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The Digital Household

The Digital Household. By Lorette E. P. A. Cheswick cheswick.com 908.766.3831. Hemo the Magnificent. A Bell Labs film directed by Frank Capra. http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/ches/. Front of house door bell -. construction/deconstruction of electronics. Problem as process-.

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The Digital Household

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  1. The Digital Household By Lorette E. P. A. Cheswick cheswick.com 908.766.3831

  2. Hemo the Magnificent A Bell Labs film directed by Frank Capra

  3. http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/ches/

  4. Front of house door bell -

  5. construction/deconstruction of electronics

  6. Problem as process-

  7. reinforce electronics and problem solving in all areas of our lives

  8. Ants and mice Sharing Our Field of Dreams

  9. Evolution of Computers in the Cheswick house • We started out with terminals connected to mainframes • The first PC we bought was an AT. We got it about 1 week before my dad got his. • B.C. brought home his first work station about 7 years ago.

  10. Cheswick PC Evolution • The Mac was a Christmas present 4 years ago. • We thought we had to have familiarity with both sides of the PC world. Then we got Myst for the external CD-Rom and we’ve never looked back.

  11. How we use our computers: • Quicken, • Quick Books, • electronic banking v phone banking, • Test software, • video research, • writing books anywhere,

  12. Do you ask for directions? Who me? I’m never lost.

  13. Last week’s information • IBM Voice Type • http://www.sostech.com/quiz1.html • Storm on Sun creates solar flare • http://www.nasa.gov/

  14. Last week II. • Pronation leading to tendon insufficiancy • CPR/First Aide sources on the Net • http://www.sostech.com/quiz1.html

  15. How we manage our computers

  16. Storage room

  17. Neat hardware • Radio mice • Radio keyboards • PCMCIA cards and slots • laser pointers • radio ethernet • PDA’s and their evolution • Modems • Cisco bridge

  18. PDA’s and their evolution • Eo was a fun toy, but the screen was hard to read • It was heavy • Software compatibility was so-so • HP 200LX is still going • Flash cards are great and the PC slots allow a number of peripherals in a portable or PDA

  19. Digital Cameras • Have a similar evolution to the PDA’s • Software and resolution have improved immensely • Print quality is still tricky. • Batteries are a recycling issue • Great to use

  20. The Strap is Not an Option

  21. Art and Philosophy

  22. Would you glue a camera base to your dash board?

  23. San Diego

  24. Can you see the janitors, airplanes, trains, a 360 degree change in the wind direction?

  25. Alternatives to t. v. and a clean house: Stop Action Animation

  26. Gorgo Eats Miami

  27. http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/ches/mpg/gorgo.mpg

  28. T.V. is a vegetative sport. Multiplayer, interactive games are not

  29. http://ram.ramlink.net/~jackzero/zero.html

  30. Miss Manners on the Net

  31. Marcus Ranum

  32. http://www.clark.net/pub/mjr

  33. Norman Wilson

  34. Windows 95 bugs

  35. http://dec.dorm.umd.edu/index.htm

  36. Berford

  37. http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/ches/

  38. The new nations are ISPs

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