Page 42 December 2011 As 2011 fades out, there are a few things I would like to cover. First: I believe we are in the fourth year now of business and fi nancial conversations (and newscasts of any kind) carrying the descriptive snippet “in this economy.” Let’s use this phrase through December and call it good, okay? We get it. “This bad economy” is inherent knowledge. Second: this is more for me, but I fi gured we could all bene fi t from my recent technological experience, since most of us carry telephones that are more powerful than home computers were 10 years ago. Everything I own has more buttons or features available than I know how to use or make use of. I recently discovered our refrigerator has a temperature alarm setting. This feature could’ve saved me $200 worth of food the other day when the fridge went on the fritz. I could offer another thousand examples or turn this entire column into a techie logbook for the next fi fty years, but let’s just try one and see how it goes: We were listening to the DJ at Hambone’s y Greg A. Bruns school festival while enjoying the view of the 50-foot tall air-slide that offered visions of wheelchairs and cervical collars for parents. A familiar sound erupted from the speakers. It sounded like a remake of one of the songs from my 20s. I read once that the olfactory and aural senses are best for swiftly tapping memories. I was instantly splashed with dark, beer- saturated memories of fog machine fl ooded dance fl oors on the beach at Club Med in Mexico. Lined up on the bar like little evil soldiers, there are 21 shots of La Cucaracha. The contents are some sort of tequila and soda concoction that gets smacked on the bar prior to drinking (you have to drink it before it over fl ows or something I guess... this memory is really starting to seem stupid). I can see 10 of us smacking those shot glasses on the bar with raucous glee while the eardrums are throttled into oblivion. This may explain why most of my hearing is gone now – and perhaps why I only hear about 40% of what my wife says (or is that just marriage?). I later discovered this song was a remake of a remake. How old do you feel when you fi nd that out? Since I hadn’t heard this song in ANY form for nearly 20 years, I was excited to put today’s technology to use. I pulled out the smartphone and in less than 20 seconds, discovered the name of the artist and the title of the CD the track appears on. In another 30 seconds, I paid $0.99 for the song, downloaded it to my phone and then, using a synced it with a program called Dropbox. This propagated the newfound tune onto all of my devices: my home PC, of fi ce PC, laptop and phone. Less than 15 minutes later, I hopped into the car to head home. 10 seconds after starting the car, my phone and my car’s audio system have a little electronic chat and the tune is blasting out of the speakers before I slap it into second while drifting out of the lot. 20 years ago, when this song was fi rst pressed onto millions of CDs and distributed in big, heavy boxes all around the country into places like “Circles Records & Tapes” and “Rolling Stone Records” this whole process would have been completely different. Upon hearing the song at the show/rave/ drive-in/whatever, I would have to listen to silly stations on the radio like 95.5 KKFR or something for 60 days to get a clue. Or, worse, I would have to go to one of the CD stores and try to ask someone there about the song, which I wouldn’t have been able to explain properly so I’d have to attempt to sing or hum it, which means there’s no way I’m going to fi nd out what the song is. So I’d wait until three months later, while sneaking into a high school kegger at some cool kid’s house, where he would have the song blasting and I would be forced to do one of two things: 1) steal the CD and never go back to the house again or 2) ask someone – like a dork – “Who IS THIS?” while pointing to the air or speakers, which would earn blank stares at my un-coolness because EVERYONE knows this song, duh . I would then have to go spend $12.99 for a 12-song CD. I would naturally only listen to one single song on that CD for the next 5 years, until the disk is scratched beyond playability under the boot of a drunken oaf from my college astronomy class. This level of technology we can hold in our hands is still in its infancy. In 20 years I imagine neuro-enhancements and the ability to expel streams of consciousness from your brain to others. A sort of laser/ light/music show we can crank up whenever we want. 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Page 43 December 2011 rden • Arcadia High • Peopl o • St. Theresa • Basketball • Kids seums • Softball • Shemer Art • Chri Volleyball • Neighborhood News • Spor tertainment • Ingleside • Football • N ents • Squaw Peak • Recreation • Drama Dance • Church News • Hopi • Arcad lth & Fitness • Arts & Entertainmen s • Hopi • Football • Desert Botanica adia High • People • Phoenix Zoo • S asketball • Kids • Tavan • Museums ood w Peak • Recreation • Drama • Basebal hurch News • Hopi Follow the Titans. Arcadia High Sports on Museums s h hemer Art • Christ Lutheran • Vol ghborhood News • Sports • Arts & Ent ngleside • Football • Neighborhood Tavan • Museums Tavan • Museums g od w Peak R Tavan • Museums l l e gh g borh hoo ood d d w P P k k Museums l ghborhood ARCADIADAILY • COM Carson’s parents encourage him to continue learning about the military by taking every opportunity to visit military bases, museums and air shows. In April, the Herding family vacationed in Hawaii and visited Pearl Harbor. They visited the site of the attacks, which lasted less than two hours and killed more than 2,000 people. They toured the USS Missouri, a battleship still in the water; went to the USS Arizona memorial, the ship that exploded and was responsible for half the casualties that day; and went into the USS Bow fi n submarine. Carson said he enjoyed the USS Missouri and the Bow fi n tours, but his parents said their favorite part was watching Carson enjoy the trip. “(I liked) seeing how in touch he was with the scene and realizing how big it is in U.S. history,” said his dad Mark. Dec. 7 marks the 70 th anniversary of the attack and the Herding family has planned a trip to go back and take part in the commemoration. “As passionate as he is about it, we thought it’s the perfect opportunity,” Keri said. There will be a ri fl e salute, a military fl y-over and performances by military bands, with a moment of silence at 7:55 a.m. on Dec. 7, the time the attacks started. “I’m excited because people who were there (in 1941) will be there,” Carson said. Carson is in the fi rst grade at Saint Theresa Catholic School and plays Little League. In his free time, he likes to play Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII, a Wii game that has taught him about the different airplanes used in World War II, and watch the movie Tora! Tora! Tora! about the attack on Pearl Harbor. His dad is reading him the second book about WWII by Mazer, A Boy No More . Pearl Harbor Continued from page 33 90% of alumni respondents rate their overall satisfaction with All Saints’ as “high” or “very high.” – Independent Alumni Survey, 2011 ";L:8K@E> ?@C;I<E%<8;KF0FLC All Faiths Welcome • Pre-K through Eighth Grade • Financial Aid Available 6300 North Central Avenue Phoenix, Arizona 85012 602.274.4866 www.aseds.org Visit our Facebook Page at www.facebook.com/PhoenixASEDS Please join us for an Open House on Thursday, January 19 at 9:00 a.m. R.S.V.P. to 602.274.4866, ext. 220