Wednesday, 26 April 2006 |
Vicarious Cellphone Purchasing
I've had a couple of rude technology ignorance awakenings lately which have been quite a shock as I usually consider myself kinda up with the play when it comes to toys and gadgets The most recent occasion was round at cousin-P's the other night when we were all talkin about riding a push bike or running and what degree of boringness each of us thought the activites were. I happened to mention the possibility of listening to music while you did so and that a "Walkman" would do the trick. By Jesus you shoulda heard the chorus of laughter at my use of the word "Walkman" .... apparently noone who's anyone has a walkman anymore, you simply MUST have an iPod of one flavour or the other. Talk about ridiculed !!! The other piece of endemic technology that I've famously avoided all knowlegde or mastery of is the humble cell-phone (I swear I must be the last person in Hamilton, maybe the world, to still not own one) So when Kym decided to buy herself a new mobile yesterday I figuired I'd escort her and pick up some lingo, try and get a little hip with the whole mobile thing. What a friggin joke, I am so far out of the loop its not funny, I actually ended up dumbing myself down a little (which was quite difficult) so that the salesman didn't confuse me with someone who was pretending to know what they were talking about. Despite that foreign feeling of ignorance, the vicarious purchasing experience was kinda fun, especially when I managed to convinced her majesty to go all out and buy a nice new G3 model (see, 'G3', I am learning something) 10:29:30 PM |
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Todays Reading...
o Steam motorcycle
o UFO Area: Our Special Reports
o SOA Facts
o xkcd - A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language - By Randall Munroe
o Helen Clarks marijuana speech 1994 Waikato University