My father always confuses the Google search bar with the adress bar. That way I learned, that in Firefox, you can just type things like “cynical c” in the ADDRESS BAR(!) and you’ll get sent automatically to your favourite blog. Thanks, Papa!
The whole “hot potato” thing had me rolling on the floor. Reminded me of Trading Places when Don Ameche gave Eddie Murphy a pedantic primer on commodities: “…pork bellies, which is used to make bacon. Which you might find in a bacon and lettuce and tomato sandwich.”
Well, at least the tutorial didn’t direct the senior citizen to those crazy! websites with the hilarious jokes about the difference between sex and chocolate and those inspirational websites that dare you not to believe after viewing this special photo of Jesus In The Clouds.
I think the next tutorial should patiently explain that if seniors hit the “forward” button when viewing emails they consider to be funny or inspirational, kittens will die, God will be angry and their worst fear will be realized- “forward”= a broken, damaged computer.
that video was missing massive amounts of information. Step 1 should involve turning the computer on. Step 2 should probably make sure the monitor is on as well… (Step 3 should probably make sure the house electricity is working…)
This is hysterical. The entire time he was talking about “releasing the mouse” (by which I assume he meant “release the mouse BUTTON”), she didn’t let go of the mouse for even a few seconds. So awesome.
The “claw game”? Terrible analogy, not to mention 3-D.
Oh, and “click on the underlined sentence that appeals to you”- so different than all the times I select things that DON’T appeal to me.
I love that he laborously explains the mouse, but then throws around words like “surfing”, “icon” and “Yahoo” without really teaching you what they are. Fantastic.
Oh- and I was marginally disappointed to discover that this video wasn’t an instructional video for the anti-cougar/gold-digger: the younger person trolling for elderly dates. That would probably have been more helpful.
“The whole “hot potato” thing had me rolling on the floor. Reminded me of Trading Places when Don Ameche gave Eddie Murphy a pedantic primer on commodities: “…pork bellies, which is used to make bacon. Which you might find in a bacon and lettuce and tomato sandwich.””
The YouTube blurb said this was “both aiding and mocking old people”. It really doesn’t do much of either.
I recently introduced an older guy to the internet for the first time. It’s a matter of
home page
click
scroll
recognize a link
URL
search
copy/paste
And he was off and running and never looked back!
My father always confuses the Google search bar with the adress bar. That way I learned, that in Firefox, you can just type things like “cynical c” in the ADDRESS BAR(!) and you’ll get sent automatically to your favourite blog. Thanks, Papa!
When the narrator started to talk about “the claw” I thought he was talking about her gnarled hands.
The whole “hot potato” thing had me rolling on the floor. Reminded me of Trading Places when Don Ameche gave Eddie Murphy a pedantic primer on commodities: “…pork bellies, which is used to make bacon. Which you might find in a bacon and lettuce and tomato sandwich.”
My mom usually ends her emails with “I’ll end now because I’m running out of space.”
Well, at least the tutorial didn’t direct the senior citizen to those crazy! websites with the hilarious jokes about the difference between sex and chocolate and those inspirational websites that dare you not to believe after viewing this special photo of Jesus In The Clouds.
I think the next tutorial should patiently explain that if seniors hit the “forward” button when viewing emails they consider to be funny or inspirational, kittens will die, God will be angry and their worst fear will be realized- “forward”= a broken, damaged computer.
This doesn’t have to do with old people, but I feel the need to share this story as long as we are talking about people with internet issues.
My sister just switched from cable to DSL. She swears that her internet is much clearer on DSL than cable. I quickly switched the subject.
that video was missing massive amounts of information. Step 1 should involve turning the computer on. Step 2 should probably make sure the monitor is on as well… (Step 3 should probably make sure the house electricity is working…)
This is hysterical. The entire time he was talking about “releasing the mouse” (by which I assume he meant “release the mouse BUTTON”), she didn’t let go of the mouse for even a few seconds. So awesome.
The “claw game”? Terrible analogy, not to mention 3-D.
Oh, and “click on the underlined sentence that appeals to you”- so different than all the times I select things that DON’T appeal to me.
I love that he laborously explains the mouse, but then throws around words like “surfing”, “icon” and “Yahoo” without really teaching you what they are. Fantastic.
Oh- and I was marginally disappointed to discover that this video wasn’t an instructional video for the anti-cougar/gold-digger: the younger person trolling for elderly dates. That would probably have been more helpful.
I should send this to my 91-year-old ex-mother-in-law. She does magazines for her garden club…
The things I liked best were the long static shots of the back of the woman’s head while the man spoke. DYNAMIC!
Also, the super lo-tech early days of Yahoo. Amazingly hysterical the internet of lore and legend.
nostalgic yahoo lol
“The whole “hot potato” thing had me rolling on the floor. Reminded me of Trading Places when Don Ameche gave Eddie Murphy a pedantic primer on commodities: “…pork bellies, which is used to make bacon. Which you might find in a bacon and lettuce and tomato sandwich.””
That was a classic line…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EjdC0pjo1A
Is it just me or is Swedish Huck likly to return site that I wouldn’t want my gran looking at…?