About a month ago I decided to set up some new e-mail addresses because:
1. My husband has been telling me for years that I should stop using AOL as my personal Internet Service Provider since it doesn’t handle some functions all that well. At least that is what he always tells me whenever I encounter a problem he doesn’t seem to have when using a computer.
2. Opening up some pictures or downloads that friends send to me to me at my AOL address can go unbelievably slow or cannot be opened at all. (I have imagined a troop of AOL Thought Police who decide what their subscribers should and should and not should see, and put up blocks and other walls to dissuade users from viewing suspected items. But then I do have a vivid imagination.)
And… 3. Two of my friends who have Hotmail addresses have been telling me that they want to learn how add links to their email like I do. And, since these ladies have been such good friends to me, I thought I probably could teach them how to do this.
So about a month ago, I decided that I should sign up for a Gmail address like Pete has to see if I liked it … and, a Hotmail address so I could walk my friends through the linking process. Good enough. All went well.
When my eldest came over last weekend, and I told him what I had done, he shot me an incredulous look and made a rather cheeky statement like; “You are going to teach someone else how to use the computer, Mom???”
“Well, yes, I thought I could.” I said.
These words brought about another less-than-respectful comment by my eldest. It was evident that he thought the idea of his clueless mom teaching someone even less knowledgeable was very funny.
Yesterday, I sat down at my computer and figured out how to use the Hotmail and Gmail e-mail systems. Then I wrote out step-by-step instructions for my friends and sent them each an e-mail from my new Hotmail address with this information.
I now have addresses at AOL, Yahoo, the one for this website that pretty much stinks, one on Hotmail and one on G-mail.
One day I may actually catch up and actually read the incoming e-mail that I have already received. And, maybe one of these days, I will learn how to use the darling little white ipod nano Mike bought me two or three years ago.
Maybe right after that, I'll even finally learn how to post a picture on this website ... but don't hold your breath! :-)
Posted by Judi at April 8, 2008 10:57 PM | TrackBack