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GeekSugar Funny Family-Tech Stories: My Mom Learns How to Make Happy Faces in IM Nov 11, 2008 1:55 PM Last night, I had the pleasure of chatting with my mom over IM, which is always a rare treat that's full of surprises. After putting a smiley face emoticon at the end of a sentence, she was determined to get in on the smiley-face action, and create one herself. Her first-ever, smiley face emoticon was achieved. And thankfully, I had it all documented in our IM conversation. Great job, mom! And don't even begin to ask me how she knows what OMG is! Be sure to post all your hilarious stories in my funny family-tech stories group !
GeekSugar Funny Family-Tech Stories: The Case of "Wiffy" Dec 21, 2007 11:00 AM With most of us heading home for the holidays, it's inevitable that there are going to be those hilarious moments with parents and grandparents whenever the subject of computers or the Internet comes up. For instance, whenever my dad wants me to check his email (he's in phase two of checking his own email, I swear), he says "spin up my www." I'm sure we'll all have a lot of stories to share after the holidays, but to get the ball rolling here is a cute one from TeamSugar user GirlC . The other day my dad called me. "I keep reading about something and I was hoping you could explain it to me," he said. "Let me get the article." I wait while I hear papers being shuffled around."Okay got it. What's wiffy?" "Wiffy?" "Yeah, Wiffy. They're talking about it and the Internet and my cellphone." "Wiffy? Spell it for me," I asked. "W-i-f-i, and there's a dash between the first i and f." After I finished laughing (phone on mute), I let him know it's pronounced, "Why-Feye." Be sure to post all your hilarious stories in my funny family-tech stories group ! Source
starofsorrow Broken printer! Or is it actually broken....? Jun 15, 2007 7:45 AM Everybody has at least one family member that thinks they know more about computers than you do yourselves, right? It's the same with me and my father. I'll give a little background here! My father has been using a computer since the early days of IBM, late 80s to early 90s, because he needs it for his jobs. I, on other hand, have been raised on computer useage. What that means, in my case, is that I learned how to keyboard without even looking at the keyboard when I was six. (I'm 23 now, almost 24.) I learned how to use a Mac when I was only six, and an PC when I was around nine or so. So, we've been using a computer for roughly the same amount of time. He's pretty handy with a computer, but sometimes he just fustrates me when something goes wrong with his computer. It's invariably my fault BECAUSE I was the last person to use it in his world, even if I hadn't used it in over a week and he used it the day before. One morning, my father left me a note on my own personal computer (I had a custom-built computer, whereas he had a standard issue computer.) written in all caps that I broke his printer. The tone of the message was extremly angry, and the thing that puzzled me the most was that I had NOT used the printer in the past three days, and Dad used it the day or two before. I went upstairs to the printer in his office, looked around on the computer. Turns out it was deactivated. He said I broke the printer becuase it wouldn't print out anything. He eventually apolgized for blaming me, but trust me, it's not gonna be the last time he blames me for technology problems! :)
GeekSugar Geek Group Tell All: Funny Tech Stories Jun 12, 2007 4:00 AM Thanks to TeamSugar user Girl C for submitting a hilarious story to our Funny Tech Stories group. Her story reminds me that while it's often easier to just take over and help someone fix their computer problems, there are some people that aren't worth reasoning with. Girl C shares : "I'll start by saying my boss is a tool, and not a useful one! He's the kind of guy that hears a phrase and latches on to it and then uses it over and over without knowing it's meaning. This past month he learned about defragmenting the computer. Someone told him about it and now he 'needs' it done all the time. Today he called me into his office and said 'Uhh C, did you defrag my computer today?' Me, 'Yes.' He's made it part of my duties to do it to his computer daily! 'Well, it's running slow. Do you think I need to defrag it again?' I peered at his screen and he had about 30 different programs open, including several instances of Internet Explorer. I could either explain he's probably maxing out memory or I could just say yes. So I said yes. Have you every had an outrageously funny tech experience like this one? Does your dad still call e-mail his "www"? Share your Funny Tech Stories in our group. For help, I know that this long list looks scary, but trust me, once you get the hang of it, it'll be a snap the second time around. First of all, join the Funny Tech Stories Click "Create and Share!" on the left hand side Choose "Blog" Give your photo a Title Leave the category as "general" Change the channel to "technology and gadgets" Add keyword(s) (for example mine for this photo was "Download of the Day") Click on the "Add Image" link below the "body" box A popup window will happen - click on "Browse" to find your image on your computer Once you have the image chosen, click "Submit" The popup will show you your image, choose size: "normal" - if you want, you can give it a title (which will show up as a caption) Click "Insert" and the popup will go away Your "body" box will now have some text in it. Leave it as is. If you want to add some text before the picture telling me why you love the download, do it before the code that has appeared. Click Submit So join the Funny Tech Stories and start sharing all your hilarious tech stories! Yours just might end up on the geeksugar homepage!
chlyn "Should my loved one be placed in an Assisted Computing Facility?" Feb 2, 2007 11:49 PM "Loving Care...For the Technically Spare. "For family members, it is often the most difficult and painful decision they will face: to accept that a loved one — a parent, a spouse, perhaps a sibling — is technologically impaired and should no longer be allowed to live independently, or come near a computer or electronic device without direct supervision. The time has come to place that loved one into the care of an Assisted Computing Facility. WHAT EXACTLY IS AN 'ASSISTED COMPUTING FACILITY'? "Most fully accredited ACFs, like Silicon Pines, are oases of hope and encouragement that allow residents to lead productive, technologically relevant lives without the fear and anxiety associated with actually having to understand or execute the technologies themselves." Read more: http://www.satirewire.com/features/siliconpines/acf.shtml

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Hey everyone! Are your parents or grandparents as tech saavy as you? Does your dad think net surfing is a type of sport and your grandma think a computer virus is an actual bug? If so, this is the perfect geeksugar group for you. Let us know all your geekilarious family tech stories so we can share experiences and get a good laugh!