There is one pic this week.

A technology vision fulfilled. HP Jornada 720 (circa 2000) next to Nexus 7 tablet + keyboard (The Jornada still works — remember dial-up?)

I told you about replacing a ridiculously expensive smart phone with an inexpensive flip phone and an expensive tablet (but not ridiculously expensive). The keyboard for the tablet came in. I couldn’t be more pleased with the result. A tablet won’t run Windows programs, but there are a large number of things it can do. A big limitation can be the web. When modern websites figure out they are talking to a tablet, they “dumb down” the screens, which means one can’t do everything on the website they could do if they had a computer. This tablet has a very high definition screen, and I set it up to request full desktop pages. I haven’t yet found any web-based activity I can’t do on the tablet. Microsoft offers free versions of Office (Word, Excel, and Powerpoint) that can do a lot. There are plenty of things I use my computer for that the tablet can’t replace. But I can do the other 80% anywhere there’s WiFi, from a device that fits in my pocket. In all the ways that matter, this is more useful to me than a ridiculously expensive smartphone.

We will have an active weekend. We had a neighborhood party last night. They showed a movie afterwards, an action flick. I got bored and left early. Danita enjoyed it and watched the whole thing. Maybe I was feeling the effects of having picked up a mild cold (yuck). I had to get up in the middle of the night and take over-the-counter nighttime knockout medicine. My head still feels groggy from the side effects. Tomorrow we have Circle at the Bertches. Sunday we have a BSO concert.

Other than that, things are just running along. There’s no unusual drama for Danita at work. My web site posting class will wrap up Wednesday. The next step to get a decision about adding a resident directory to our web site will be a demo at a board meeting December 14.

I hope this finds everybody doing well.