Bruce's Journal

[greybeard]

Am I the only one who noticed that @greybeard has a picture? If I could ever get something to take pics with that I could learn how to post....but my cell phone is an ANCIENT and basically INDESTUCTIBLE FLIP PHONE and my digital camera I can't seem to figure out how to use it to upload and my house computer is also on an ancient operating system.... time to get into the modern world one of these days...

As I stated elsewhere, I use a several yr old Verizon LG flip ph that looks like



The avatar is something I was messing around with this morning after going thru some old photos and scanning to my hd and to removable disk.

The picture is about 4-5 years old, probably around Easter as I usually shave clean for Easter and again at Christmas. I sent that car to a new home in Feb 2016 so I know the pic is at least 2 1/2 years old.
However, I am currently clean faced, as I had a funeral to attend Monday.

 

[greybeard]

and my digital camera I can't seem to figure out how to use it to upload and my house computer is also on an ancient operating system

If your camera has an SD card (most do) you can buy a card reader rather cheaply IF your computer doesn't already have that ability and you can upload digital photos to your computer right off the SD card. I have to do that on my Sony digital camera because I lost to cord for it and it is a proprietary cord that you can only get from Sony.....kinda...I 'could' get one off eBay if I was desperate.

 

[Mike CHS]

That flip phone looks like mine except mine is a Samsung

 

[greybeard]

Assuming you can both take pics and text on your flip phone, you can also send a picture from your phone to your desktop or laptop computer via text message. The 'phone number' you send to, is simply the email address you use on your computer.

 

[greybeard]

That flip phone looks like mine except mine is a Samsung

My wife has a Samsung smart phone. I have to 'fix' it for her several times/month.
She can't grasp that it is actually a little computer and she needs to leave settings alone.

 

[Mike CHS]

My phone is a definite no frills. When I got that I was still working in a Classified Navy environment and we weren't allowed any device that would record audio or video. Even that basic they had to be left in lockers at the door as we entered.

 

[Bruce]

My cheap old flip TracFone has neither a camera nor an SD card.

 

[greybeard]

Most flip phones don't have an sd card but most digital cameras do.

 

[Bruce]

Yeah, my camera does. My old Olympus camera had a Smart Media card. Try to find one of THOSE suckers!

 

[Baymule]

I like my Apple I-phone, but I am nowhere near as good on it as my daughter is. She and our SIL are a thousand times smarter with the I-phones than we are. But I like it and I manage to muddle around on it.