Due to the barge trip and having to travel straight to a wedding there after i have been without my computer for a whole week ( and mostly without my phone). Now due to my unemployed status and unhealthy addiction to a certain MMORPG, i spend a hell of allot of time in front of my little black box of tricks. It contains my music, my videos, and most importantly the internet, the most important technological advancement in my life time. To not have this for a week, was re-markable refreshing, dont get me wrong i am not about to run away and live in a cave, as you can tell as i am currently sitting at my computer smashing away at my keys as usual. But it did make me me long for the days when scoial networking consisted of a drink with your mates, and for that matter your friends where counted by the number of people who had seen you be sick, not in a number on face-book ( yes.. i hate social networking websites). i am beginnig to sound like out of those old people who say " Back in my day, we didnt have telephones, we got by with smoke signals, now those where the days" so dont misunderstand me i am not about to throw away my laptop, or phone , or psp and ds, however i might try not to be glue to it every five seconds. i might even give up WOW. Now that is crazy talk....
Ps: Anybody who read's the guardian will know i have nicked the "In Praise of...." idea form the comment pages, but who cares Im lazy
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yeah...it always suprises me how easily i cope without the internet/my computer when i go away...it's always nice to spend some time in a more concrete world...especially when with friends...though inevitably the longr you leave it behind, the more you have to sort out when you come back...my email address took forever to sort out when i came back after 8 weeks in peru
yeah but given how much you rely on that black box make dam sure you back it up. wisdom is learning from others mistakes ... well in part.
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