Technology

Last evening we watched a documentary on Silicon Valley and all the discoveries and innovations that have come out of there the last 60 years.  Amazing, and things that I remember.  In the summer of 1972, I was building circuits to control and experiment for one of the Physics professors.  It introduced me to transistors and resistors, and was the most basic computing with And and Nand gates.  I taped the copper plates and then dunked them in acid to remove the unwanted conducting material.

Our hotel is 300m from the airport -- thanks to the internet search I did to find something close.  We have an early flight to Stockholm tomorrow morning so that we can get our rental car and make it to the grandkids before bedtime which is about 18:00 (6 pm to those uninitiated to 24 hour time).  Again, an internet search.  I have all my paperwork printed out so that it is easy to present at the appropriate place .  I am not quite confident enough to do everything on my phone, yet.

I needed to find a grocery store once we landed in our room -- thanks Google and on the phone it led me there with instructions the whole way.  I paid with my Mastercard.

And so I am amazed by how far our technology has come.  But we have monumental problems facing us in terms of environmental damage.  I guess I believe, that the impossible dreams of today will find a solution, for the sake of my grandchildren.  Reuse, repurpose, recycle.