As we near the end of April I also find myself reaching the
end of my patience with technology.
Yet again my teeth are being ground down to the nerve by the
never ending gnashing and grinding of my jaw.
I have very little faith that I would be of any use
whatsoever in the event of some kind of global catastrophe.
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| WHY MEEEEEEEE!!!! |
Never before in the history of the human race have we become
so utterly dependant so very quickly upon little tiny machines made of cheap
plastic and wires.
In the week that celebrates the 30th anniversary
of the Spectrum ZX I find myself cursing the invention of electricity.
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| 30 Years old and as useless today as I am! |
From the buzzing noise of the fan from my laptop to the
failure of Sky Go to... well- GO! To the resounding sulkiness of my mobile
phone refusing to accept an update.
The other night I wanted to watch the football. However MRs
H had taken control of the remote control and was in charge so it was zombies
all the way (until it got dark anyway – she won’t watch horror after dark – the
wimp!)
But not being able to watch a game of kicking ball on the
big screen is not the end of the world anymore. We now have the ability to view
live action from across the world on the little boxes on our laps. And so that
is what I set out to do.
Clicking on the link I eagerly awaited the screen to launch
into the Chelsea v Barcelona game.
But alas this is what popped up in front of my eyes instead.
Bastards!
After many attempts and a little swearing I gave up and
decided to speak to somebody at sky TV direct to resolve this issue of mine.
Here is an extract from my conversion...
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| Click to Englarge - as the acress said to the bishop... |
Alas I missed what I am led to believe was a very
entertaining example of Millionaires’ running about for a bit.
It seems apparent that with all this doodads and gadgets we
now have in our lives to make things easier all we have is done is make things
even more complicated and when something that we take for granted suddenly
stops working... the whole world might as well take a tea break.
That’s how it seems to me anyway.
Oh yea – and Blogger doesn’t help itself either.
Rant over.
Carry on.