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How Long Could You Live Without Your Gadgets?
DruCipher writes "CNet.co.uk is running a very funny article about Andrew Lim, the resident mobile phone reviewer, trying to live without all his favorite gadgets. The article sees Andrew try to survive without a mobile phone, a computer, an MP3 player and a TV. At the end of his technology detox he feels more relaxed without all his gadgets but cracks after a few days, 'Like all proper detoxes, though, my zen-like calm didn't last for long. Once I'd finished my gadget starvation, I was straight back to the tech binging. A remote control gun you say? Yes please!'"
On act. 9th you wrote:
I am solving this problem the cheap way.
I ditched my car and now get around on a bicycle.
My commute is 20 miles each way to and from work. That includes goeing up and down an 800 foot hill (Council Crest, in Portland, Oregon).
I am losing my weight fast.
I am saving about $400 per month in car related costs now that I got rid of the car.
People tell me it can't be done, but it' no problem for me so far.
And I don't need some new fangled cycle/workstation or treadmill/workstation. And I don't need to spend $$$ for waiting to use unwashed health club equipment.
Peace
29 years without a car? I think not. or that's true and this post is a lie?
Also, you give out way too much information online.
You have been out of the closet since 1973, clearly you got balls. You don't need to lie to prove anything.
Don't fret, I've started calling out all the liars on slashdot.
You CAN just use technology without drooling over it. You don't have to be able to "rattle off each and every model of Intel and AMD CPU and their corresponding motherboard sockets" to appreciate the usefulness of certain devices. The reason I posted the comment is that I noticed that of all the people I know, only the real geeks have a strong aversion to mobile phones. I think this is because when you carry it with you it can go off and you might have to talk to someone. Most real geeks/nerd are not very good at social talk. It took me quite some effort to convince one of them to take a mobile phone with him when on his motorbike, to be able to call someone in the case of an accident. My argument of the phone being a safety device was crucial in convincing him. Also the fact that you don't HAVE to pick it up when it rings was an eye-opener for him.
-- Cheers!