Technological Apathy or Plateau?
in the early evening on Thursday, the 10th of January 2008 by Scott
Thanks to Chad for reminding me that I can still post on his site. I’m a regular reader and like to follow his enthusiasm for technology which I share.
However I’ve been getting a bit bored of late. I’m not sure if it’s due to my simply getting bored with hi tech or whether it’s something deeper - perhaps a technological plateau of sorts.
Take for instance the humble PC. Thanks to Chad - who pushed me to get A+ certified - I now “roll my own.” My latest project was about 7 months ago when I upgraded to a Core2Duo 4300, a nice mobo the Gigabyte 965p, and a 7900gs graphics card. I’ve Oc’d the rig and can play Crysis at a decent clip on low settings, although I’m working at boosting my 3DMark06 score by tweaking things more.
In my modest home I have 2 laptops, three functioning desktops plus a few obsolete machines that I fire up every once in awhile just to remember “the good old days.” These include a Power Computing Mac clone and the Macintosh Powerbook 145B I dragged to African bush and hooked up to a solar panel. I run Wireless G hooked into Comcast cable broadband, with FIOS tantalizing close (the fiber is hung but not yet lit). My Centrino Duo laptop is now a TV accessory, used as a info tool for everything from TV schedules to ClementinesfromSpain.com.
So why am I bored with all this technology?
There is really nothing out there that really gets my pulse racing. I see quad core chips, but apps that can handle dual core apps are still few and far between. I’d like a better TV, but we’re considering moving sometime over the next 2-3 years and the thought of dragging a 50″ across the country is pretty daunting. I listen to music in the car, so iPods are not my thing. I don’t watch much in the way of movies or regular TV shows - so that and the fact that I don’t have a decent TV kills Blu-ray/PS3 and Tivo.
Nothing out there gets my blood rushing. I suspect it’s me, but is it possible that there is really no new revolutionary gadget out there that everyone must have. Am I missing something?
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January 10th, 2008 at 10:11 pm
Heh. I know the feeling, I hit that a few years back. A new focus is nice.
For example, Saturday morning at 8:30 AM I’m taking my CISSP exam for security. Pretty tough test, but the side effect is I look at all the things I’ve done for the last several years in a different light.
January 11th, 2008 at 8:44 am
The only thing I feel like doing is shooting - so the father-son membership at Targetmaster comes in handy…
I just wish they’d let me bring my own targets. I have a Motorola 815e cell phone that annoyed the carp out of me for 2 years until I drowned it in Brandywine Creek. The thing had a vibrate function that was like a gnat’s tickle - and I missed numerous calls. I’d like to send it out about 20 yards and blast it with something large…
January 25th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
I found you on a website called….. randomwebsite.com
This is a great way to find new and completly random things.
Another site I am addicted to is current.tv
They also have alot of off the wall stuff and a cool television station also.
Your blog site is one of my favorites. I found it at the beginning of a movie a day for a month you did in December. Very Nice. Thanks for rekindling all those forgotten memories.
Keep up the good work.
sincerely,
Ryan
-solving the worlds problems one beer at a time…..it does not suck to be me.