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Technology meme
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firecat.
1. Did you have a cell and/or mobile phone prior to your thirties? Did they exist?
No and No. There were ‘bag phones’ but they were mostly for business.
2. Did you have cable when you were a little kid? When did you first get cable?
No cable… and I still don’t have it. Cable does not come to where I live. We have a satellite and no, we aren’t going to unplug because streaming is iffy here.
3. Do you know what 8-track tapes are and did you ever own an 8-track tape player?
They were popular when I was young, but by the time I started buying a lot of music, they were on the way out.
4. Did you own cassette tapes and walkman or tape player in high school and college university?
I owned cassettes but due to their fragile nature, I preferred to record albums from vinyl. I got a personal cassette player sometime in the mid 80s. I graduated in 78 so I owned albums. Hubby had a fancy stereo so we listened to that and added a cassette player in the 80s.
5. When did you get your first DVD player?
Mid 2000s? Don’t know.
6. Did you learn how to type on a typewriter? Did you own a typewriter growing up?
Yes and yes. I used a typewriter all the way through college.
7. What was the first computer you owned?
Um, dunno but we ran Windows 95.
8. When did you first get email?
1998 or 99
9. When did you first encounter the internet?
1998
10. When did you start using Facebook, Twitter, and Dreamwidth, and Livejournal?
In order of joining:
LJ: 2003
Facebook: No idea. 2008?
Dreamwidth: 2009
Twitter: 2008, but I do not use it
11. What was your first cell mobile phone? Have you ever owned a smartphone?
I had some kind of awful flip phone with 20 minutes of time and it cost 20 bucks a month. I now use a smartphone, burner variety, for $100 a year.
12. What was the first printer and the paper that you used when you got your very first computer? Could your first printer print photos?
No frakking idea.
13. When you were in college/university, freshman and sophomore years, did you type on a computer or type-writer?
Typewriter.
14. When did you start using streaming?
I don’t very often. Our internet speeds are kinda slow sometimes.
15. When did you get your first MP3 Player? Do you even own one?
Never owned one.
16. Did you own a record player, cassette player, CD player or MP3 player as a kid or teen?
Record player. Cassettes were just brand new and not terribly popular yet.
17. When did you start blogging on the internet?
Blog? I still don’t really blog but am in the process of trying to make something at wordpress to share my craziness with the nonfandom world. For the fandom world, it’s LJ and Dreamwidth.
18. E-book reader -- when did you get one?
Not sure but I LOVE all my little Kindles. 2010? 2008? “A Library in the palm of your hand!”
19. How do you listen to music? On what devices?
I pretty much only listen to music on Sirius/XM in my car and once in while I go Youtubing. I very seldom listen to any music. When Sara died in 2005, my desire to listen to music pretty m
firecat.1. Did you have a cell and/or mobile phone prior to your thirties? Did they exist?
No and No. There were ‘bag phones’ but they were mostly for business.
2. Did you have cable when you were a little kid? When did you first get cable?
No cable… and I still don’t have it. Cable does not come to where I live. We have a satellite and no, we aren’t going to unplug because streaming is iffy here.
3. Do you know what 8-track tapes are and did you ever own an 8-track tape player?
They were popular when I was young, but by the time I started buying a lot of music, they were on the way out.
4. Did you own cassette tapes and walkman or tape player in high school and college university?
I owned cassettes but due to their fragile nature, I preferred to record albums from vinyl. I got a personal cassette player sometime in the mid 80s. I graduated in 78 so I owned albums. Hubby had a fancy stereo so we listened to that and added a cassette player in the 80s.
5. When did you get your first DVD player?
Mid 2000s? Don’t know.
6. Did you learn how to type on a typewriter? Did you own a typewriter growing up?
Yes and yes. I used a typewriter all the way through college.
7. What was the first computer you owned?
Um, dunno but we ran Windows 95.
8. When did you first get email?
1998 or 99
9. When did you first encounter the internet?
1998
10. When did you start using Facebook, Twitter, and Dreamwidth, and Livejournal?
In order of joining:
LJ: 2003
Facebook: No idea. 2008?
Dreamwidth: 2009
Twitter: 2008, but I do not use it
11. What was your first cell mobile phone? Have you ever owned a smartphone?
I had some kind of awful flip phone with 20 minutes of time and it cost 20 bucks a month. I now use a smartphone, burner variety, for $100 a year.
12. What was the first printer and the paper that you used when you got your very first computer? Could your first printer print photos?
No frakking idea.
13. When you were in college/university, freshman and sophomore years, did you type on a computer or type-writer?
Typewriter.
14. When did you start using streaming?
I don’t very often. Our internet speeds are kinda slow sometimes.
15. When did you get your first MP3 Player? Do you even own one?
Never owned one.
16. Did you own a record player, cassette player, CD player or MP3 player as a kid or teen?
Record player. Cassettes were just brand new and not terribly popular yet.
17. When did you start blogging on the internet?
Blog? I still don’t really blog but am in the process of trying to make something at wordpress to share my craziness with the nonfandom world. For the fandom world, it’s LJ and Dreamwidth.
18. E-book reader -- when did you get one?
Not sure but I LOVE all my little Kindles. 2010? 2008? “A Library in the palm of your hand!”
19. How do you listen to music? On what devices?
I pretty much only listen to music on Sirius/XM in my car and once in while I go Youtubing. I very seldom listen to any music. When Sara died in 2005, my desire to listen to music pretty m
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