I am inspired to write this because of two things, one significant, the other merely annoying. I start with the merely annoying.
I’m hopelessly behind the curve tech-wise. I can barely make my way around the internet, and if something melts down on my computer I run in panic from the room wondering who to call to fix it. Partly, this is a result of being too busy the last three decades to keep up, partly it is a response to the incessant demands of the digital marketplace to constantly, eternally acquire the latest gadget, the newest thingie, the most recent incarnation of Nousmasticator 3.1, all of which is both time consuming to install and maintain and often pretty damn expensive. …