Dad, why do they have the phones tied to the wall?

Our 16 year old son was about 3 or 4 when he asked us this question while watching a movie. Can't remember the movie, it's irrelevant, but it was set in the latter half of the last century. We had even known the time when having a telephone at home was a luxury in a small village.

For him, in a world of cell phones and cordless handsets, it was extravagant.

17 tab & window keyboard shortcuts in Chrome browswer

There was a time when computer was synonymous with preinstalled programs.

It would be unimaginable for me to work without a browser now: tasks, calendar, e-mail, notes, offimatics... anything available online 24/7 with an Internet connection.

• Ctrl+N: Open a new window

• Ctrl+Shift+ N: Open a new window in Incognito mode

• Ctrl+T: Open a new tab, and jump to it

• Ctrl+Shift+T: Reopen previously closed tabs in the order they were closed

• Ctrl+Tab or Ctrl+PgDn: Jump to the next open tab

• Ctrl+Shift+Tab or Ctrl+PgUp: Jump to the previous open tab

• Ctrl+# (1 throug 8): Jump to a specific tab

• Ctrl+9: Jump to the rightmost tab

• Alt+Home: Open your home page in the current tab

• Alt+Left arrow: Open the previous page from your browsing history in the current tab

• Alt+Right arrow: Open the next page from your browsing history in the current tab

• Ctrl+W or Ctrl+F4: Close the current tab

• Ctrl+Shift+W or Alt+F4: Close the current window

• Alt+Space, then N: Minimize the current window

• Alt+Space, then X: Maximize the current window

• Alt+F, then X: Quit Google Chrome

• Ctrl+Shift+PgUp/PgDn: Move tabs right/left

We tend to demonize new technologies while blessing the old ones. We don't hesitate to talk about cell phone addiction, but we wouldn't think of doing the same when talking about books. Dolors Reig (quote is not verbatim, but the idea was captured live in 2 presentations of hers)