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Caregivers being replaced by robots in the future?

Grandma tells me ever so often about her “working girl” days. She said that there was a sign in the factory that said. “One day you may be replaced by a robot.”
In Japan, they are working on developing a caregiver robot. I feel quite irritated and the thought of a robot taking care of [...]

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Helping Grandma up the stairs

Grandma informed me once again this week that the elevator went out again. This timing is all too ironic, as I saw this post from Popgadget. Maybe this will help the cause.

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Brooklyn Blogfest is coming

We hope to make an appearance at Brooklyn Blogfest this year. This blog was “Made in Brooklyn” , period. ‘Nuff said.

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TV Going Digital-The cable battle is underway

If you don’t know, TV in the US is slated to go Digital by 2009. This is causing a rift between Gram and me.
Grandma does not want to get cable.She rather get a TV converter. She says that she would go back to what she started with, the radio. Even if it means [...]

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The touch tone phone battle of 1996

Since we have been busy with holiday preparations. I have decided to reflect back on Christmas past when the Touch tone phone battle of 1996 occurred.
Before I came home from college for good, I sent a touch tone phone down to my Grandmother and Great-Grandmother for Mother’s Day. I knew that communicating with companies [...]

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Three way calling is a timesaver

There are times when I have to attend to administrative matters for Grandma. Instead of traveling over an hour. I have been able to use three-way calling in order to take care of business.
1. First, I call the company/office in question;
2. I wait until I get a representative on the line;
3. I tell the [...]

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Grandma conquers the cell phone

While I was in Chicago during the BlogHer ‘07 conference. Grandma’s landline went out yet again. Its gotten to the point when every time she sees a telephone truck, she cringes. During the speaker’s reception, my aunt called me from home saying that she couldn’t get a hold of my grandmother.
My mind was racing [...]

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