WARNING: ELECTRICAL OBJECTS ARE INCOMPATIBLE WITH ANY LIQUID

Over the weekend, I had a little technology crisis.  I spilled liquid all over the keyboard and in the ports of my 2 and a half-year-old macbook pro :(.  The day after the incident, I took it to the apple store, where it was pronounced dead.  I bought a new macbook pro, took my new computer baby home, but failed at connecting it to my home internet.  I do not wish to take the laptop out of my house yet because it is still very precious to me, so this meant that I had to live without my laptop.  This is harder than it sounds, I could only use computers that weren't mine AND did not have all my passwords and personal settings saved :/.  It was a tough three days that I spent as a technology cast away (but not really, I'm just being a brat about this).  I'm back now :) all is well in my little online world on my own computer.

I'm not alone, I have a cell phone

Wow! Has anyone ever lost or left their phone somewhere and been out of touch with the people they normally keep in touch with while using their phone or other device? I experience this feeling every time I miss place my phone or it loses battery power and I have no way of charging it. When this happens, I have the eerie feeling that I do not exist.  I am lost and no one can find me.  It's scary...and strange to think that at one time we survived without cell phones. At one time, a world existed where you couldn't just casually text words to other people to let them know that you were good...that you were cool, chillin, and LOL-ing. SOOOO weird.

Response to Prompt 2

Google has take over my experience of the internet.  I don't have google chrome on any of the computers that I use at my home, however, many other places I go to use computers have google chrome.  Even before the browser was available for use, I used google to search for everything.  I used google maps to find addresses  before I had a GPS.  Google is what I use when I need to learn how to spell things.  I have a special bar next to the browser on my mac that is specifically a google search bar.  I use it all the time to find anything from random answers I need for homework to vocabulary to how to treat a common cold.  You name it, if I have had an issue with it, I have searched for it in google.  Also, since a lot of my time, especially during school terms, is spent on a computer, it makes sense that I would use google more often to find random things that I need or that I want have information about.  I watch youtube a lot, but not as much as I use netflix on my computer.  I only really use youtube when I am recommended videos to watch....or I want to watch Jenna Marbles, but I also use youtube to listen to music that I do not have in my itunes library because I don't want to buy it and I am afraid of getting caught stealing music from sites that help you steal music.  Since I have been in Steve Macek's New Media class :) I have been using blogger, but I have not used this feature online before the class.  I am quite enjoying blogging, though.  I probably will keep it up after the class is over.

I think I am addicted to google. I, honestly, do not know what I would do without it.  I do think it is becoming too powerful.  SOOOO many people use google.  And, I think, those people would be lost without google.  This would mean that google has the power...to show the people the way...to live and make everybody technology zombies!!!!!  But seriously, something like that could happen, damnit, google!!!!

I also share Vaidhyanathan's concerns about sharing personal data online.  We put so many personal things on the internet.  We are too trusting of the technology that we use.  We put our thoughts, our pictures, our videos, our credit card numbers, our problems, our interests, and our general everyday lives in the hands of google.  They totally have the power :/

Response to prompt 1

I read Rebecca's interview with Fred from Fred First.  I found the interview interesting because of how Fred became interested in blogging.  The way he is inspired to blog because he feels like he should communicate with the world is inspiring to others.  His blog is proof that if you have voice and have the desire to be heard that it is possible.  The validation that Fred got from other people in his blog urged him to continue to speak his mind.  I think that Fred's success in blogging is an example of how democratic the internet can be.  Fred uses his blog to share his ideas and give them life.  Blogging has become a habitual part of his life.  I think blogging can be very cathartic and beneficial, because, even if you don't have as many people reading your blog as Fred does, if you blog, you have voiced your thoughts and they are available for other people to interpret and take into account. :)

Coffee Addicts Not-Really Anonymous

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ssxF8EaMO0
So I know a lot of people have seen Jenna Marbles Videos...because there are commercials preceding them now! (Also, there are large numbers beneath then indicating how many people have chosen to view each individual video :) )  This one is called "What caffeine does" and it's my favorite.  It compliments the theme of coffee-addiction that I have started on this particular blog.  Like Jenna Marbles, I have experienced the consequences that accompany consuming large amounts of caffeine from a variety of different sources during a short period of time.  If you haven't tried it, you should, it's actually quite exhilarating.  But maybe you really shouldn't try this, it's not good for you in any capacity...you can't even really count the vitamins in energy drinks as real vitamins (which is sad, cuz I know you want to).  Watch the video!  And drink responsibly :)

How big do you love coffee?

From college students to business people to just plain caffeine addicts, coffee seems to be the beverage of choice for fast, tasty energy.   Coffee is the pick-me-up that gets you going...sometimes in more ways than one.  I am a college student, a business person... and, unfortunately, a self-proclaimed coffee addict.  For those who are less well-versed in the lingo that comes with struttin into Starbucks and ordering a beverage, starting any kind of coffee-habit could pose a challenge.  The foreign words "tall," "grande," and "venti" are enough to intimidate any patron to run for fear of being judged by everyone else who is in the loop when it comes to claiming a cup-size for their coffee.  To be totally honest, I had to guess what size I wanted before I figured out that I an addict and, therefore, should always order the largest size.  At Starbucks, it's called a venti.  That's twenty ounces of any delicious coffee-filled and/or sugar-saturated beverage :).........OR you can hit up Dunkin Dohnuts because their largest size (which is an extra-large) is twenty-four ounces! You look sleepy, drink up!

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Hello, internet people!