It had been quite awhile since I’d last been on vacation, and after returning from one last evening, I realized that being away from my computer for a mere four days had a far larger impact than I’d ever imagined.
When I came back home, it wasn’t even the 30 emails (only 5 of which weren’t spam) waiting for me in my inbox, or the 200 odd-some unread articles in my RSS reader. No. You see, when I first booted up my computer, it even felt strange to use a mouse, or drag a window about. It was as if I’d never used a computer before.
Now, this didn’t last too long, but what did was all the catching up I had to do — the missed messages from my friends on AIM, trying to find out the happenings in #randomshapes on IRC, making a feeble attempt to read 20 pages worth of Digg content. Believe me, the list goes on.
When I think about it, the fact that, if I had been home, I would have consumed all of this content is honestly a bit sad. It made me realize that I spend a truly huge chunk of my time basking in the glow of my monitor.
Maybe I should go on vacation more often!
The monitor is damn addictive. I hate coming back from holiday. All I get when I go back on my PC is a million normal emails, another billion spam mails and loads of content to catch up on…
Comment by Nick — March 2, 2007 @ 6:15 pm
I can’t waite until this computer craze is over and you kids get out there and get some fresh air. When I was a kid…
Comment by doodwar — March 9, 2007 @ 2:46 pm
Then again, perhaps I would have learned how to spell.
Comment by doodwar — March 9, 2007 @ 2:53 pm