Computer Help with Ralph

By Ralph Earle

When I retired in 2017, I intended to devote more time to writing poetry, but also wanted to translate my three decades of computer experience into providing help for others. Talking with friends, I realized that unlike our children and grandchildren, many of our generation have little connection with the why’s and wherefore’s of how computers deliver email, social media, and videos. If anything goes wrong, we are as unlikely to fix it as we are to repair our increasingly computerized automobiles.

Outside the Box: I hate digital technology

By Anonymous

[Editor’s Note: This article would have been an item of correspondence (anonymous, as is the custom in a “Correspondence” column) if it had stopped with the first email we received, but it kept growing...into a longer piece (but still anonymous) just right for “Outside the Box.”]