Tech Table Friday, November 22, 2013
November 22, 2013
Justin: Welcome to MPA’s Tech Table. I’m Justin.
Diana: And I’m Diana.
Justin: And we’re your hosts. We’ll be serving up a heaping spoonful of all things tech.
Diana: We promise it’ll be easy to digest.
Justin: It’s Friday.
Diana: That’s right.
Justin: It’s your favorite day of the week.
Diana: Yeah, it usually is.
Justin: I would say, many people’s favorite day of the week, probably.
Diana: There’s just so much promise.
Justin: Promise for a fun weekend and a new week next week. So, today we’re talking about some favorite holiday traditions.
Diana: Yes, of course, we keep saying this but we have the holidays approaching.
Justin: We do. If you didn’t notice, you’re behind a little. So, we’re going to talk about some holiday traditions that are the favorites of some of the people in the MPA office. And, you know, one of my favorite traditions is always attending some sort of small town lighting ceremony.
Diana: Oh, yes.
Justin: Yeah, I really love that moment because usually it’s Thanksgiving evening or the day after or something, and you flip the switch and all the lights come on, and it’s just a nice small town thing. Obviously, big cities have them, too, the White House has the tree lighting and Rockefeller Center, but a tree lighting or a lighting of the town square or whatever is a really cool event. I always like to do that. That’s one of my traditions. What other traditions?
Diana: Yeah, well, something I like, it’s a little less grand, would be at Thanksgiving dinner, going around the table, and each person says something that they have been thankful for.
Justin: Oh, yes. Absolutely.
Diana: The past year, or at the moment, or whatever. That’s nice to reflect upon and share with everyone.
Justin: That’s a great tradition, going around the table. Would you do that after the meal or before it?
Diana: Usually, I’ve done it before, I believe.
Justin: So, do you say grace first and then you do it?
Diana: No, I think it’s thanks and then grace, but you could do it however you want.
Justin: Interesting. I’d be worried about the turkey getting cold over there.
Diana: Just keep that on the warmer.
Justin: I don’t think so. I think once that is on the table, I don’t think about anything else. I do like that tradition of thankful sharing. Alright, and then, this is something, I have no idea what this is but you said Chris, at the office, talks about a soup exchange?
Diana: Yeah, he mentioned that, you know, a big meal is kind of, it’s a big undertaking. I know my grandparents and my parents, you know, they work really hard on those meals. And they’re so delicious but they take a lot of time and a lot of work. So, something in the Ball family that they’ve been doing is actually taking soup. Each person that comes to the dinner brings a soup, and it’s ready-made, it’s prepared, ready to go. And they’ve been having fun with it in recent years, trying to come up with really interesting, different soups that they’ve never had before.
Justin: Interesting.
Diana: Yeah.
Justin: That’s a cool idea, actually. I think that would be a lot of fun.
Diana: So, there’s really not that much work involved for any one person, especially.
Justin: Yeah, absolutely, that sounds like a great idea. And then, here’s something unrelated to that, but a favorite gadget John, who’s our tech leader, came up with at the office. He came across a holographic keyboard for iPhone and Android.
Diana: Wow.
Justin: It’s a small holographic emitter that connects to the device via Bluetooth and projects the keyboard on a hard surface such as a desk or a table. They’ve been out for couple of years, he said, but he just-
Diana: He just stumbled upon them.
Justin: Exactly, so it’s a holographic keyboard.
Diana: Wow.
Justin: That’s interesting. That’s scary. Next, I’ll be a holograph. What do you think about that?
Diana: Oh, scary.
Justin: Yeah, think about that over the weekend. Alright, until next time.
Diana: Take care.
Justin: Tech Table is brought to you by MPA of Bloomfield, Iowa, and God’s Country Radio. You can visit us online at AskMPA.com.
Diana: If you have questions or comments, please send them to questions@askmpa.com. That’s questions@askmpa.com.
Justin: And thanks for listening.
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