99 Year Old Loves The iPad
April 22, 2010 :: Posted by - SoSly :: Category - News
Virginia Campbell, a 99-year-old woman from Lake Oswego, has finally bought her first computer — an Apple iPad. “It’s changed her life,” one of her daughters told OregonLive.com. Virginia has been an avid reader most of her life, but she suffers from glaucoma, making reading increasingly difficult.
Because of the iPad’s ability to adjust the brightness of the page and to increase the font by simply tapping, Virginia has been able to take up her beloved past-time again. Not only is she reading again, she’s writing again too. So far she has composed twelve limericks on her iPad, including this little ditty:
To this technical-ninny it’s clear
In my compromised 100th year,
That to read and to write
Are again within sight
Of this Apple iPad pioneer.
[Via tuaw.com]
Tags: Apple iPad, Campbell, com, Lake Oswego, Life, little ditty, oregonlive, Virginia
May 6th, 2010 at 10:31 am
Thanks for the video! It’s so cute and inspiring to see how this old woman manages with such a high-tech gadget as iPad. I admire that she is so curious and lively at her 100th year. I wish all old people were so full of joy of life as Virginia.