tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-76611801039535635892011-12-31T19:20:32.866+08:00This blog has been created to document the addiction my wife has to the internet and all things technology related. I have more chance having a conversation with her through this blog than I do face to face.Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14018259638183932101noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661180103953563589.post-26040393934479551022007-04-29T19:34:00.000+08:002007-04-29T21:52:49.046+08:00Have you ever wondered what caused an addiction whether it be a drug or an afflicition, I mean which is worse the drug or the afflcition. They both can cost a lot of time and money and may be harmful to your health.<br /><br />I have a simple criteria for most things I do in life - is this task serving myself and my family well, does it provide income, is it a healthy past time, will it make it a better world and is it a relaxing past time. If some thing fails to satisfy these criteria why bother!<br /><br />Let's break down technology addiction in to my basic criteria for being a worthy past time.<br /><br />In terms of serving myself and family well: You can argue that it promotes the exchange of ideas and you learn something from it - perhaps - in moderation, but you could also achieve this doing a multitude of other tasks!<br /><br />Does it provide an income - not relative to the hours committed.<br /><br />Does it make it a better world - it is hardly feeding the starving millions or illuminating third world poverty! If it finds a cure for anything let me know!<br /><br />Is it healthy - sitting on your rear end, looking at a relatively small object which physically does not move, in questionably poor artificial light- yeah right!<br /><br />Other traits common with addicts are threats and emotional black mail, since my first blog I have been subject to this not only from my my wife, but also her friend who is also a techno geek / addict as to when I would blog again.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iNcf2IIH9pE/RjSi-0UaEZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/9mvbIe9nLCU/s1600-h/visit.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_iNcf2IIH9pE/RjSi-0UaEZI/AAAAAAAAAAM/9mvbIe9nLCU/s320/visit.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5058847481523736978" border="0" /></a><br />Please see the attached picture of a pair of addicts in action, so powerful is this perverse past time that my wife's friend had to bring her own computer to our place for a visit. Not only is it weird it is also un-Australian as they were doing this the night of the cricket world cup final!<br /><br />I know it's a gamble posting this but - they need help!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7661180103953563589-2604039393447955102?l=technologywidower.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14018259638183932101noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7661180103953563589.post-21380764537257276392007-04-20T21:04:00.000+08:002007-04-21T08:10:47.125+08:00It says something of the subliminal brainwashing of technology that I am actually creating my own blog to highlight the addiction of my wife and children to all things technology driven. Given that this is a Friday night and normally I would be doing something far more sensible like watching the AFL on TV, but I just had to get this off my chest.<br /><br /><p>Seriously I'll give you a bit of a run down of what I am up against - don't laugh if I mispell some of this stuff as I had never heard of most of this stuff six months ago!<br /><br />My wife Sue has the following:<br /></p><ul><li>Her own <a href="http://aquaculturepda.podomatic.com/">Podcast Site</a>.</li><li>Her own <a href="http://aquaculturepda.wikispaces.com/">Wiki</a> (I was impressed initially because I thought it was a character out of Star Wars).</li><li>Her own <a href="http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/">Blog</a>.</li><li>She teaches online.</li><li>She teaches how to use PDA's and Mobile Learning.</li><li>She teaches E Learning via virtual classrooms, using software like Elluminate.</li></ul><p>She has her own laptop,PDA and video ipod.</p><p>She has bloody taught the kids how to use Skype.</p><p>She has seconded my eight and twelve year old son's into appearing in a podcast.</p><p>My eight year old son creates his own cartoons using the <a href="http://www.toondoo.com/Home.do">ToonDoo</a> website and my twelve year old son is addicted to playing World of Warcaft on line.</p><p>Seriously some of this stuff is pretty cool and can be very good to use - but it has totally taken over. I mean how much can a koala bear!</p><p>Sue half the time speaks what I think is a different language to me and speaking itself is a rarity, she is becoming semi nocturnal and tends to go to bed considerably later than most humans due to her addiction.</p><p>Sadly she sometimes keeps Skype running without talking to her friend who is on line so that they can be comforted by the sound of them each tapping on a keyboard,it's all very disturbing!</p><p>I am sure it will all end in some sort of mutation for mankind!</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7661180103953563589-2138076453725727639?l=technologywidower.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Davehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14018259638183932101noreply@blogger.com2