Feel the Pain
Age.
I’ve been trying to fight it. I make a half assed effort to watch the MTV and see what the kids are listening to. I swing on over to webvomit to see what Jasper has the indie kids hooked on now. Sometimes I wander over to Pitchfork to see what the elitist self-centered snobs think is popular.
Technology. I try to keep up. Cable modem. Desktop and laptop. Wi-fi. Don’t have an MP3 player yet, but that’s because I’m too damn cheap and I’m waiting for prices to fall just a little bit more.
But I think I officially have to give up. I don’t know where I went wrong. I’m amazed by Knows Your Name Elmo, 1GB mp3 players less than an inch square, and now this.
I’m aware that it’s possible to remotely access information, heck the whole web is based on the concept. I know it’s possible to get files off of your home computer remotely, Apple has a whole program for that. But this?
Let me explain the link that I’ve posted twice. Anywhere you have internet access (and I mean anywhere, Japan for instance) it is now possible to, on any web capable device, to view your own cable television shows. You can visit a friend in Germany, hop on their computer, log in and watch “Meet the Fockers” on HBO. If you have a TIVO hooked up, even better, you can access that as well.
You can be in computer lab in your high school, and when the teacher isn’t looking you can watch “Kicking and Screaming” or “The Perversions of Hitler” on The History Channel. Or you can access those less than legally downloaded songs you have on your home desktop or laptop and listen to it.
I shouldn’t be flabbergasted. This shouldn’t surprise me. This is where technology has been heading since 1993 and the old BBS’s. But it’s here.
The future is here and I think it’s passing me by. I’m approaching 30 and feeling useless.
Anyhow, the service is free. I haven’t signed up for it. I expect you guys to and report back to me.
Good night, and good luck.
I’ve been trying to fight it. I make a half assed effort to watch the MTV and see what the kids are listening to. I swing on over to webvomit to see what Jasper has the indie kids hooked on now. Sometimes I wander over to Pitchfork to see what the elitist self-centered snobs think is popular.
Technology. I try to keep up. Cable modem. Desktop and laptop. Wi-fi. Don’t have an MP3 player yet, but that’s because I’m too damn cheap and I’m waiting for prices to fall just a little bit more.
But I think I officially have to give up. I don’t know where I went wrong. I’m amazed by Knows Your Name Elmo, 1GB mp3 players less than an inch square, and now this.
I’m aware that it’s possible to remotely access information, heck the whole web is based on the concept. I know it’s possible to get files off of your home computer remotely, Apple has a whole program for that. But this?
Let me explain the link that I’ve posted twice. Anywhere you have internet access (and I mean anywhere, Japan for instance) it is now possible to, on any web capable device, to view your own cable television shows. You can visit a friend in Germany, hop on their computer, log in and watch “Meet the Fockers” on HBO. If you have a TIVO hooked up, even better, you can access that as well.
You can be in computer lab in your high school, and when the teacher isn’t looking you can watch “Kicking and Screaming” or “The Perversions of Hitler” on The History Channel. Or you can access those less than legally downloaded songs you have on your home desktop or laptop and listen to it.
I shouldn’t be flabbergasted. This shouldn’t surprise me. This is where technology has been heading since 1993 and the old BBS’s. But it’s here.
The future is here and I think it’s passing me by. I’m approaching 30 and feeling useless.
Anyhow, the service is free. I haven’t signed up for it. I expect you guys to and report back to me.
Good night, and good luck.
posted by I Am Kung-Fu @ 5:14 PM
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