Idiotech

My mom isn't as far gone as others, but she isn't the brightest either. I Skype with my mom about once a week just to keep in touch and every time we Skype, there is ALWAYS something wrong on her side of the conversation. It ranges from muting the conversation and not knowing what button to press or switching the mic and headset jacks and putting them in the wrong slots.... Read More » Trying to explain it to her via chat is nearly impossible and every time when its the same problem she forgets what the solution was and I need to explain it all over again.

My mom is under the impression that whenever something is wrong with the TV, it is automatically my 360's fault or in her words "game boxes" fault. When I say that something is wrong with the TV, I mean it is either, muted, has the video display screen and even one time, been turned off.

My step-dad used to be very knowledgeable with computers... that was ten years ago. He is still stuck in 2000, running windows NT. When I was buying a computer for myself he convinced my mom to buy me a used laptop of Craigslist with 1GB RAM, I am a chemistry major needing to do high definition molecular modeling. When I told him that I needed a GOOD new computer, and I... Read More » showed him a laptop around the specs that I needed and he flipped out saying it was "way too expensive." I had found a great deal on a computer with a new i5 processor 4GB RAM and a nice NVIDIA graphics card for around $500. The laptop of craigslist was $150.

My freshman year my mom would call me every weekend. She wasn't worried or anything, she just wanted to check in, see how things were, and oh yeah - my dad was out of town and she wanted to know how to record a show on the DVR.

In English Comp. my professor was complaining about how "the mouse wont reach over there" when he was using the computer connected to a projector, I asked him if he wanted me to help, he said sure. I walked over and he shows me how the mouse cord only went so far so he cant reach the link on the screen. It never occurred to him to physically pick the mouse up and move it,... Read More » when i showed him how to do this he stated "oh see you know how this technology stuff works".

My lit professor used to use one window for everything. When she had multiple stuff to show us, instead of using tabs, she would just change the URL each and every time.The other day she was so proud of herself and explained to us that "if we wanted to multitask, we can just open another window and we do not have to close out of the current one." That why the operating... Read More » system is called windows professor.

My parents are the most computer illiterate people you will ever meet. My dad refuses to even attempt to use a computer, which is actually preferable to my mom's fumbling efforts. Any time she tries to do something, I have to be there in case she needs help, but it is physically painful for me to watch her. For 6 years, any time I told her to click on something, she asked "... Read More »left click, or right click?" It took her even longer to master the art of the double click. She will only use Internet Explorer because she thinks it's "the real one." She actually READS software license agreements. I could go on for hours about every way that she has failed with technology, but the most frustrating thing is that she absolutely CANNOT deal with change of any kind. If a website she visits frequently has been updated, she freezes. By the time she becomes comfortable with it again, it's been updated again. That is why her computer still uses Windows 98, Internet Explorer 4, and an ancient version of Microsoft Office.

While at Uni today my lecturer opened up a new tab without realising and then wanted to go back but instead of clicking on the other tab she sat there clicking the back button for 5 mins until someone finally walked up and took the mouse off of her.

My mom do spreadsheets on excel with a calculator on her hand.

My mom and I had both received invites to my childhood friend's bridal shower. Over the phone my mom asked if I'd RSVPd, which I easily had through email. She then told me she couldn't get "into it" to respond. I asked her what she couldn't get into and she said "I keep putting in the address but it says it doesn't exist." I finally figured out she was trying to put the... Read More » email address directly in the browser like a webpage instead of going into her email and creating a new message. I was a little baffled because she's usually pretty good at email and using the internet.

My grandma recently came to visit and asked to use my laptop to check her email. After a few minutes, she called me over asking where the N key was. The letter is worn off the key, but I showed her where it was. Apparently this threw her off so much that she was unable to do anything and closed the laptop in a huff.

I was walking with my Dad the other day and his phone started to go off. He insisted it was the birds on a nearby building. His phone was in his hand also vibrating as it rang.

I set up Digital Tv on my grandfather's TV a few months back. When I showed him the on screen guide, he was very happy, but i thought it was because of the onscreen guide. Two days later i get a call from him saying "I keep pressing on my show, but it always plays a different show" He thought on the guide, he could "press on a show" and he could watch it.

My mom consistently types in google.com whenever she wants to search for something (she even types in google). I told her that on google chrome, she could type it into the url bar and it would go right to google. She replied with "Oh silly Evan, that's where the internet goes."

The other day I went with my mom to the phone store so she could buy a new phone. She picked up one of the tester iPhones and started turning it over in her hands and pushing the sides. I was wondering what was wrong until she turned to me and said, "Where do the number keys come from?"

My parents got DVR for their tv a while ago. Over all, they handle it pretty well, but after the end of whatever show they were watching, it usually records the first few minutes of the next show. My dad always gets interested in whatever show comes on and gets upset when the recording runs out - even if he has the upcoming show recorded.

My grandmother tried to turn on the tv with a graphing calculator.

So one day my dad had to pick my mum up from the airport but he didn't know where to meet. so instead of him borrowing my phone he forces me to go for 1 1/2 hour drive to the airport just so i can call her when we get there.

My mom asked me to check her DVD player and figure out what was wrong with it. She said that the DVD she put in was doing nothing but playing christmas songs and that something must have gone wrong with it. I simply pressed eject and found the problem. It was a CD of christmas songs.

When I was looking into buying my first computer, I decided to discuss my choice with my mom. I told her I was leaning towards having a Macintosh Apple, to which she promptly agreed, saying, "yes, macintosh is my favourite!" I was excited that she supported my choice and told her that I had decided, and Apple it was. Her response? "Too bad we don't have any apples right now,... Read More » why don't you just have an orange?"