The only reason I have my Kindles and am about to get an iPad in a week or two is because I have a dad who LOVES gadgets. He's the one who got me interested in computers. (bought our first one in 1981 for my b-day, it was his, but my sister and I used it more)

My dad attempted to get me a Sony ereader for Xmas several years back just before the Kindle came out. The demand for the Sony ereader was so huge, that it was backordered for 5 months. I ended up getting frustrated and canceled the order. Good thing I did because my dad got me my first Kindle that next Xmas. I'm just glad it was my first ereader. My dad just loves new gadgets, and apparently he's passed that down to me. Probably because he has to get me whatever gadget it is and have me learn how to work it, so that I can teach my dad how to work it. I think the only reason I got a new ipod touch for Xmas this year was because he wanted one and had plans to take my old one after he gave me the new one. I've had to teach him how to use it.

Today I downloaded an application to my ipod that I can use to set recordings on my cable box, as long as I have an internet connection. I was able to tell my ipod to tell my cable box to record Jeopardy! while I was sitting in the backyard. That was really cool. Finally an ipod app that's not a game that's useful for something.

My mom is not technical at all. She can check her email on her computer, and do google searches. That's about it. She has a cellphone that we bought for her in 2002 that still works. I hope she can still make calls on it, because last month, they now require us to dial the area code before dialing the phone numbers. I have to always remind my mom she has to do the area code first to make a phone call now.

I'm glad that I live now when we have all these cool toys to play with. I can still remember watching tv on a black & white back in the 70's, and we only had 3 channels. My dad bought a color tv, and then got a VCR, and then got cable...and that's probably what started my obsession with gadgets.