Category Archives: technology
FEderal-6 and EDison-3
What do the song PEnnsylvania 6-5000, the book BUtterfield 8, and the movie Dial M for Murder have in common? All of their titles refer to telephone exchanges. Bartlesville only used exchange names in its phone numbers for about a … Continue reading
How to Make Them Pay?
How often do you still use cash? Do you still write some checks? Did you notice credit cards are no longer issued with raised numbers for imprinters? Do you even know what an imprinter is? Do you or should you … Continue reading
EOL
So what does EOL mean to you? For me, EOL first means End of Line. That is thanks to my interest in computers and the 1982 movie Tron. The computer programs in it would end a conversation thusly: Back then, … Continue reading
Modernity aids the absent-minded
I am one of those people who tend to misplace items. I’ve donated countless umbrellas and clip-on sunglasses to the world at large, and I hesitate to estimate how often I go squinting around the house, nearsightedly trying to locate … Continue reading
Pssssst! What’s the password?
I have never been a fan of passwords. Back in junior high, a friend briefly convinced me to join the DeMolay fraternal organization sponsored by the Masons. I wasn’t impressed with their induction process, which was overloaded with arcane mumbo … Continue reading
