How dependent are you on technology?

Can't live without... Treo for internet access, camera and phone... navigation... Tivo.... iPod... iTouch... XM... HD... my hybrid...

But I'm not on Facebook, so I'll probably die an early death.

 

Wait until we tell you about e-books.

 

Noob.

 

I use my cell and my internet, but I just got cable like a month ago and I have no idea how the TIVO works and if it would be worth paying for.

I like technology, but could function without it.

 

If you add "Could live in a cave without much of a lifestyle change," I'll vote in the poll.

 

This may be the best post in the last four months.

 

I'm sort of having a falling out with technology. The only thing I really heart is downloading the podcasts I can't miss on my mp3 player. I used to spend a lot of time downloading music and movies, but found out I never watched or listened to most of it. I hate texting, but accept it. Facebook, myspace etc. never agreed with me because I'm a fairly private person. I do use those services, but primarily as a way to see what's going on with my favorite artists, authors, causes...etc. I'm really good with directions, so no GPS needed. Fuck all the air band video games.

 

That seems to be less of a problem than it once was, though. The computer I'm typing this on right now is more than four years old and works perfectly well and does pretty much everything the brand-new model does, though slightly more slowly -- though not enough to notice. It used to be that a four-year-old computer was worthless.

A student of mine said something recently that made a lot of sense -- he said I'm at a good age (34), because I'm young enough to understand and embrace technology but old enough that I'm not a slave to it, like his peer group (college sophomores) is.

 

I'm very comfortable with technology to a point. I love having my laptop, I'm pretty adept with my cell phone, I (eventually) mastered the use of a digital camera and can now upload like nobody's business.

However, I still keep around pads of paper and pens. I still don't trust my digital recorder to always work. And sometimes, there's nothing like a good old fashioned newspaper.

Plus, there are some things I just will not abide by. Text messaging (since I have to pay 20 cents every time I send or receive one) and twittering. Ain't no way I want any part of tweeting. That's what a bird does, fuckers!

 

I could survive without my technology, but I would have trouble with it in the beginning. I depend on Google to tell me what I want to know quickly, Mapquest to tell me how to get where I want to go without asking anyone, my cell phone for remembering phone numbers (and calling someone at the drop of a hat) and SportsJournalists.com for finding reasons to have sex.

I could live without, Tivo and satellite for that matter, but I'd hate to give up being able to download movies. Oh I'd hate to not have youtube to provide senseless entertainment.

I've been trying to get back to being old-fashioned in the kitchen though. I've given up 99% of already prepared (i.e. frozen) meals. If I want some kind of casserole or saucy, chickeny, noodly type of dinner, I figure out how to make it myself. For the past month or so, I've been cooking everything from scratch. You know, like grandma used to do. It's really not that hard, and the food tastes much better. Oh, and I pretty much never use the microwave, unless it's just to reheat some leftovers. It's been really nice.

So I guess I could give up the frills from the kitchen, but I'm not quite as willing to give up the other helpful things on the technology side.