I was fortunate enough to have a Dad who was a big Star Trek fan. It was one of the few things that I really remember doing with him. No Dad I haven't forgotten who took me to my first baseball game. By the way, I like The Great American Ballpark in Cincinnati but I personally miss Riverfront.
And I think that it is amazing that back in the 60's Mr R(sorry, don't want to keep writing his last name too much) saw the possibility of a small communicator that was wireless, that people could talk face to face and not be in the same room and the infinite possible uses for computers.
From my recollection, computers were just in the early stages when I graduated high school in 1984. I don't think that at that time too many of us saw the possibilities of what they could become.
At that time I had no clue that cell phones were coming. I wonder how many people still have land line phones? I like having a phone that I can take with me anywhere; it's a good thing.
I have been debating for awhile whether or not to save up for a Nook Color. Fortunately, things happened and I was able to buy one this week. And I love it. I wasn't sure I would like not having the smell of a book (to me it was one of the greatest smells ever). And I thought it would be weird not to have actual pages to turn, but they way it works is very similar to turning a page.
I just wish they had this when I was a kid, reading Stephen King and Tom Clancy would have been a whole lot easier. And I wouldn't have all the books that I have that my best friend complains that I have too many of.
Ain't technology great?
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