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Steve Jobs & iGranny

August 25, 2011 in All Things Tech, Apple, SwitchingGranny's Stuff with 0 Comments

Macs

I’ll always be grateful that I’ve been alive during Steve Jobs career at Apple.  My enthusiasm  towards Apple is due to this man’s ability to make complicated technology  so simply desirable that even a Granny can find it delightful.

I consider him an artist who has created a collection of masterpieces I have admired from afar and once obtained results in an emotional devotion that includes becoming part of a community.  Who else has done this with hardware and software?

For me it began with an iPod.

Steve Jobs is the reason I’m known as SwitchinngGranny.  Watching his passion during keynotes caused me to switch from windows operating system to the exciting world of mac.

I  believe that  because of Steve the average consumer has moved into the digital age.

I wish Steve some valuable time with his family,  improved health and most importantly I pray he is able to enjoy divine communion with the master Creator.  May God Bless Steve Jobs.

How has Steve Jobs and Apple influenced your life?

Tech at it’s best for Grand parents

January 31, 2011 in All Things Tech, family, My Story, SwitchingGranny's Stuff with 4 Comments

Every Grand parent should have Face Time or Skype to be in touch with their grand kids.

  • To have a before school video chat
  • Your grand kids can show you their new art project in real time
  • The excitement of seeing their smile when they loose their 1st tooth
  • Sharing of ideas (with my SparklesGlittern- a new dance move- she’s developing)
  • Your grand child can read a book to you
  • The ability to have sweet before bedtime ritual’s
  • Nite Nite kisses
  • And my favorite of all: When they want to video chat just to say “I love you”

Heart Melting

You can do this now with FaceTime which can be installed on a new iPod touch or an iPhone 4 or any Mac running Snow Leopard. Or you can just use skype on your PC. Both of these services allow you to talk (when on wifi) without adding to your used minutes. Remember although I’m showing a gallery of screen shots I took while Face Timing with the Grandkids that this is real time video.

Just like the Jetsons!

Then your 7 yr old grand daughter can ask ” Me Maw what are the Jetsons?”

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My attempt Simple Sabbath

July 11, 2010 in Inspiration, Ourselves And Family with 3 Comments

The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it

Thought you might like an Update on my Simple Sabbath

It’s now been nearly three months since I’ve been offline on Sunday’s. I have found this rather freeing. Each time I think about checking facebook or twitter I remind myself that God has put it on my heart to live more focused on the simple things on Sundays. After the hustle of preparing to get ourselves and our precious Grand daughter to church by 9:00 am. We come home and I linger over the newspaper (the only one we still have delivered ), and spend time making calls to people I don’t talk with so regularly. I actually look forward to my Simple Sabbath days. In a peculiar way this is a fast of sorts for me. Cleansing and refreshing. In the future I am planning to use our winter Sunday afternoon’s to have the family over for a meal. This is something I’ve not done nearly enough of.

If there is a prayer need I wouldn’t hesitate to get online to share it. Otherwise I am keeping my lid shut on Sundays.

Here is my original post on My attempt Simple Sabbath:

First things first: I am not debating “which day” we celebrate Sabbath.

Yet there is an experiment on my heart. I’m not sure if I’ll be successful, so I’m blogging as I think out loud so to speak. And generate some conversation and maybe even put myself “out here” for the sake of accountability.

My desire is to put aside all forms of online social communications for just one day a week to focus on simply assembling with the saints, worship and family. Maybe even attempt to shut down the computer all together; however I’m not going that far yet as I think I’d be setting myself up for failure. {I do use my computer to read my Bible and to watch movies etc. just sayin’}

More like shutting down communications via the web for one day per week. No email, no twitter, no blogging, no facebook.

After church I mentioned to Tommy that I was considering doing this and he said “You aren’t going to start today are you?” “Ha”! I said, “Of course not; I’ll need to blog about the idea today!” I honestly believe that he was a bit concerned. I mean he’s likely planning on watching races or something on television that I could totally distract him from if I weren’t involved online.

I’m addicted and mostly totally engaged in online social interaction. Checking facebook and twitter incessantly not to mention e-mail and reading blogs etc.

What kind of change would this place on my day? Would I indeed benefit from the simplicity of life without these things on Sunday? Would my relationship with my Lord and my family be enhanced? How hard will this be for me?

I’m going to give this an attempt and I’m really interested in your thoughts. Today I’ll be checking in to see what you think ~smile~. And I’ll let you know how my experiment goes when I actually attempt it.

“ Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the LORD your God. In it you shall do no work: you, nor your son, nor your daughter, nor your male servant, nor your female servant, nor your cattle, nor your stranger who is within your gates. For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and hallowed it.”

Exodus 20:8-11