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Save the Internet

You may not like everything you find on the Internet. But ask yourself this: would you really want to lose it?

When we log onto the Internet, we take a lot for granted. We assume we’ll be able to access any Web site we want, whenever we want, at the fastest speed, whether it’s a corporate or mom-and-pop site. We assume that we can use any service we like–watching online video, listening to podcasts, sending instant messages–anytime we choose.                              Continue reading ‘You Don’t Know What You’ve Got ‘Til It’s Gone’

 My 17-year-old can text faster than I can type. She has more technology in her purse than I had in my whole house when I was her age. 

But even as a teen, I knew not to push a truck with a subcompact car, and could tell you whether it was better to buy a pint of something for $1 or a quart for $1.50.

Continue reading ‘Technology and the Lost Art of Thinking’

I didn’t sneeze much when I was a kid. Neither did many of my friends.

Presumably it’s because we didn’t have iPods.

New studies say technology causes allergies, just like pollen, mold and  dust.

“Technophiles should take caution that some of their favorite gadgets may be the culprit of certain allergy symptoms,” says Dr. Todd Rosengart, chief of cardiothoracic surgery at Stony Brook University Medical Hospital on Long Island, NY and chief medical advisor of MDX Medical, the company that created Vitals.com, a doctor evaluation site.

Continue reading ‘Allergic to Technology’

A decade ago, when I named my first wireless network Cry for Help, I was more intent on keeping technology at arm’s length than bonding with it. I didn’t understand even the basic equipment I owned and constantly worried that it would just stop working, for no apparent reason.

I thought computers devoured data for sport, to boost their AI quotient in preparation for some future robot uprising.

Continue reading ‘Tech Fears Revisited’