tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23293821.post7345488308666325132..comments2023-06-13T07:28:56.647-04:00Comments on Historic Stitcher: Why push technology?historicstitcherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17370128908373990078noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23293821.post-32375230731286007792010-02-07T08:51:30.020-05:002010-02-07T08:51:30.020-05:00I happened on your blog after bopping around Ravel...I happened on your blog after bopping around Ravelry - can't remember the path that got me here, but it really doesn't matter.<br />I lived in Michigan from 1968-2003. I raised my kids in Traverse City, and we had no television in our house from about the time my eldest son was 5 - I'm thinking 1992, until the day after 9/11<br />I bought a TV then, just a little one that sat on a chair if we wanted to watch it, because I needed to know what was happening in the world.<br />Interestingly, no one ever felt sorry for me and gifted me with a television. Maybe they knew we had one in the basement that just wasn't hooked up. Turns out when I tried to plug it in it wasn't cable compatible anyway, and in TC there is no television without cable. Reception is lousy.<br /><br />Point is, I raised my kids without TV, and they are perfectly well adjusted and now neither one of them have much time or patience with TV. <br />Stick with your principles, your son doesn't need it. There is a reason they call it the idiot box.<br /><br />Now I'm married to a man who insisted we buy the largest screen TV out there, and it has way too prominent a place in our living room. My husband can't imagine life without TV, although he's about to find out, as we are moving to a boat on Lake Michigan soon. We will have no TV. ;)Marjihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08695305834402487163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23293821.post-81006463571085435352010-01-10T00:04:47.037-05:002010-01-10T00:04:47.037-05:00I gave up broadcast tv in 1993. I confess I am ad...I gave up broadcast tv in 1993. I confess I am addicted to the internet, since 1995 when my husband introduced me to it. The internet allows me to interact with the real people on the other end of the wire, unlike tv. I do own an old tv set, solely for watching videotapes and DVDs, which I don't do often. I am absent-minded, so I like the microwave because it turns itself off. I tried one video game and found it was boring. I have a ton of books.=Tamarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23293821.post-18316645727091254462010-01-01T23:41:31.500-05:002010-01-01T23:41:31.500-05:00I think the previous comment from "Anonymous&...I think the previous comment from "Anonymous" gives a good perspective on the drawbacks of technology.<br /><br />I don't see any problem with not watching television. My screen at home is used as either a computer monitor or for video games. I've never tried to get a television channel on it, so I don't know if it would even work since the digital transition.<br /><br />I'm liking video games a lot right now, particularly since I can stay in touch with people who don't live in the same state by playing games and chatting with them at the same time. I'm looking forward to doing this with my nephews and nieces soon!Maranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23293821.post-23363324523376132152010-01-01T12:50:37.032-05:002010-01-01T12:50:37.032-05:00http://www.djmal.net/thaspot/members/viagrakaufend...http://www.djmal.net/thaspot/members/viagrakaufend<br />[b]VIAGRA Holland VIAGRA PREISVERGLECH BESTELLEN[/b]<br />http://www.serataanime.it/forum2/member.php?u=336<br />[b]VIAGRA im internet kaufen REZEPTFREI BESTELLEN VIAGRA[/b]<br />VIAGRA BESTELLEN eur 0.85 Pro Pille >> Klicken Sie Hier << BESTELLEN BILLIG VIAGRA CIALIS VIAGRA® kaufen Viagra Online Kaufen<br />http://www.sembrasil.com.br/assets/snippets/forum/viewtopic.php?t=145<br />[b]VIAGRA Germany BESTELLEN BILLIG VIAGRA[/b]<br />[url=http://www.einvestorhelp.com/member.php?u=37776]VIAGRA Germany[/url] - FREE VIAGRA<br />[b]alternativ zu VIAGRA VIAGRA[/b]<br />[b]VIAGRA versand VIAGRA PREISVERGLECH[/b]<br />[url=http://www.postyouradforfree.com/showthread.php?p=313013]VIAGRA preis[/url] - VIAGRA rezeptfrei<br />[b]VIAGRA Deutschland PREISVERGLECH VIAGRA[/b]<br />[b]VIAGRA Oesterreich VIAGRA REZEPTFREI BESTELLEN[/b]<br />[b]VIAGRA® kaufen <br />VIAGRA Deutschland <br />VIAGRA online kaufen <br />VIAGRA on line <br />VIAGRA alternativ <br />VIAGRA rezeptfrei <br />VIAGRA Kaufen <br />VIAGRA Apotheke[/b]Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23293821.post-75572435385400545202009-12-30T23:23:44.068-05:002009-12-30T23:23:44.068-05:00Honestly I am not a fan of technology in my house,...Honestly I am not a fan of technology in my house, I resist television and cable, proffering talk radio and books! Now I have only 3 stations, one of which is CNN I watch weekly to keep myself in the loop with what is happening in the rest of the world.<br /><br />As for a "cultural education" from TV, it's true there are some jokes I don't get. I have never seen an episode of the Simpsons, this amazes people. What's more amazing to people is I don't want to, I have better things to do with my time then watch yellow cartoon charters! Sure I miss out on a few jokes, but really I don't feel that deprived by it. :)<br /><br />My most advanced technology is my macbook, and that is enough for me. It allows me to reach into the digital world, but at my choice and not have it blasted at me from a loud box! I always keep it in my desk at home, which is an antique secretary desk, so the center of my living room is the spinning wheel and bookcase, not technology. I personally felt TV's should be banned to there own little room by themselves!<br /><br />Of course I might also be biased because I have a magnetic field that breaks technology!highflyinsmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01623096336383125668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23293821.post-33507603720537110262009-12-30T21:30:39.850-05:002009-12-30T21:30:39.850-05:00You would ask this about three hours after we boug...You would ask this about three hours after we bought a Wii. (That's a video game. If you don't know. Just sayin'.) <br /><br />I always think of technology in terms that the Mennonite taught me: It can destroy community by making it easier to call, or drive away, or whatever. But I don't entirely agree with them. You see, you can use it to BUILD community, too. Blogging and Ravelry and that leap to mind. <br /><br />So, with that in mind, I tend to use technology for education and community-building, and try to avoid it as a time suck or brain twinkie. We're not always successful, but we try. <br /><br />I hate microwaves. They take up space and don't do anything that another appliance could do as well or better. <br /><br />Occasionally I get stuck using modern conveniences, just because of the hand problems. It's annoying, but there it is. I do use a hand-crank can opener, though, as physical therapy, so even that balances out.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11710658334966849773noreply@blogger.com