honestly, even given all the conveniences, I still...Honestly, even given all the conveniences, I still don't understand how you manage to run a small business in Massachusetts. <BR/><BR/>The regulations, the taxes... YOu lose so much just from being there when you could easily go to New Hampshire...<BR/><BR/>Not only that, but you seem to be an independent, freedom minded sort. I grew up in Mass, and there are still things I love about it, but I could never live there again. <BR/><BR/>I prefer living in free states.AnarchAngelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06447178964096399015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-86409820780450019752007-08-30T17:41:00.000-04:002007-08-30T17:41:00.000-04:00Hahahah. My kind of driver.Thanks for the dispensa...Hahahah. My kind of driver.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the dispensation!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-84127139750865160492007-08-30T15:04:00.000-04:002007-08-30T15:04:00.000-04:00Hi Larry- Since the item was first run a year ago,...Hi Larry- Since the item was first run a year ago, the context of that joke was lost. <BR/><BR/>In response to your query, anyone a year older than me is old, anyone an inch taller than me is tall, anyone even minutely better looking than me is an Adonis. <BR/><BR/>And everyone visible through my windshield is a slowpoke, and everyone in my rear-view mirror is a driving too fast.SippicanCottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-83630712244882427022007-08-30T14:54:00.000-04:002007-08-30T14:54:00.000-04:00I do have one question about: "OK yesterday we de...I do have one question about: "OK yesterday we defamed the elderly. It don't matter; they've barely learned to use the telephone, and I doubt any of them are ever going to be reading teh intarnets, no matter how big they make teh intarnet pipes."<BR/><BR/>I have been using electronic aids to communication (never found one that was any help with people who _will_ not see or hear) since before there was an Internet (since a time when communications networks were pretty much a paper construct with some exceptions like Don Lee, Dumont, and Blue).<BR/><BR/>Please define "elderly".<BR/><BR/>At three score and eight I can not relate to the term.<BR/><BR/>And the captcha "bixsceso" looks like a spammer's attempt to get you a PG rating.Larry Sheldonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12653436584890594776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-66677880244788003072007-08-30T14:21:00.000-04:002007-08-30T14:21:00.000-04:00Anwyn is hereby given a special dispensation regar...Anwyn is hereby given a special dispensation regarding IKEA furniture. <BR/><BR/>All others will be flogged.SippicanCottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14940797380578921776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-57739865224853374592007-08-30T12:32:00.000-04:002007-08-30T12:32:00.000-04:00Here, here. Or there, there if you prefer. I agree...Here, here. Or there, there if you prefer. I agree- technology is very useful and wonderful. I look at all of the "enviro-crowd" and "doomsday is here, unless we give up our toilet paper" crowd and shake my head. I think if you put our advances in front of a caveman and the "enviro-crowd"s lifestyle in front of him- he'd be driving a SUV in no time and ordering chicken at the drive thru. I read a lot of historical accounts and texts. I have yet to find many "average-Joe" letters that extol the virtues of technology of their yesteryear. Virtues, maybe- leaves and twigs- no so much.J.C. Loopholehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11976993877171613834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-6176846856291756872007-08-30T11:42:00.000-04:002007-08-30T11:42:00.000-04:00Loved the rest of it, of course, btw.Loved the rest of it, of course, btw.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14474631.post-3451597214511631312007-08-30T11:31:00.000-04:002007-08-30T11:31:00.000-04:00Ouch, hit right in the IKEA!! Let me stipulate tha...Ouch, hit right in the IKEA!! Let me stipulate that I do not particularly like buying IKEA furniture, but I do it because it's what we can afford to buy when we need a big batch of furniture at once, like three big pieces or more. Sigh.<BR/><BR/>Someday, like I said. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com