{"id":795,"date":"2021-03-10T16:41:26","date_gmt":"2021-03-10T15:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/10\/computers-are-marvellous-older-people-embrace-internet-in-lockdown\/"},"modified":"2021-03-10T16:41:26","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T15:41:26","slug":"computers-are-marvellous-older-people-embrace-internet-in-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/10\/computers-are-marvellous-older-people-embrace-internet-in-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Computers are marvellous!’: older people embrace internet in lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pandemic has prompted some people to confront their insecurities about venturing online<\/p>\n

Before the pandemic struck, 79-year-old Jim Whelan barely used his computer. The online world was a mystery and an irrelevance to him. A year on, however, Whelan can give computer geeks half his age a run for their money.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlthough I had been online before the pandemic, it was just the occasional answering of emails. Now I\u2019m a past master at all sorts of amazing things,\u201d said Whelan, a former Coronation Street actor who before the pandemic used to travel around local community groups to give talks about his 50 years in the acting profession.<\/p>\n

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\nPandemic has prompted some people to confront their insecurities about venturing online
\nBefore the pandemic struck, 79-year-old Jim Whelan barely used his computer. The online world was a mystery and an irrelevance to him. A year on, however, Whelan can give computer geeks half his age a run for their money.
\n\u201cAlthough I had been online before the pandemic, it was just the occasional answering of emails. Now I\u2019m a past master at all sorts of amazing things,\u201d said Whelan, a former Coronation Street actor who before the pandemic used to travel around local community groups to give talks about his 50 years in the acting profession. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pandemic has prompted some people to confront their insecurities about venturing online Before the pandemic struck, 79-year-old Jim Whelan barely used his computer. The online world was a mystery and an irrelevance to him. A year on, however, Whelan can give computer geeks half his age a run for their money. \u201cAlthough I had been …<\/p>\n

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