"That Does Not Compute!!"by Terry Jones
Do you remember that famous TV series called 'Lost in Space'. There would be few who wouldn't remember
Jupiter II lost in space with Robinson Family, Dr Zachary Smith, Major Don West and, of course, Robot.
The Robots catch cry was "Danger, Danger Will Robinson" when trouble was lurking or "That does not compute" when something was not logical.
The phrase "That does not compute" springs to mind more often than not as I deal with Family, Friends and Customers with their computers, VCR's and other electronic equipment.
What doesn't compute is why you pay so much to use so little of power of a device such as a modern day computer. You are paying $1500 - $2000 for a device to play games.
Now come on ... hands up all those people who bought a computer for their kids to play games ... OK ... there's one .. two ... three ... yes there's quite a few.
Now your saying to yourself "Well what else would I do with it because I don't run a business" and therein lies my point. You don't have to be running a business to get most out of your computer ...
OR
.... why NOT run a part time business and try and get some of that investment back.
Here is a list of personal/business uses for your 'toy' -
1. Build a Catalogue/Index of your favorite recipes 2. Research and build your family tree 3. Search Internet for any sort of information 4. Create your own family or Business web site 5. Use it to run design software for quilts (this is a use one of my friends uses it for). There are tons of software programs out there that allow you to design almost anything. 6. Catalogue your collection of whatever you collect (stamps, comics, figurines, books, toy cars etc) 7. Shop online 8. Buy Goods like cars, white goods, furniture. 9. Sending and receiving email 10.Keep a list of personal and business contacts 11.Let your kids research their homework on internet 12.Do an online course of study 13.Complete a degree or Diploma 14.Book Airline tickets, accomodation, holidays 15.Plan your holiday or trip online 16.Buy and sell goods through an online auction i.e. ebay 17.View and Buy a house 18.Design your own dream home 19.Put an inexpensive web camera on your PC and have a video conference 20.Do Video editing 21.Create Video tutorials of your favorite subject 22.Research your favorite pastime/hobby 23.Send a protest to your politcal representative 24.Scan, edit and store your photos 25.Write a book 26. Write your family history 27.Submit your tax returns electronically 28.Do your banking online 29.Pay your bills online 30. OK, I'll concede ... play some games as well!
