Modern traditions

Let's face it smart phones, ipads, ect. are ubiquitous in this world.  They are everywhere.  In Reyes.

In Etla.

 

Watching the reporters with their ipads in Etla last week was illuminating.  They would take a picture, write a short paragraph and hit send.

I guess you could see right away if you made the news.

I used to be Mr. Cutting Edge when it came to tech, but here.... I still don't have a cell.  However, maybe an ipad or itouch will find its way into my bag of tricks soon.

PS - While getting fruit and vegetables from Doña Rosa, my produce abuela in Etla, this morning, I somehow managed to drop my everyday camera.  Not to worry.  It did not hit the concrete floor.  No, it landed dead center in a 5 gallon bucket filled with water, a perfect shot.  So I am trying to dry the sucker out by covering it with rice as per suggestions on the intertubes.  I am not hopeful, but remain optimistic.

Update:  Well, the rice worked and the camera seems OK.  However, getting there was the normal comedy.  First, I had a couple of bags of rice, but the first was full of those bugs that always manage to get in there.  The second was a little bit better, but still buggy, however, a different kind of bug.  After a few trial and error attempts, here's what I did.  Nuked the rice to kill the bugs.  The rice got pretty warm/hot.  Then I wrapped the camera in paper towels so no rice dust/bugs would get in.  Put an inch of hot rice in a container and then the wrapped camera, which I then completely covered with more rice.  I repeated nuking the rice after a few hours to reheat it.  As I say, the camera seems fine.  I'll run some tests, but for now, what do ya know?  It actually worked.