Do not speak lightly of technology's trials

They say technology is our friend, but for people like me, it's never love at first sight.

There's always a lengthy "getting to know you" period filled with as much fear of misunderstanding and rejection as any young lovers' romance.

For people like me, those born before Mother Nature decided that mankind needed genes for cyber jargon and agile text-messaging thumbs to survive, it takes time to become comfortable with new hardware and software. And when you factor in the annoyance of reading through operators manuals written by people with a genius for the inscrutable, new types of electronic devices can be terrifying.