Postcards From Yo Momma » computers http://www.postcardsfromyomomma.com A repository of modern day maternal correspondence Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:00:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 That’s Not How E-mail Works http://www.postcardsfromyomomma.com/2010/09/27/thats-not-how-e-mail-works/ http://www.postcardsfromyomomma.com/2010/09/27/thats-not-how-e-mail-works/#comments Mon, 27 Sep 2010 15:00:55 +0000 Postcards From Yo Momma http://www.postcardsfromyomomma.com/?p=6459 Mom: is your computer on?
Me: yes, why?
Mom: i’m trying to send you an email and it won’t go through

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Mom: Help! I think I broke my computer!
Me: What happened?
Mom: I don’t know. The screen went black and there’s lines going across it.
Me: What happens when you hit a key or the mouse?
Mom: It goes away but if I leave the room and come back 10 minutes later it comes back! WHAT DID I DO?!?!?
Me: That’s your screen saver
Mom: Well that’s dumb

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Well fine!  If you never want to help me ever again with anything then just tell me!  Maybe GOOGLE put diapers on you and stayed up all night to make sure you were breathing!

]]> http://www.postcardsfromyomomma.com/2010/04/07/google-as-mom-replacement/feed/ 7 When to Sit In Your Underwear http://www.postcardsfromyomomma.com/2010/02/10/when-to-sit-in-your-underwear/ http://www.postcardsfromyomomma.com/2010/02/10/when-to-sit-in-your-underwear/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 14:30:59 +0000 Postcards From Yo Momma http://www.postcardsfromyomomma.com/?p=5751 Me: I just got a new laptop. It has a webcam built in.
Mom: Why do you need a webcam?
Me: So that I can see and chat with my friends that live far away.
Mom: Just don’t be a weirdo and sit in your underwear when you’re on that thing.
Me: Really mom? What kind of daughter do you think you raised?
Mom: Its something I would do.
Me: OMG. I only sit in my underwear when no one can see me.
Mom: Weirdo

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me: excuse me?
my text is backwards?
mom: yyse
pleh
me: like something is wrong with your computer? or you are practicing typing backwards?
mom: hpleh
me: HAHAHAHAHA
mom: gnorw si tahw wonk t’nod i
rwerd seod ro
closed and now it works.
that was weird.  even my local IT guru didn’t know what to do.

]]> http://www.postcardsfromyomomma.com/2009/09/20/em-pleh/feed/ 6 Live Nagging Starts NOW http://www.postcardsfromyomomma.com/2009/08/21/live-nagging-starts-now/ http://www.postcardsfromyomomma.com/2009/08/21/live-nagging-starts-now/#comments Fri, 21 Aug 2009 19:00:22 +0000 Postcards From Yo Momma http://www.postcardsfromyomomma.com/?p=4723 HI,
I am writing this on my new hp G60 laptop with wireless and a web cam. so anytime you’re missing me email or call and i’ll get on and you can see me….live! Wow-think of all the nagging I can do in cyberspace. I’ll make sure I’m wearing my lipstick at least-well, clothes too! Ugh-the visual you’re thinking.
ok I’m going to send this now.
reply if you get this please.
love,
mom

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Just a note to let you know how much I appreciate your offer of advanced computer technology.  As you can see by the date of this reply, I am far behind in reading even my e-mail.  I haven’t read any of my favorite blogs in over a month.  The reason for this is there is a fuckin’ worm on my computer.  I have to close the internet connection and re-open another page 2 or 3 times, just to pay my bills online, because it has slowed everything I try to do to the speed of steam rising off fresh dog shit on a frosty morning.  I am so happy!

How about you help me with that problem, and also setting up my new printer and router instead.  Then we can talk about RSS feeds.  I love you more than gay porn. Gotta go to work now.

Yo Momma

]]> http://www.postcardsfromyomomma.com/2009/07/22/mom-vs-computer/feed/ 17 Computers vs. Cleaning: Who Wins? http://www.postcardsfromyomomma.com/2009/04/21/computers-vs-cleaning-who-wins/ http://www.postcardsfromyomomma.com/2009/04/21/computers-vs-cleaning-who-wins/#comments Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:01:38 +0000 Postcards From Yo Momma http://www.postcardsfromyomomma.com/?p=3845 Backstory: My mom and I started fighting when I got frustrated with her THIRD inquiry this week about attaching files to emails. I sent her a message detailing the steps in doing this, and also advised her to start retaining information about the internet, computer, etc. I mentioned that she’d be around for another 50 years and better get used to technology.

You know what, here’s what we’ll do. When you get so frustrated about my computer literacy, just remember how I feel when you can’t remember to make your bed, hang clothes, wipe off the sink, clean the toilet and empty trashcans. I keep telling you to learn how to do that but you don’t because it is not important to you. So I go after you and clean it up. You can show me how to do computer stuff when I need it. It’s all common sense, right, cleaning up after yourself and using the computer? Cleaning is going to be around for the next 100 years and you just can’t say, “I don’t have time to do this, I’ll do it next month.”

When your kids’ friends come over and say your house is a pigsty, (like your brother told Ms. S when he was little), you can remember this little chat we’ve had today and really get a big kick out of it! Cleaning has been around for longer than computers and has proven to be effective in making people happy and keeping them healthy. Cleanliness is a VIRTUE! Windex and 409 are very user friendly and come with instructions.

So pick up a bottle of cleaner and really try it out in several locations. You’ll really like the feeling of being neat and clean once you get used to it. Have a FANTASTIC afternoon. I have to go do the stuff that keeps me distracted, like wait in line for a grumpy 15 year old, pick up Dad’s pants for the third time, get his secretaries flowers for some reason…etc.

Love, Mama

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]]> http://www.postcardsfromyomomma.com/2009/01/07/moms-internet-plans/feed/ 8 food that will benefit your EYES!! http://www.postcardsfromyomomma.com/2008/12/12/food-that-will-benefit-your-eyes/ http://www.postcardsfromyomomma.com/2008/12/12/food-that-will-benefit-your-eyes/#comments Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:00:26 +0000 Postcards From Yo Momma http://www.postcardsfromyomomma.com/?p=2897  

Dear son:
Please pay attention to the food that will benefit your EYES!!
 
Your generation used so much computer and watch TV….catarats will be very common at an early age…
please take care of your eyes NOW!
 
love,
mom
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]]> http://www.postcardsfromyomomma.com/2008/11/09/photoshop-tutorial/feed/ 1 Mom Gets Taken For A Ride http://www.postcardsfromyomomma.com/2008/10/22/mom-gets-taken-for-a-ride/ http://www.postcardsfromyomomma.com/2008/10/22/mom-gets-taken-for-a-ride/#comments Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:00:58 +0000 Postcards From Yo Momma http://www.postcardsfromyomomma.com/?p=2470 Mom: So I finally went a bought a new computer yesterday!

Me: That’s great! What kind?

Mom: I got a Dell laptop. And I also got a wireless mouse.

Me: Oh cool! Wish I had a wireless mouse!

Mom: Yeah, well I need it ’cause I’m going to get a scanner soon.

Me: What? What does a wireless mouse have to do with a photo scanner?

Mom: You know, to scan the photo you have to swipe the lazer from the mouse back and fourth across the picture!

Me: Oh my god, I bet the salesman had a field day with you.

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But it now turns out I have something in common with her – no, I’m not the flat tire on your new bike but I do use Microsoft IE as my browser. I’ve never, ever felt like a cyber has-been before but I’m apparently so has-been that I don’t even know why using IE makes me, like, irrelevant.

What’s wrong with me?????

Love,
Mom

]]> http://www.postcardsfromyomomma.com/2008/10/13/how-microsoft-ie-is-like-sarah-palin/feed/ 0 Get me out of here! http://www.postcardsfromyomomma.com/2008/06/26/get-me-out-of-here/ http://www.postcardsfromyomomma.com/2008/06/26/get-me-out-of-here/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:07:04 +0000 Postcards From Yo Momma http://www.postcardsfromyomomma.com/?p=1913 Surprise, I am writing you an email.

I NEED HELP AND SOON, BEFORE I STARVE TO DEATH !!!!

I am guessing that you are wondering how come I’m doing this — it’s just because I am locked into my computer room and cannot get out.  I was trying to put a door knob on the door and got started, but the thing went completely closed as I was trying to see if it was going to fit — and now here I am having to stoop so low as to write an email to you to see if you could call someone to come get me out.  My phones, of course, are all in the other room. I thought that perhaps you could call Beverly and have her and Howie come over and get me out.  If you happen to have Tami’s number then call her.

Anyhow, can you get me out of here.  I guess I’ll just play games on the computer until someone lets me out of here.  Send me an email to let me know you are doing this for me.

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