There are things I love about technology and there are things I don't love about technology.
I love the Internet! You can do anything, banking, bill paying, shopping, chatting, dating if you're into that, book holidays, concert tickets, read books, download/ watch movies/TV/music, study a university degree and the list goes on.
Yesterday, after hearing another person rave about how good the Hunger Games movie was, I decided I needed to read the book to see that the fuss is about. So, without getting off my arse, I logged on to Amazon, bought the book, turned on my Kindle and there it was. Amazing. No hour-long drives into town over pot-holed roads to the only remaining bookshop in the HOPE they would have the book, no parking, no paying inflated bookshop prices for something I may or may not enjoy. I love I can do this with technology.
What I don't really like about technology is the fact I am becoming so reliant on it. If my computer died or or computer systems all over the planet suddenly crashed, I'd be fucked and isolated.
I also am still having problems with the mobile phone craze. Everyone is so connected all the time and they expect immediate responses and get narky if you are not there. I get that they are so handy and convenient but I don't like being constantly contactable or connected to the world. Sometimes one just needs to disconnect.
So anyway, back to the Hunger Games book, I get what people mean when they say it's a decent story if you can get past the bad writing. A good book should transport you into its world and make you forget you're evening reading a book. This book has me re-reading sentences, wanting to ask for more detail and cringing at some of the dialogue - and I'm only a quarter of the way through it. Oh well, can't win them all.
I did recently read a book called The Eternal Dawn by Christopher Pike. It is the latest in the Last Vampire book series, a series I got into in high school before vampires were all the rage. I love his books, I just wish he'd make some Kindle versions so I could download them all rather than pay $12 for shipping of a $0.99 book. heh
I love the Internet! You can do anything, banking, bill paying, shopping, chatting, dating if you're into that, book holidays, concert tickets, read books, download/ watch movies/TV/music, study a university degree and the list goes on.
Yesterday, after hearing another person rave about how good the Hunger Games movie was, I decided I needed to read the book to see that the fuss is about. So, without getting off my arse, I logged on to Amazon, bought the book, turned on my Kindle and there it was. Amazing. No hour-long drives into town over pot-holed roads to the only remaining bookshop in the HOPE they would have the book, no parking, no paying inflated bookshop prices for something I may or may not enjoy. I love I can do this with technology.
What I don't really like about technology is the fact I am becoming so reliant on it. If my computer died or or computer systems all over the planet suddenly crashed, I'd be fucked and isolated.
I also am still having problems with the mobile phone craze. Everyone is so connected all the time and they expect immediate responses and get narky if you are not there. I get that they are so handy and convenient but I don't like being constantly contactable or connected to the world. Sometimes one just needs to disconnect.
So anyway, back to the Hunger Games book, I get what people mean when they say it's a decent story if you can get past the bad writing. A good book should transport you into its world and make you forget you're evening reading a book. This book has me re-reading sentences, wanting to ask for more detail and cringing at some of the dialogue - and I'm only a quarter of the way through it. Oh well, can't win them all.
I did recently read a book called The Eternal Dawn by Christopher Pike. It is the latest in the Last Vampire book series, a series I got into in high school before vampires were all the rage. I love his books, I just wish he'd make some Kindle versions so I could download them all rather than pay $12 for shipping of a $0.99 book. heh
