Hang Out and Post

[livvy]

I always get a lot. It's like a constant state with me. Plus, my brain doesn't really kick in until 10-ish, so even if I don't have a lot, I'm still up late doing it. (I can sometimes force myself to do it at a decent hour though.)

[Spritzie]

I've always been more of a night person. Morning were evil, nights were awesome. Now, I'm neither. Mornings are still horrible, but I have to deal with them. But then I'm so tired, I sometimes crash as early as 7:30-8pm.

[livvy]

Eww, mornings. I hate 'em. They're too early. Especially with school at 7:30. I know that's nothing compared to how early you have to get up for work, but I'm a teenager, so I'm supposed to need more sleep, right? :laughingsmiley:

[Spritzie]

I only have to be to work 30 minutes before school starts for you. It's not a big difference. It's just way too early. I would have thought they'd have outlawed anything before 11am years ago.

[livvy]

They should. But maybe extend it to include 10 AM, because some people need daylight for their jobs, and we don't want to restrict that too much.

[Spritzie]

Good point. Except maybe they should be required to have a special work permit, to be up and around before 11am.

[livvy]

Right. And farmers could have a Farmer's License, because they absolutely NEED sunlight. (That's why we have the ridiculous Daylight Savings Time in the first place.)

[Spritzie]

I still like DST. It makes us have more daylight hours, which is nice on work days, when I don't get off until 7pm.

[livvy]

But there's really the same amount of daylight, we just give the periods of daylight a different name. Those poor hours must have such an identity crisis.

[Spritzie]

I'm just glad I use my cell phone as an alarm. When it changed this spring, I was walking out to my car to go to work at 6:30, and I was surprised by how light it was. Then I got in the car, and the car's clock said 7:30. I'd had no idea it'd changed. Otherwise, I'd have been at work at the wrong time.

[livvy]

Yeah, I'm glad my phone adjusts for me. Otherwise, I'd never notice the change. It still takes 'til about halfway through whatever period of DST we're in for my mental clock to adjust.

[Spritzie]

I remember back when you had to set cell phone clocks manually. My mom was the first to get one, when I was in grade school. And we had to set hers.

 

It takes me quite awhile to get used to the changes too. It's rough.

[livvy]

Oh yes, I vaguely remember that. And I feel really old saying this, but I remember pagers. :P I never had one, but mum did, and it fascinated me so. I was pretty little at the time, and I honestly don't at all remember how they worked.

[Spritzie]

My dad always had a pager for work. (They took it away. Now he has a cell phone that does everything.)

 

I had a pager in HS. (That was before HS kids had cell phones.) So my mom could send a code page, to let me know whether to take the bus home, or that she was going to pick me up. I still have it. It was this cute little pearled blue thing, with a clear slip in holder. I loved it. :laughingsmiley:

[livvy]

Haha, I'd love to see a picture of it some time. :laughingsmiley: I've always found the technology of previous generations more interesting than the technology of my own. For example, one of my favorite possessions is a typewriter.

[Spritzie]

When I come across it again (it's packed in a box somewhere), I'll get a picture to show you.

 

My favorite technology thing, is the USB flash drives. That's the thing I've seen change the most in my life. When my dad wanted to get a 2GB one for work, it was nearly credit card sized, and it cost over $120.

 

I just got a 4GB one, for $12, that's about 1 inch long. It fits in a section of the pill case in my purse.

[livvy]

I had no idea USBs were ever that big. 0_0 By the time I knew they existed, they were little.

 

You know what I have yet to see that I REALLY want to see? A floppy floppy disk. I've seen (and actually used for quite a while) the un-floppy ones, but I really want to see a floppy floppy disk.

[Spritzie]

We had the floppy, floppy disks in grade school, to play Oregon Trail. That's the only time I've ever seen them.

 

That reminds me, my first computer (not counting the one my grandpa built me) was "Super Floppy" capable. They thought that was the way technology was going. (It was the same size as a regular floppy, but it had a lot more storage space. Then CDs became popular. Then flash drives.

[livvy]

Ah, technology. Consistently inconsistent. The only constant is that it's getting smaller, and the iPad is challenging that.

[Anime]

I actually played Oregon Trail (via CD) in elementary. It was a class favorite because everyone at the table could have an input. xD

 

Just wait. In a few years we'll all have some sort of chip in our thumb and all our files will be stored there.

[IrishLiz]

We had the floppy, floppy disks in grade school, to play Oregon Trail. That's the only time I've ever seen them.

 

That reminds me, my first computer (not counting the one my grandpa built me) was "Super Floppy" capable. They thought that was the way technology was going. (It was the same size as a regular floppy, but it had a lot more storage space. Then CDs became popular. Then flash drives.

 

 

Exactly! I had to use floppys for school assignments up to early high school. And of course there was Oregon Trail. That's the best reason to have a floppy. :yes:

 

I remember when flash drives were big and expensive too. It still amazes me how cheap high amounts of memory are now.

[Noog]

I remember CD's being the new floppy, but to me it was a lot harder than using a floppy disc. The only reason I stopped using floppies is because of computers losing floppy compatibility.

 

I have the Oregon Trail somewhere around here....I never played it.

[livvy]

I remember CD's being the new floppy, but to me it was a lot harder than using a floppy disc. The only reason I stopped using floppies is because of computers losing floppy compatibility.

Precisely. And I was tired of explaining to my friends what a floppy disk was.

 

I remember when having something on DVD was all new and fancy.

Friend 1: Hey guys, let's all watch Harry Potter! I have it on VHS!

Friend 2: Well I have it on DVD!

Everyone: Ooh, let's go to Friend 2's house!

[Unstream]

Haha I have a whole box full of floppy disks. They're my dad's, but they haven't been touched for a while.

 

I never actually had any use for that kind of stuff until recently. I've just been using flash drives for the past 2 years or so.

[Spritzie]

I have a couple boxes of floppies. Some have Disney characters, the others are see-through neon colors.

 

I only use flash drives. I think I have 5. 4 regular, one in a pen, one in a keychain. So... 6. I'm addicted to them. Plus, my manager is going to try to get our company to supply us with one.