Tag: technology

Reflections on Childhood vs. Today’s Digital Society


Friday April 25th, 2025 is upon us! As the year goes along the weather has been up and down folks, rainy, then clear, chilly then warm. It is typical for New England herein Massachuetts.

Anyway, let discuss electronics. As we all know and see daily, no one goes anywhere today without a cell phone, computers are practically in every home in america and as gaming consoles. They call these improvements to society. Well, I question that really and I am now 69 years old, and live alone and I have the big tv, the Xbox, Computers and yes a cell phone too. Why do I question it I am asked when I say, this? Well my answer is, the cell phones, the computers, the gaming consoles and even the tvs, isolate hmans from one another. We have begun to rely on each device in our own ways, and that, pulls us away from humanity in it’s own way, making thing more impersonal between us.

I was born in 1956 folks, which simple additionand subtraction would tell anyone. When I grew up, we had land lines for phone, no cell phones. We had tubed tvs, computers were not here, and gaming consoles were not around. We were told go outside and play, have fun, but come home for supper, and definitely get home before the street lights came on. We played games like, 1,2,3 Red Light, Tag, and sports. We roller skated, rode sleds in the winter, went to parks. Yes we found friends that way in person, we navigated through, and found people we actually liked to hang with. What happened to America, I am not sure.

When Iwa s a kid, you screwed up at home or out on the streets you paid a price. Mom would smack ya on the head or ass and ground ya. Or if the offense was bad enough, dad would step in and ya would get a beating. Today we lve in society where all of that is frowned upon and illegal. And what we get for results are ignorant, angry, nasty kids. we get more narracistic kids, too. We get more kids into drugs and alcohol also as they look for excitment, to occupy their time. Instea dof controlling their kids, parents these days let them run wild and very seldom know exactly where their children are or what they are doing. Thus, we end up witha society that lacks manners, ethics and morals, we grew up with in my generation.

What happened to, saying Thank You, Your Welcome, May I, Please? Or can I join in? what happened to trying to fit in, instead of trying to take over? Anothe rproblem I have seen as I age, is simple, folks don’t seem to undersatnd a basic fact, Ilearned in the Service, respect one another, and remember before you can be a leader folks, you have to be a good follower. By following you learn.

I noticed changes that happend in the 1980’s, when Bil Cosby had his tv show. He told everyone, you don’t hit your children, you talk to them. Well, that, doesn’t always work folks, as we all know. Then in the 1990s, I noticed more anger, more cliques and more seperations in society happening. The Republicans began their seperation from all, and things got meaner.Politically, I blame that mess, on the Democrats for not interacting and allowing it all to happen.

By the 2000’s Americans have begun lazier, more rude and antisocial. Our interactions now happen in bars/ taverns, clubs, then any where else. Dating has become online and all electronic now. Profiles are written which lie or are fake, people use fake photographs and build themselves up to be someone they arent’ to get attention. Also, there is more fear of narsacist, violence,stalking, and people out to grab your money or property. Then, we approach the biggest fear on dating sites these days, the constant questions about sexual interactions, on dates. If sex is mentioned on a first dtae, thats it for me, I am out. I was always taught, that happens as a relationship develops not instantly. So you can see the differences in society also in the stores and malls too. Parents take their kids shopping and the children get unruly, or run alone and off from their parent, or wnat everything they see. It’s sad that today’s generation doesn’t understand the word no, or you can’t. Greed comes into play, I want that, my friends have it. Peer pressure is strong in today’s society on our children, and today’s parents don’t see it. The kids do!

Then today on top of all the above changes in society, in schools and at home, even children have ahard time fitting in with one another. More fighting, arguing, happens then evever before. Anger, rules folks, and I don’t blame the children I blame the parents. Wake up folks, it’s up to the parents and adults to steer us back to calmer days once more. It will take decades, to once again, get back to an American Society that is warm, welcoming, patienent and interacting fully. There is no short term solution, to the job markets, economy, education, or lifestyle folks. We have lost so much, through the 1980s tp now, I wonder, Where did the United States I grew up in Go?

I Hate Spammers and Spam!


This morning I came to do a blog, who knows what it would be about, but the subject hit me, when I opened my blog page to write. SPAM!

       The internet was invented to exchange information, help each other and go worldwide, to educate and entertain. SO why do people SPAM blog pages and sites and attach their sites that have nothing to do with yours to yours? Jealousy, incompetence,attitudes, or they are just being total assholes. Why bother what someone else built and ruin it when you can build your own and enjoy it, simple laziness!

       The ignorance of people online in this world is amazing! As is the brilliance of others, but what gets me is why attack what you know nothing about, or a person you have no idea who they are? Stupidity, Hate, Discontent, Anger, what?

        It happens in all countries, all colors all nationalities, hate,anger, fear,pain,discontent, rules people who have no business bothering others but do so for the heck of it. Sadly this is world-wide, Spamming others and it shouldn’t happen the internet has so much room and flow and information, you can do whatever you want on your own. I don’t want to open my blog page to write my blog and find spam comments from sex sites, or spam for commercials, or anything else. I want to keep my blog clean and healthy and helpful if I can to the American People and the world. So why do people Spam I will be damn if I know, but I do know one thing it sucks, and it’s ignorant to do so!

       The internet allows you access to information, entertainment, games, libraries, pictures and history. To learn  lessons and jokes and conversations with others. It brings together people world-wide and happy in many ways as they smile thru it all, until SPAM shows up and ruins it all. Then we get Malware, viruses, and trojans and more floating around in the internet world, because people decided well we want to ruin it all for everyone including ourselves. Sad isn’t it, reminds me of Dictators  who have it all in their countries yet want more and attack the people or don’t listen, a  real pain in the ass!

       Sadly America and the world are going to face attackers and spammers and viruses and malware and more, because people get jealous, they get angry, they get upset over words and rants and raves and stories and poems and more and try to destroy what they can in anger. Sadly, maybe you should do one of two things, you spammers and haters, 1) change the web page your on if you don’t like it, or two get the hell off the internet and let it run and build information needed by billions. Stop messing with people’s builds, blogs, web pages and the information, or putting up X_Rated bullshit and ruining it for all. Stop!

 

Internet Invention needs maintaining:


Lets all discuss something that bugs the hell out of me for a change, fools and assholes on the internet who want to destroy the greatest information highway in the world. Why would anyone want to ruin anthers web site? When you have zillions of places online to go and look at things and learn and chat and more, you aim at one web site and take it down with bullshit, that’s crap. If someone doesn’t like a web site or what someone says or writes  on it then ignore it and it will not bother you. The Internet is an invention that gives billions access to history, learning how tos, and millions upon million of pieces of data and a place to be creative. Don’t attack what may be the greatest invention ever by being stupid folks, leave other people’s stuff alone, no one bothers yours.

       It’s like Elementary School all over again, larger bullies picking on smaller people or starters. Listen up bullying is illegal! Let everyone have their say, acknowledge them and then move on with what ever decision you make and say ok. Don’t intentionally ever attack someone or something because you don’t like them, you don’t like their work or you don’t like what they said or do. Just walk away it’s the best thing for both of you.

      As day after day, on the information highway that is the internet data is uploaded stored and turned into information the world can use to save lives, and more, like all good inventions it does get misused also. History has shown terrorist organizations using the internet to voice threats or instill fear in innocent people. Yet the internet is also a device used for fun, information and education, so no matter what anyone says, we all have abusers somewhere don’t we, that we know, well we avoid them in real life and we should do so on here too.

        We have news, comics, information, television, films, books and games all at our fingertips, as well as factual history and more in the world and at home. Be blessed folks and enjoy it all, but, do yourself and everyone else who uses the internet a favor, stop spamming, stop viruses, stop malware and stop destroying the one invention in a long time that now covers all people, all nationalities, all colors, all races period. We all need a platform for information and our say also, well the Internet has now become that and much, much more. Lets protect the wealth of information, the access and the information, lets keep the Internet clean and useable for all.

 

Raves, Rants and me!


      Apple The big Computer, Tablet, I Phone, I Pod giant is releasing the new I-Pad today. They are lowering the price on the I-Pad 2 to 399.00 a shot, also. Apple makes the sturdiest computers and I-Pads out there along with the I-pod, I-phone, they have amazing products, that once people get them they want to keep them forever. As Apple goes so goes most of the Computer Manufacturers trying to keep up with them, it’s amazing what APple produces and sells, but the one disappointment is the pricing of these products.

      If I could afford a Apple Computer or even an Apple I-Pad I would grab one and run, but they are not priced for average Americans or consumers, they are priced for the upper economic class. All I can do is pray and hope someday I can afford one, but I doubt it will happen for a Disabled Veteran with no job living on Disability Pay, yet everytime I go by the Apple STore in the Mall, I stop in an dstare all amazed at them all.

    But like the economy today, prices are rising on gas, food, housing, insurance and more. It’s a struggle to eat, pay your bills and affrod to live never mind the niceities of Apple Products to own and have. 

       Clothing, Food, Gas, Oil, come first, paying the mortgage comes first or the rent. Medical costs triple on us old Veterans and Disabled ones, as well as retired ones.  Yet Congress, and the Leaders in both parties wish to fight over our medical benefits, our Medicade, Medicare, Social Security and even our prescription coverages, for the elderly and disabled. They say they are tired of paying for our benefits, well that is crap too. Those who are lucky enough to get the benefits earned them by paying into Social Security Medicade and Medicare, what right does Congress have to take any of it from us?

        I know the question is what does Apple making money have to do with benefits for us elders and disabled folks? Actually not anything at all, like my web blog says I do at times rant and rave and raise hell.  But I also know in the end I am usually right about Congress, Washington,DC. what I feel is politically wrong for candidates to say and do is included too.

      I rant against bad customer services, I rant against lousy resturants, I rave on Apple and their products but complain about the prices of everything, I know, I know I sound like a raving maniac, but in all truth, I am just a mad American Disabled Veteran watching a political show that should have ended months ago on the Republican side, and watching my dreams and the dreams of millions of Americans go up in smoke as we can not pay our bills and have what the rich have anymore. So yes I rant and rave, yes I scream and shout, yes I dream of what I want and can not have, but, it is my right as a human being, and a Veteran and an American.

      In the end my Rants and Raves do not get me anything, not even attention, but it is theraphy for me to do it. I suffer from many injuries, six bad discs in my spine from the service days, PTSD, Sleep Apenea,and more, I have survived 16 years service, and two TIA Heart Attacks and I still survive. So yes if I rant crazy at times I am allowed, as long as I hurt no one.

Apple I-Pad and Apple Prices


Apple yesterday introduced its new I-Pad, better graphics and faster internet speeds through 4G instead of 3G. Although I do not own an I=Pad at all, or any Apple products due to prices and finances, I think they make great products. But in the case of this I-Pad the new one, I don’t see why they brought it out now.

        Apple’s Computers have been well made and long-lasting on a regular basis now for sometime, yet the price of the Macs, I-Macs, are so high very few average americans can afford them. While Dell, Acer, Aspire,and HP produce computers under 500.00 dollars a shot both desktops and laptops, Apple Computers maintain the large profit margins attached to theirs, why?

        If I had a good 1500.00 dollars or better to buy an Apple Computer I would, definitely after looking at them recently in an Apple Store. The big screens, the smoothness of their operating system, are fantastic. Their all in ones are great products too, and I hope they have the current problem with over heating of others all in ones figured out and beaten.

       While my sister is a big fan of Apple products, and owns the I-Pad, The I-Pod and loves them, I do not have her money or job, I am a retired American Disable Veteran, with a bad back and on disability and social security. I dream of a I-Mac computer with a big hard drive and screen and lots of memory daily and look at them online wishing. Life it seems is not always fair is it?

        The prices of Apple Products period has always been my main reason for never owning them, otherwise I would. Apple is one hell of a company overall and it’s products are well made and usually last a long time, their operating system, is stable and seems to stop all viruses, it seems to me and others.

        As a blogger, and writer, I do this blog, and stories, poems and rants and raves, plus, write separately too, a Mac or a I-Mac, or Mac Laptop would probably be great to have, but I can only afford PCs.

        I have compared I-Pads to other tablets, and found the graphics better and the speed better in I-Pads, but again I settled for a lesser priced Tablet due to prices and money flow. The American economy is hurting and so am I as a disabled veteran here, so I settle for what I can afford and dream of better.

         Apple should be congratulated on its suggest in many ways, and I guess the Average American who does not have a 50,000 dollar job or income will have to not afford such fine products, but isn’t that life!