Testing Out New Technologies

There are some benefits to being in a very rural part of the world. By this I do not mean rural America. I mean rural Afghanistan.
For one thing we did not have to deal with TV commercials. In fact, for the most part, the only time I enjoy commercials is when they are interrupted by the Super Bowl, or on a show that is highlighting the best commercials from around the world. Curiously, I ended up being home on R&R leave for the Super Bowl this year.
However, there is one key negative to being in a very remote corner of the world; we were somewhat out of the loop for news, and especially technology news.  As an example, the "tablet" craze got started just before we left. I can think of only one Soldier who was with us who had an IPad. Many of the phones that we have today were not even on the radar. So I share this to let you know that this is the first blog posting that I am attempting to do from my phone. I hope it goes well. Keeping up (or catching up) with all the technology changes has been a challenge, even if it has been nerdy fun.