Comments on: Trying to Go Without the Computer http://www.ensight.org/2005/01/trying-to-go-without-the-computer/ A Personal Blog Mon, 07 May 2012 18:40:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michele http://www.ensight.org/2005/01/trying-to-go-without-the-computer/#comment-4966 Michele Tue, 11 Jan 2005 00:00:24 +0000 /?p=1688#comment-4966 Nice lil laptop there! I'd offer to race you with mine, but I haven't done the RAM upgrade yet. I believe I have the only Fujitsu Siemens laptop in Canada, lovingly hand-made just for me by a master European craftsman geek. Seriously though... even the best things in life become sweeter with a bit of a break from consumption. Absence, heart fonder etc you know. Nice lil laptop there! I’d offer to race you with mine, but I haven’t done the RAM upgrade yet. I believe I have the only Fujitsu Siemens laptop in Canada, lovingly hand-made just for me by a master European craftsman geek. Seriously though… even the best things in life become sweeter with a bit of a break from consumption. Absence, heart fonder etc you know.

]]> By: monogodo http://www.ensight.org/2005/01/trying-to-go-without-the-computer/#comment-4965 monogodo Mon, 10 Jan 2005 23:34:16 +0000 /?p=1688#comment-4965 Burnout 3 rocks! My wife got it for me for Christmas, and it has become my new favorite xBox game, replacing Burnout 2. Burnout 3 rocks! My wife got it for me for Christmas, and it has become my new favorite xBox game, replacing Burnout 2.

]]> By: Penmachine words music comment http://www.ensight.org/2005/01/trying-to-go-without-the-computer/#comment-4964 Penmachine words music comment Mon, 10 Jan 2005 20:02:45 +0000 /?p=1688#comment-4964 <strong>Addiction</strong> Jeremy Wright was unable to go a single weekend without using his computer, despite a public declaration on his website. [...] My advice: Try actually turning off the computer for a weekend. Really. Unplug it. [...] Put the keyboard and mouse and pow... Addiction
Jeremy Wright was unable to go a single weekend without using his computer, despite a public declaration on his website. [...] My advice: Try actually turning off the computer for a weekend. Really. Unplug it. [...] Put the keyboard and mouse and pow…

]]> By: Derek http://www.ensight.org/2005/01/trying-to-go-without-the-computer/#comment-4963 Derek Mon, 10 Jan 2005 19:50:29 +0000 /?p=1688#comment-4963 Try really turning off the computer for a weekend. Really. Unplug it (or them, if you have several). Put the keyboard and mouse on a high shelf in your closet. Resist the temptation to reconnect everything "just for a minute." Really. The world doesn't come crashing down. You get out more. Your e-mail piles up, but so what? I do it from time to time, sometimes (when going on vacation) for a week or more: <a href="http://www.penmachine.com/journal/2004_09_01_news_archive.html#109466877118738293" rel="nofollow">http://www.penmachine.com/journal/2004_09_01_news_archive.html#109466877118738293</a> <a href="http://www.penmachine.com/journal/2004_07_01_news_archive.html#108993091412597067" rel="nofollow">http://www.penmachine.com/journal/2004_07_01_news_archive.html#108993091412597067</a> If you find you simply _can't_ do it, take some more drastic measures. Ship your computer to a friend or relative for a week, and tell them not to let you have it back. It's worth taking a break now and then. Try really turning off the computer for a weekend. Really. Unplug it (or them, if you have several). Put the keyboard and mouse on a high shelf in your closet. Resist the temptation to reconnect everything “just for a minute.”

Really. The world doesn’t come crashing down. You get out more. Your e-mail piles up, but so what? I do it from time to time, sometimes (when going on vacation) for a week or more:

http://www.penmachine.com/journal/2004_09_01_news_archive.html#109466877118738293

http://www.penmachine.com/journal/2004_07_01_news_archive.html#108993091412597067

If you find you simply _can’t_ do it, take some more drastic measures. Ship your computer to a friend or relative for a week, and tell them not to let you have it back. It’s worth taking a break now and then.

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