TO MULTITASK OR NOT TO MULTITASK; MULTIMEDIA IN THE MAINFRAME

By Joanne Tolson

     That's a silly question when it's great that anybody can be working on up to four things at a time in Windows software programs or any software program for that matter, that work with Windows or other software apps.

     Anybody can learn to cut and paste and copy, creating web pages, publishing in desktop, or working photo shop, and anything from blogs to greeting cards can be done instantly on the computer.

     Smoke and Mirrors has taken on a whole new meaning these days through computer animation programs like CGI and other computer programs.  It's not just your uncle's parlor tricks any more.  Creating documents in these times and sending them to anyone with a computer is just a phone jack away from the World Wide Web.

     Oh, what a tangled web we weave when we click send/receive.

MY LIFE BEFORE THE INTERNET : Dial-up vs. DSL

     When I signed up for my internet service on my own I didn't know a hill of beans about how dial-up worked, or for that matter about choosing an Internet Service Provider.  I had to face the task on my own.  It was sink or swim.

     So I did pick an ISP that came in the mail, but I got cut off before I could find the Local Access Number, and that left me with a headache of a bill.  Lesson One learned well enough.  I was left out in the cold.

     Before this I knew how to find an ISP only if I saw it advertised on television or got a CD in the mail for dial-up.  I did not know how to find an ISP myself.

     Well, things have changed.  Now I have a DSL, which is faster than Dial-up, just a click on Internet Explorer and you're there.

     I can tell you now, games load faster, and it doesn't take forever to download videos and music.

     I am glad to switch amid my trepidations about DSL, but I do miss dial-up.  Yes and no, it's my first love of the internet.  It's just another way in the latest of innovations, becoming a red-headed stepchild.  It's a fond farewell to my dial-up service in a long line of innovations.