Catching up with technology

[sheeny]

I'm flat out catching up with technology ATM. I'm in the process of building up my new laptop. The old lappy was just getting too unreliable and frustrating. So now have a HP i7 with 17.3" screen:D... just working my way through installing all the software again... and doing windows updates, updates, updates, upda...

...and today my new work phone arrived: a Nokia Lumia 520 windows 8 phone. Very nice considering my old phone was a 6120 that was getting pretty damn moody (i.e. sometimes went for days without talking to me:rolleyes:). The learning curve on the phone is pretty slight, so I'm happy with that.:)

Al.

[Ric]

I know what you mean Al.

Some days I realise that I'm so far behind in some areas I'm a Neanderthal. :lol:

[multiweb]

Still use a Nokia N95. It has buttons and takes calls. :)
I don't feel pressured by technology. If it makes my life easier I use it otherwise I have no need to get the latest.

[sheeny]

Yes. I know what you mean.

I'm only updating them both cause they were having problems, not that I felt the need to update.

I'm just about at the stage now where I'm planning to simplify my astro for a while. For the last 12 months or more I've just been doing a bit of solar when the conditions allow, so I'll probably just do that and some visual, and moth ball the spectroscope for a while. I'm enjoying my job ATM which is more technical that it used to be, so I don't have the yearning to do such technical things at home... but one day...;)

:)

Al.

[GrahamL]

I get at work often," send me a pic of it with your phone ", I havn't told anyone yet that my last phone I bought and charged to my employers
main selling point was it has a flashlight over a camera :P

[multiweb]

Did anyone see this graphene (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphene)thing and its applications on telly last night on the project? Now that's a game changer. Something to get excited about. :)