Good Monday morning. Based on last week’s article about the use of Twitter (News - Alert) as a global mood ring, it seemed like Monday is the best day to get people in a good mood to set up the week. 

Below is something I received from a friend this weekend. For those of us of a certain age and mindset this should bring a smile.   For everyone else it can be a nice conversation starter with older colleagues and parents and food for thought on some interesting searches. 

Enjoy!

• Memory was something that you lost with age
• An application was for employment
• A program was a TV show
• A cursor used profanity
• A keyboard was a piano
• A web was a spider’s home
• A virus was the flu
• A CD was a bank account
• A hard drive was a long trip on the road
• A mouse pad was where a mouse lived
• And if you had a 3 ½ inch floppy …you just hoped nobody found out

Peter Bernstein is a technology industry veteran, having worked in multiple capacities with several of the industry's biggest brands, including Avaya, Alcatel-Lucent, Telcordia, HP, Siemens, Nortel (News - Alert), France Telecom, and others, and having served on the Advisory Boards of 15 technology startups. To read more of Peter's work, please visit his columnist page.