February 5, 2007
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Internet
22.01. Internet “start page” or “home page”.
What
is the first thing you see when you get on the Internet. What do you
check first? Your email? Stock quotes? The news? Do You Yahoo? Do you
set Google as your home page? A personal website? The AP or Reuters
news feeds? ABC.com? How about Your Xanga? Or is it like the “blinking
12:00″ on most everyone’s VCR in the 80s. Did you just keep the MSN
home page that came with Internet Explorer? (Yes, it’s interesting to
note that VCRs and computers arrived at almost the same time, although
computers didn’t really “take off” until Windows 3.1 and the advent of
the World Wide Web, which introduced “graphics” to the previously text
based Internet.)
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The first think I do when I get online is check my email. I read my emails. I belong to some email groups for mothers and I enjoy reading mail from them. After that I check my personal pages like Xanga and stuff like that to see if anyone has left me comments and also to check the blogs and pages of the people I want to read. Then I Check http://www.fibrochicks.com/index.php a web board for people with Fibromyalgia/Lupus/CP. I help moderate it. It is a great place of support. I use Firefox instead of I.E. because I like it a lot better.Also I thought I would add…
I didnt have any access to the internet until I met my husband. I was raised by my grandparents and my grandfather thought computers are evil. He also didn’t believe you should just talk on the phone either you should have something important that needs to be said. They were from a Conservative Anabaptist background. I had a typewriter
I also never went to the movies or things like that growing up but thats a whole other topic
I first got a computer in Feb 2000 at the age of 18. I got the internet a year later in 2001. And here I am
Comments (12)
Welcome to the Island!
Welcome to the Island from me, too! I think I must have gotten my first (used) computer about the same time you got yours, although I was considerably older than 18!
Dear Kristen,
I know at least one other blogger who belonged to a rather strict religious group growing up, where technology was disdained. I admire the fact that you moderate a support group. More people should do what they can to help others.
Welcome to the Internet Island.
Michael F. Nyiri, poet, philosopher, fool
Isn’t the internet cool? LOL I’ve never heard of conservative anabaptist I’ll have to check out your link.
I get too muc spam so e-mail is often the last priority on my list….if people need me really urgently they must phone me.
welcome to the island…hope you stay longer and mingle
The island is a great place to meet people and keep in touch…
Hi from me too. Mike’s subjects are always a fun spark for posts. Community is as community does, feel free to be!
Welcome to the Island!! I check my emails first too!
I usually check my Xanga comments and my e-mail. Blessings
do me a favor… check out my latest post and boost it… it is a great movie and I want to get the word out…
I WILL PRAY.
~TERRI~
Welcome to the Island!
Typewritters are cool
Take care and God bless,
libby
ps. i hope you don’t mind me stopping by and commenting? maybe we could be friends… ?