(me with the downfall of society) I’ve always prided myself in being able to find really cool stuff for free. When I was home schooled we would go “junking” on our bikes during trash day to find treasures. My mom is constantly trying to trade for my desk that I got from a dumpster. A while ago I found an iPod in a snow bank. It looked like someone had dropped it in the parking lot and the plow had pushed it to the side. As the snow melted I spotted its emerging headphones. With a little time on the heater the fellow was up and singing. I posted signs around campus and no one came forward for it. Now I have an iPod.
I detest the iPod culture because it promotes a faster information rate and anti social behavior. People walk around with white wires sticking out of their ears. They ignore me when I talk to them or answer with WHAT DID YOU SAY!
The iPod is a response to society’s demands for a faster information rate. Watching the squirrels and talking to other students isn’t enough to keep people occupied in the two minuets (you can’t even listen to a song in that much time) it takes to walk from the dorm to class. We need music, video, and now internet streaming from our handheld devices. Society seems to have a never quenchable desire for more of everything faster. Ever watch an old movie? They have camera shots that last for a whole 60 seconds!
So I don’t know what I’ll do with my evil device. I would throw it out my 4th floor window (see last post) but the screen won’t allow me. Maybe I’ll give it away to some deserving person who promises not to ignore people and become addicted to high information rates.
6 comments:
You could give it to me...
you could install linux on it, or use it as a usb storage device, take it apart and make a case out of any random object. You could use it to record bird calls or any analog data with the right sensor interface: temperature readings, vibrations, vegetation levels experienced by your walking stick...
Interface it with your GPS and you have a powerful data gathering device. You can take the left over earphones, and pretend to be rockin' out to music as you eat lunch in the cafeteria.
I feel your pain. S-
oh yeah, and it doesn't become you!
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Give it to your poor sister in Africa. She doesn't even have a CD player, and no one else really likes her music, so you would actually be doing the whole team a favor. her Birthday is in June, but Clair is coming over soon. When is your sarah's birthday?
I don't know who mastermud is and Joella's so far away. Howsabout you give the IPOD to me? :)
will you and Sarah be around for Easter?
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