"I don't think you'll find me to be a technophobe," she points out. "My information may be considered out of date where you come from, but I'm not stupid." Jim, this is the member of your family who reads math textbooks for fun. For fun, Jim. "And it's nowhere near as low-tech as the kitchen I have now. Naugus won't have electricity in the tower."

...and she thought she was the socially stunted one. "It might be prudent to let him know there'll be a meal at a certain time, in case he wants to plan ahead. Help cleaning would be good too. So what kind of PINpoint do you want? A basic model, or one of the fancy ones built into a phone or a pen or something?"