On Aug 8, 2009, at 8:07 AM, [email protected] wrote:
I just cannot get to the point of excessively using the L word,
labially
caressing each letter as they pass through my lips. I am just saying
that I cringe a bit when I hear things like, "Oh God, I LOOOVE my new
phone SOOOO much." Chances are that in about 6 months that person is
either gonna be dumping that phone for a new one or will have lost it.
So much for the power of love.
Serial monogamy? At least the spurned technology will not have a
broken heart.
I did have that kind of strong emotional reaction when I saw my first
Mac. Up to then I had been using mainframes. I had already graduated
from punch cards to time sharing. I had tried CPM and DOS and was
singularly unimpressed. Before I switched to a Mac I had a personal
account at the Brookings computer center and had a computer terminal
in my apartment. I had that same emotional reaction with the first
iPod and I held on to the monster all to long. This year I finally
replaced it with a Nano. I'm impressed with its small size, but I
take it for granted -- no emotional connection. At some point I will
find a way to justify having an iPhone fling and I expect there will
be an emotional reaction. That will probably not happen until Apple
breaks up with AT&T, a company that gives me a different emotional
reaction.
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