You know technology is mainstream when...

...your 74 year old mother sends out a family email on New Years Eve at 2:20 am. Mom and Dad returned from their good friends the Hamiltons at around 2:00 am. Mom went to shut down her computer and noticed that Ken sent an Happy New Years email earlier in the evening. She decided to add her own wishes. I doubt the inventors of the internet (Al Gore) could have expected their discovery to so impact the way we communicate. It is great to have such a tech savvy Mom.