Weekend Assignment #323: Tech Savvy
When you bring home some new piece of technology, do you usually get it up and running with pleasant anticipation and calm confidence, or is there more likely to be much swearing, wailing and gnashing of teeth? What’s the most trouble you’ve had with a new computer, tv, phone or related tech gadget?
Extra Credit: Who do you call in to help, if you get stuck?
I’m not the world’s most tech savvy guy. I can program a VCR, use anti-virus programs, and keep up with most of whats happening on Slashdot. But every now and then,I get stuck, so I do something that most men are known for not doing, and even a mechanical genius like my wife scoffs at:I read instructions.Yes, I know all the males reading this are scoffing at this display of unmanliness, but let me tell you, it’s both a blessing and a curse. A blessing because some days it really gets you out of a jam(thank you, Samsung) or a curse,because it puts you knee deep in manure(Any piece of furniture purchased at Big Lots). And it isn’t just paper instructions I’ll read. No, I read them online as well. It’s amazing how much info is out there some days. In the past week I’ve needed instructions for both a ten year old mower and my work PDA. Both were available online. So are there any areas where this instruction habit doesn’t help?Yes, and it’s called the mechanical world. If it involves working on a car, or wiring the house, forget it. I become as incompetent as Magic Johnson teaching abstinence.Thank the gods I married a woman who’s very handy with a wrench,sometimes upside my head. But she can’t download a single file without wanting to throw a PC across the room sometimes, so it evens out. It does however, make me wonder what our daughter’s going to be like. She already knows her way around a PS3 at four,so maybe it’ll be the best of both worlds.Extra Credit: Thank the gods I have an electrical engineer, two programmers, and lots of cell phone minutes is all I’ll say about that.
