Technology: Threat or Menace?

[rolanni]

So, who wants to explain to me what, exactly, an IPod is and why “it’s essential” that I have one?

In other news, the deck is roofed; the crew boss is due back on Monday (or Tuesday, or “early in the week”) to measure for the back-splash and install the pesky mini-blinds that refuse to acknowledge my dominion over themselves.  I think we’ll hold off on the ceiling fan; the installation sounds like too much wear-and-tear on everyone at this point.

The house is very slowly coming back into something resembling coherence.  I’m trying to sort out books, music, and knick-knacks that no longer give pleasure rather than mindlessly tossing things back where they were.  This?  Is harder than you might think.

And, yes — we are still working on Dragon Tide, which as some astute readers have noticed, is late.  Our fault entirely, for not completely grokking how much the new order of bidness would affect the old order of bidness.  We have kindly received an extension from Madame the Editor.  And I’m busy cutting-and-pasting, foreshadowing, and laying in the subplot(s).  This?  Is also harder than you might think.

So, in a few minutes, I’m off to the Word Mines.

What’re you doing today that’s fun?

Originally published at Sharon Lee, Writer. You can comment here or there.

Comments

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[mbarker.livejournal.com]

Clearly, none of these people are Saturday Midnight Thriller addicts, or they would know that the IPod is actually the first step in the invasion of the Earth by the vile aliens from Planet Apple. First, you get one of their tiny front-line spies, and you insert the aural probes into your ears yourself, and even begin to practice the desired hand-motions that will make you a willing and useful serf in the coming age. Flick, squeeze, tap... it's all good practice for taking care of the masters. Yes, of course they provide audio-visual rewards to keep you coming back for more, but stop and think! Where will it end? Pretty soon you want an IPad to go with your IPod, for those times when a little larger visual stimulus is needed. And then you need an ITV to synch with your IPod and IPad and ICloud for even more stimulus.

Yes, the IPod is the very first step on the slippery slope that leads directly to pod people waking up in your garage and replacing you. Only little Timmy notices that the garage is full of pods, and no one will listen to those wild fantasies of his anymore...

Beware! The pods are coming, out of the sky, out of the cloud... and no one even notices!