Comments on: A little piece of communications history http://ruthward.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/a-little-piece-of-communications-history/ Sat, 03 May 2008 12:39:26 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: gary http://ruthward.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/a-little-piece-of-communications-history/#comment-26 gary Fri, 11 Apr 2008 06:00:18 +0000 http://ruthward.wordpress.com/?p=40#comment-26 Just had to let you know I laughed about 'Crackberry'... fantastic term :) Be shady dealers on every corner with them soon :) Just had to let you know I laughed about ‘Crackberry’… fantastic term :) Be shady dealers on every corner with them soon :)

]]> By: Nick Lockey http://ruthward.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/a-little-piece-of-communications-history/#comment-25 Nick Lockey Sun, 06 Apr 2008 18:00:28 +0000 http://ruthward.wordpress.com/?p=40#comment-25 Really interesting post Ruth. I'm writing this on a laptop I've had for 5 years which I love to bits and still works perfectly but unfortunately technology is passing it by. Suddenly the new printer I bought won't work properly on the outdated USB1 port. similarly the photos I want to upload to the net take forever to copy across from my (external) hard drive since I upgraded to a 10 megapixel digital SLR. I can't even take it out and about to do work on it because I need to bolt so many bits and pieces to it to get everything to work. I'm currently using it to browse the net looking for a new laptop. I feel like I'm betraying an old friend. Even my phone, which is less than a year old, is on the way out. Man, I hate this disposable technology culture. Really interesting post Ruth.

I’m writing this on a laptop I’ve had for 5 years which I love to bits and still works perfectly but unfortunately technology is passing it by.

Suddenly the new printer I bought won’t work properly on the outdated USB1 port. similarly the photos I want to upload to the net take forever to copy across from my (external) hard drive since I upgraded to a 10 megapixel digital SLR. I can’t even take it out and about to do work on it because I need to bolt so many bits and pieces to it to get everything to work.

I’m currently using it to browse the net looking for a new laptop. I feel like I’m betraying an old friend. Even my phone, which is less than a year old, is on the way out.

Man, I hate this disposable technology culture.

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