[I was asked =
how the daily Grif Net blog began. I was a professor in a small =
college in 1996 that had just installed a computer lab and each student =
had e-mail but seldom received any. So I vowed to “fill up =
their in-box” with a daily joke, quiz, sober message, etc. =
This was the =
FIRST Grif.Net ever sent out to 13 people in September 1996 . . and it =
still applies today!]
SIGNS YOU’VE =
BEEN SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME ON-LINE
* Instead of =
calling you to dinner, your spouse sends e-mail.
* You =
introduce your wife as "[email protected]" and refer to your =
children as "client applications."
* You ask a =
friend, "What’s that big shiny thing?" He says, =
"It’s the sun."
* You think =
Webster’s Dictionary is a directory of WEB =
sites.
* You think =
Edgar Alan Poe wrote "The Pit and the =
Pentium."
* Someone says =
they slipped a disk, and you offer to format him another =
one.
* Your boss =
asks you to "go fer" coffee and you come up with 235 Web =
sites.
* When your =
modem starts smoking.
* You log-off =
your system because it’s time to go to work.
* When you =
find it easier to dial-up the National Weather Service Weather/ =
your_town/ now.html than to simply look out the =
window.
* When you =
find yourself engaged to someone you’ve never actually met except =
through e-mail.
* When you put =
your e-mail address in the upper left-hand corner of =
envelopes.
* You set up a =
Web page for each of your kids . . . and your =
pets.
* A highlight =
of your day is looking to see if the Grif.Net has =
arrived.
* If you =
immediately think of ten people to whom you want to send =
this.
~~
Dr Bob Griffin =
[email protected] =
www.grif.net
"Jesus =
Knows Me, This I Love!"