Officially Cool
In keeping with the spirit of my New Year Resolutions I have decided to move into the 21st century.
When visiting the gym I found the music they played over the p.a system was pretty dire and certainly didn't motivate me. What to do? Obvious answer, get an ipod. Off I went to the local electrical store and spent some money. When I got home and opened the packaging a grey mist clouded my brain as I tried to understand the amusingly titled 'quick start guide'. However I persisted and with a lot of help from younger family members can now download my own tracks. I've even learned how to do playlists! Of course I don't use it whem I'm with my personal trainer (I hope you are suitably impressed).
I'm getting fairly competent with my digital camera which I use to photograph clients dogs to personalise their post consultation action plans. Getting the pictures from camera to PC is ok but I haven't got the knack of getting from PC to report without help yet, but I'll get there.
My favourite toy of the moment though is a satellite navigation system for my car. It is awesome, if you haven't got one yet they're a must have. there are countless things to press and screen displays, they are the archetypal 'Boys Toy'. A lot of my clients live in quite obscure rural locations so in cases like that it's a godsend. It takes me door to door, in fact I get upset now if I have to travel to a location I know. The system also acts as a hands free phone system with Bluetooth, so I must admit to phoning people from my car rather than home so that I can play with it. Sad isn't it?
Now, my Bluetooth phone, thats something else. It's got buttons and toggle switches, camera, video, radio and an mp3 player. Oh and I almost forget, you can also phone people with it. I'm finding it quite complex and if I haven't mastered it in a few weeks then I'll have to read the instruction manual. I have however got 'Bad Boys' or should it be 'Boyz', the 'Cops' theme as my ring tone so things are looking up.
I was brought up in the days of steam radio and gas television. We wrote on slates at school (really we did) , so I feel quite smug that I haven't caused a nuclear meltdown yet with all this modern kit.
I now consider myself, Officially Cool.
When visiting the gym I found the music they played over the p.a system was pretty dire and certainly didn't motivate me. What to do? Obvious answer, get an ipod. Off I went to the local electrical store and spent some money. When I got home and opened the packaging a grey mist clouded my brain as I tried to understand the amusingly titled 'quick start guide'. However I persisted and with a lot of help from younger family members can now download my own tracks. I've even learned how to do playlists! Of course I don't use it whem I'm with my personal trainer (I hope you are suitably impressed).
I'm getting fairly competent with my digital camera which I use to photograph clients dogs to personalise their post consultation action plans. Getting the pictures from camera to PC is ok but I haven't got the knack of getting from PC to report without help yet, but I'll get there.
My favourite toy of the moment though is a satellite navigation system for my car. It is awesome, if you haven't got one yet they're a must have. there are countless things to press and screen displays, they are the archetypal 'Boys Toy'. A lot of my clients live in quite obscure rural locations so in cases like that it's a godsend. It takes me door to door, in fact I get upset now if I have to travel to a location I know. The system also acts as a hands free phone system with Bluetooth, so I must admit to phoning people from my car rather than home so that I can play with it. Sad isn't it?
Now, my Bluetooth phone, thats something else. It's got buttons and toggle switches, camera, video, radio and an mp3 player. Oh and I almost forget, you can also phone people with it. I'm finding it quite complex and if I haven't mastered it in a few weeks then I'll have to read the instruction manual. I have however got 'Bad Boys' or should it be 'Boyz', the 'Cops' theme as my ring tone so things are looking up.
I was brought up in the days of steam radio and gas television. We wrote on slates at school (really we did) , so I feel quite smug that I haven't caused a nuclear meltdown yet with all this modern kit.
I now consider myself, Officially Cool.
Labels: Me-and-my-family
posted by Robin Glover at
Monday, March 27, 2006
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