The age of technical difficulties
November 7th 2007 04:37
Hello my darlings, remember me? Abandon you I did not, but rather I was fighting the wickedness of no internet connection in a land of 'sorry, we can't help you'. Bounced around from person to person, denied access due to the aquisition of the wrong version of a software bundle... but I triumphed. Up yours technology! I have subdued you and managed to harness your power to serve my own wishes once again. A pleasing outcome for me certainly, but what of those less fortunate that fell victim to the clutches of errors and disconnections along the way; were the resued by those brave knights we've come to know as Geeks, or did they perish into a digital wasteland with confusion the affliction?
Okay, if that last sentense didn't make sense, what I'm trying to say is I'lm going to blog about various problems Gen Y members have had with technology.
Hark back to the days of yore when you purchsed your first iPod (look, I don't care if you don't have one, just play along) what a joyous occasion 't was but alas, not all could make this moment last. Spare a thought for Mary-Anne, whose iPod did not perform and needed to be repatriated to its place of purchase. The storeclerks, once friendly and willing to help, now had no clue how to cure the harware's alement and indeed even needed Mary-Anne to assist them in turning the contratption on. They said it must be sent away- its creators must behold it. Mary-Anne renounced her new-found hardware but little did she know she would not see it again. It's condition could not be fixed, and after months (yes, months) money was bestowed upon the dear child so that she could buy a replacement for the now lost iPod. Well, she may hve been sold a lemon, but I guess all's well that ends well. pity about the waiting time, but hey- you win some you lose some.
Still carying the theme of handing back hardware, I bring yout the Tale of the Stuffed Up Camera.
Digital contraptions seems to be quite whimsical according to the Gen Y-ers that elected to speak to me. In the Tale of the Stuffed Up camera for instance, we have a functioning camera obsrura (this may or may not the the correct term) that works quite well to take a photo of myself holding a paining I created but a small while later it refuses to fucntion.
Now, it could be said that my apparaition is what destroyed the camera but dare you to make such a remark and I guarantee there will be trouble in your near future. And besides, it's a completely unfounded suggestion, so moving on.
This little device was also sent to meet its maker in the hope that it would return in perfect working order but if you think that's what happened you're living in a dream world. The owner has no clue what's going on with it and it's been over 3 weeks. I feel a complete cut of of communication coming on.
Okay, if that last sentense didn't make sense, what I'm trying to say is I'lm going to blog about various problems Gen Y members have had with technology.
Hark back to the days of yore when you purchsed your first iPod (look, I don't care if you don't have one, just play along) what a joyous occasion 't was but alas, not all could make this moment last. Spare a thought for Mary-Anne, whose iPod did not perform and needed to be repatriated to its place of purchase. The storeclerks, once friendly and willing to help, now had no clue how to cure the harware's alement and indeed even needed Mary-Anne to assist them in turning the contratption on. They said it must be sent away- its creators must behold it. Mary-Anne renounced her new-found hardware but little did she know she would not see it again. It's condition could not be fixed, and after months (yes, months) money was bestowed upon the dear child so that she could buy a replacement for the now lost iPod. Well, she may hve been sold a lemon, but I guess all's well that ends well. pity about the waiting time, but hey- you win some you lose some.
Still carying the theme of handing back hardware, I bring yout the Tale of the Stuffed Up Camera.
Digital contraptions seems to be quite whimsical according to the Gen Y-ers that elected to speak to me. In the Tale of the Stuffed Up camera for instance, we have a functioning camera obsrura (this may or may not the the correct term) that works quite well to take a photo of myself holding a paining I created but a small while later it refuses to fucntion.
Now, it could be said that my apparaition is what destroyed the camera but dare you to make such a remark and I guarantee there will be trouble in your near future. And besides, it's a completely unfounded suggestion, so moving on.
This little device was also sent to meet its maker in the hope that it would return in perfect working order but if you think that's what happened you're living in a dream world. The owner has no clue what's going on with it and it's been over 3 weeks. I feel a complete cut of of communication coming on.
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