A friend of mine just bought his first computer. Bill is completely computer illiterate, using a dvd player was a stretch. Bill called me the other day to come over and show him how to use it. I went over Friday night. He bought a laptop, I don't know the specs. His wireless provider sent someone over to help him hook it up. The rep hooked the wireless up and told Bill "you're online" Bill didn't have a clue what to do. On Friday I went over and showed him how to connect to the internet and open up explorer. I set his homepage to Google and gave him a quick lesson on surfing. When I left he was sitting on the couch watching Floyd on you tube. I called him on Sunday to see how things went and he said that by the time I got home Fri. the computer went crazy and he was too embarrassed to call me. I went over today and went over everything again. The computer did go crazy, I don't know why but whenever he opened explorer from his tool bar, windows would start popping up like crazy. I deleted the shortcut and opened a new one, no problems. He asked if I could come over every weekend to show him something new. Its hard to explain to someone with no internet experience what the internet is. Especially a 40 year old laborer with no education, or knowledge of the world wide web. I'm going to enjoy watching him discover the internet. In our house the computer is as important as the microwave. For 3 years I've tried to convince my boss to get a computer but he won't. He asks me to check "your internet thingy" all the time. He'll call me and read me an address from a magazine. I try to explain that with the internet he wouldn't need magazines but he won't budge. I think everyone should have internet access.

Dave