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  1. iRetro

    01.20.2010 by Shannon

    Ah. The sweet smell of In-ter-net.

    Finally, after THREE WEEKS of being without web access on my laptop, the ole DSL goes up. What’s that you say? Why in the hell does she have DSL? Because I was told that there was no cable offered in my area. And I believed them. And that was wrong.

    So after Bruce, the very nice technician, came to my house and noticed that my apartment’s 90-year-old wiring was not set up for speeding across the World Wide Web, I accepted the bad news and thanked my lucky starts that at least I could post a friendly b.log without thumb-tapping on my iPhone. Just no big video downloads for me.

    But instead of feeling frustrated that I was not moving forward with the pace of technology, I decided that I’m going to move backward. As in, I’m going Tech Retro:

    • I got myself a landline. With a corded phone. (And I’m hunting for a rotary).
    • I am giving up a Netflix, etc. (that includes iTunes downloads, web streaming) and opened up an account at my locally-owned video store.
    • I’m using a 1950′s Toastmaster metal toaster with fabric electrical cord and melted plastic Wonderbread circles on the side

    And yes, I was tempted to get one of these:

    [ from fonejackerhacker.co.uk ]

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  2. Our Newest Addiction

    10.01.2009 by Shannon

    Perhaps because “effects of modern life on mental health” is a central theme of my show BURST; perhaps because I am a newly-hatched iPhone (ab)user; or perhaps because I am both terrified and titillated by the inevitable momentum of this world into one more virtual — either way, when I read this ( “Internet Addiction Center Opens in U.S.” – NPR.org ) and watched this ( a Sony Vaio spot ) and found the stage website about Social Media Addiction (genius marketing, Sony), I couldn’t help but feel… well, intrigued. Vindicated. Stimulated. Angry. Old. Inspired. Lonely. Fearful. Sad…

    Nauseous.

    [Time Lapse: 120 minutes]

    I’d finish this post, but I seriously just got sidetracked watching YouTube videos and reading NPR articles on social media as it relates to mental health. God save me us all.

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