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The Evolution of Technology: Audio Tape

Posted on September 29, 2012 by Bruce Sallan

The Evolution of Technology series continues with Audio Tape, co-written by Professor David E. Weber and myself.

Who remembers reel-to-reel tape recorders? How about 8-Track cassettes AND the sound they made when they switched from one to another of the four “tracks?” Regular audiocassettes, remember those? There was a time, when we had vinyl LPs aka record albums and ONLY various forms of audiotape. But, I’m dating myself yet again.

Professor Weber will weigh in with his thoughts later in this column.

Communication and Money: How to Communicate with your Kids about Money

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Bruce Sallan

What are the biggest “problems” in marriages? Kids? Money? Sex? Communication? All of the above? What are the biggest challenges in parenting? Yep, all of the above – except sex, of course, ‘cause we don’t even want to think about that!

The Evolution of Technology: The Answering Machine

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Bruce Sallan

The Evolution of Technology series continues with The Answering Machine. Professor David E. Weber will largely write this column, with an introduction and closing by me. I have to include a short video of a message that Professor left – years ago – which he probably doesn’t even remember leaving on his answering machine.

Political Correctness Gone Mad

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Bruce Sallan

I really hate political correctness. Why? Because, it usually is wrong, it usually infantilizes those who it’s intended to protect, and it usually is NOT the truth. Society and our work places are forcing us to be Politically Correct. This is NOT a good thing!

Dear Time Warner Cable

Posted on September 14, 2012 by Bruce Sallan

Mr. Glenn Britt
CEO, Time Warner Cable

Dear Mr. Britt;

I am writing to you to express some consumer feedback that you may not be receiving. I have been a loyal paying “bundle” customer for several years. We get our Internet service, Cable television, and landline phone services via Time Warner Cable. We regularly pay a substantial fee for all these services. Yet, sometimes these services don’t work and when one goes down, they all go down.

Generations

Posted on September 10, 2012 by Bruce Sallan

My boys over TEN years ago!

When my parents died, I realized that I was in many ways representing the most senior of generations in my small family. Thankfully, we still have my one older cousin, Sandy, but there are no other “senior” members left. However, I was fortunate to have married into a new family on my wife’s side, with my second marriage a few years ago.

The Evolution of Technology: Rotary Telephone

Posted on September 8, 2012 by Bruce Sallan

Old Rotary Dial Telephone credit to R Sull

This Evolution of Technology series article focuses on the rotary telephone or as our guest co-author Professor Weber likes to refer to our recent old telephone past – Reflections on Prehistoric Telecommunications. Professor Weber leads off:

The Longest Day

Posted on September 3, 2012 by Bruce Sallan

I wonder how many readers remember the movie, “The Longest Day?” That was the inspiration for the title of this week’s column since one of my summer days this summer was indeed a very long day. We had been visiting my in-laws in Vancouver and the trip was over and we were leaving early the next morning. I don’t like airports at all so I approached the day with a minor degree of dread.