My Old Lamebrain Doesn’t Intuit (MOLDI)

  Let me get this straight.  I can “check out” books, music, etc. and put it on my “device” and in 14 days I can’t access it anymore?  What kind of sorcery is this?  And what about the things I can burn to CD?  Do the copyright police show up at my door? 

  We spent the Thanksgiving weekend with my mother (75 years old) and my mother-in-law (76 years old).  Several times during the  trip I found myself grinding my teeth because it seemd to me that one or the other of them couldn’t understand that things have changed, time has marched on, we’re not living in the Depression (okay, maybe we’re getting close, but still . . .), the lights can stay on–no bombers will be flying over, a latte is not just a coffee with cream!  I bring this up because I realize that like my mother I sometimes live in the past.  When I was in college we had to carefully budget our kilobytes of computer memory.  I still can’t believe that I can go around downloading free software onto my computer and not suddenly “run out of space.”  I worry every time some site tells me I have to download their free software in order to use their service.  Do I have enough space?  Will my computer crash?  Oooh Noooh!

Maybe it just means it’s past time to venture out of my comfy world of a tiny monitor, audio-free computer, cat chow infested keyboard, and Windows 98, get on the computer autobahn and put the pedal to the metal, as it were.  When I do that then I think I will truly enjoy MOLDI, especially the books I can burn to CD.  I’m not big on sitting and reading a computer screen, but I will listen for hours as I drive, knit, fuse glass, string beads, wash the dog, etc.  I was excited by the variety of titles in the audiobook category, but I have to say the choices in the e-flicks were a big BIG disappointment. 

I think it is great that CML has a computer set aside specifically for MOLDI downloads–maybe I will go there first and make use of the expert CML staff in person to guide me through!

I vow to overcome my intimidation and actually try using the MOLDI service, and I know that if I try it I will like it–after all I’ve liked most of what L&P@CML has served up!

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