Pag hindi techie ang magulang mo

The other day mom came up to me, that morning, and asked me out of the blue to teach her to use the internet. I was running late, but then what else was new? So we trooped to the pc nook and I introduced both of them to each other, and then proceeded to instructing mom how to boot the thing. There was that tricky part on which buttons to press-- there are three, afterall, and you have to get them in the right order :P-- especially when my magic touch failed to elicit a response. I dunno, must've been the cables or something. But anyway, we got it working a little while later. I pointed out parts of the desktop and explained how to know when the desktop has loaded completely ("You look at that pointer over there and see if the hourglass is gone"). The best part came when I opened up the world. Well no, not really, just the browser actually, but we went to CNN for a fieldtrip, and technically world news is the world-- or at least, a big chunk of it. I think mom got the hang of it, though she still holds the mouse like it's a rodent.

This morning she turned the pc on.

But she forgot she did.

And a good part of the morning passed before she remembered that the world was waiting.

Ah well. Better late than never. :))

So that's what my Mom has been up to, aside from her usual catering duties. Now Dad is a different story entirely. I mean, Dad knows how to use the computer as well as we do-- his reaction time is just slower than ours. :D My older sister was making him a Gmail account yesterday. He wanted to use the same id he's using for Yahoo. But it was already taken. Puzzled, my sister asked him if he had a gmail account already in existence. And my Dad, surprised as well, assumed that the account was his-- maybe he forgot he made one, you know? The passwords he kept trying were wrong so he decided to change it. The security question was a simple Yes or No. Doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that one out.

Long story short, he got in.

Only to find out

that the account wasn't his.

ZOMG. MY DAD IS A HACKER. O_O =)) =)) =))

Wafaz. I should try this one sometime. Hmmm... =))

Anyway, he looked through the listed email addresses and emailed someone he assumed was related to the owner, explaining what happened. He gave the account back, as well as his yahoo email address, in case there were violent reactions brewing. No replies yet. I hope they do reply. =))

So my friends, the moral of the story is to toughen up your security question, in case an unsuspecting middle-aged man suddenly and inexplicably runs away with your email address for non-evil reasons. Either that or teach your parents what NOT to do online. Just in case.