Comments on: Smash Your Cell Phone! http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/ public domain playground. friendly entities welcome. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:30:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Cell Phones Cause Brain Tumors In Kids - [tmbchr]â„¢ http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-112243 Cell Phones Cause Brain Tumors In Kids - [tmbchr]â„¢ Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:21:51 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/#comment-112243 [...] This is only one of several reasons why I smashed my cell phone. [...] [...] This is only one of several reasons why I smashed my cell phone. [...]

]]> By: Human Search Agents - To[p oBcultu]re http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-86553 Human Search Agents - To[p oBcultu]re Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:35:41 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/#comment-86553 [...] Have you ever been out with a group of friends discussing a particular subject matter and then called someone who was not present in order to retrieve some bit of trivia? I don’t have a cell phone anymore, but I see people do this all the time. [...] [...] Have you ever been out with a group of friends discussing a particular subject matter and then called someone who was not present in order to retrieve some bit of trivia? I don’t have a cell phone anymore, but I see people do this all the time. [...]

]]> By: Why Do We Need Time? - Pop Occulture http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-85372 Why Do We Need Time? - Pop Occulture Mon, 24 Sep 2007 16:20:22 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/#comment-85372 [...] Seriously? What’s the point? Who does it actually help? I got rid of watches and smashed cell phones and I’ve never been happier as a result. I don’t sit around needlessly checking the time when I’m nervous. [...] [...] Seriously? What’s the point? Who does it actually help? I got rid of watches and smashed cell phones and I’ve never been happier as a result. I don’t sit around needlessly checking the time when I’m nervous. [...]

]]> By: Perceptual Blip-Tracking & Social Pingback Management - Pop Occulture http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-84892 Perceptual Blip-Tracking & Social Pingback Management - Pop Occulture Thu, 13 Sep 2007 19:27:13 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/#comment-84892 [...] I mean, having to manage all that stuff as well as phone calls, voice mails, text messages (before I smashed my cell phone), etc - well it’s a full-time job. And seeing as I don’t have a regular full-time job, I can only imagine how much more difficult this stuff would be to manage for somebody who actually works in an office or something. That is: for people who have more sets of “perceptual/social identity centers” than I do. By that, I mean that each of us is made up of, effectively, sub-personalities which we only share or show under certain circumstances (I always liked the word “securacy” to talk about this). You don’t want all of your social contacts being able to read emails you send to one of them. And certain things in your browsing history perhaps you don’t want certain people to see. It may or may not be sneaky or underhanded, but whatever it is, there should be an easy-to-use system which manages all of these things. [...] [...] I mean, having to manage all that stuff as well as phone calls, voice mails, text messages (before I smashed my cell phone), etc - well it’s a full-time job. And seeing as I don’t have a regular full-time job, I can only imagine how much more difficult this stuff would be to manage for somebody who actually works in an office or something. That is: for people who have more sets of “perceptual/social identity centers” than I do. By that, I mean that each of us is made up of, effectively, sub-personalities which we only share or show under certain circumstances (I always liked the word “securacy” to talk about this). You don’t want all of your social contacts being able to read emails you send to one of them. And certain things in your browsing history perhaps you don’t want certain people to see. It may or may not be sneaky or underhanded, but whatever it is, there should be an easy-to-use system which manages all of these things. [...]

]]> By: Thieves In the (Heart) Temple Tonight - Pop Occulture http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-64834 Thieves In the (Heart) Temple Tonight - Pop Occulture Sun, 22 Apr 2007 05:00:44 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/#comment-64834 [...] Because the thing is about these emotional demons, these money changers, is that their whole purpose is to keep track of accounts. Profits and losses. The only way to topple their control is to deliberately scramble their ability to keep track of those accounts. Mess up their orderly piles of coins. Burn their accounting books. Smash their tables. (The astute long-term reader may also note a thematic/symbolic similarity between this story and my brutal smashing of my cell phone some months ago with a giant rock. The point was basically the same as this, whether or not I called it that at the time) [...] [...] Because the thing is about these emotional demons, these money changers, is that their whole purpose is to keep track of accounts. Profits and losses. The only way to topple their control is to deliberately scramble their ability to keep track of those accounts. Mess up their orderly piles of coins. Burn their accounting books. Smash their tables. (The astute long-term reader may also note a thematic/symbolic similarity between this story and my brutal smashing of my cell phone some months ago with a giant rock. The point was basically the same as this, whether or not I called it that at the time) [...]

]]> By: How You See You - Pop Occulture http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-28189 How You See You - Pop Occulture Sun, 17 Dec 2006 22:08:32 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/#comment-28189 [...] And this is where you can potentially enter into an incredibly slippery slope of thinking. Because you start seeing the possibility that the body and personality which you have always taken very literally (”This is me”) may actually be something different altogether. I don’t know what exactly. I can’t put it into words. But it was the brink of an understanding that part of me balked at and would go no further. Although it arose thoughts within my mind I would consider dangerous. Basically extrapolate outward from my recent magical experiment of smashing my cell phone, and apply that to my body and personality directly. I never took the thoughts seriously and recognized them for what they are: some kind of trap laid in my path, foreign to “me” altogether. But I let the thoughts unwind and watched them expend their energy. I could easily see how someone could reach this place and become utterly obsessed with them and how someone could come to believe that literal suicide would be the ultimate magick trick. [...] [...] And this is where you can potentially enter into an incredibly slippery slope of thinking. Because you start seeing the possibility that the body and personality which you have always taken very literally (”This is me”) may actually be something different altogether. I don’t know what exactly. I can’t put it into words. But it was the brink of an understanding that part of me balked at and would go no further. Although it arose thoughts within my mind I would consider dangerous. Basically extrapolate outward from my recent magical experiment of smashing my cell phone, and apply that to my body and personality directly. I never took the thoughts seriously and recognized them for what they are: some kind of trap laid in my path, foreign to “me” altogether. But I let the thoughts unwind and watched them expend their energy. I could easily see how someone could reach this place and become utterly obsessed with them and how someone could come to believe that literal suicide would be the ultimate magick trick. [...]

]]> By: katie boucher http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-27959 katie boucher Sat, 16 Dec 2006 18:22:39 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/#comment-27959 tim, you're a complete goof/genius. please come smash my phone next. tim, you’re a complete goof/genius. please come smash my phone next.

]]> By: Tim Boucher http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-27797 Tim Boucher Sat, 16 Dec 2006 02:04:12 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/#comment-27797 <blockquote>the assumption that anger is a negative force is erronious tim. your destructive act was absolutely angry.</blockquote> I seriously was not angry. <blockquote>your actions were more about your spiritual state that the issues of cellular communications.</blockquote> Well of course they were!

the assumption that anger is a negative force is erronious tim. your destructive act was absolutely angry.

I seriously was not angry.

your actions were more about your spiritual state that the issues of cellular communications.

Well of course they were!

]]> By: alistair http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-27624 alistair Fri, 15 Dec 2006 18:36:11 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/#comment-27624 the assumption that anger is a negative force is erronious tim. your destructive act was absolutely angry. i can imagine your face and heartrate, body motions and vocalisations while you were smashing the phone..............but here`s the thing. anger is a way for the spirit to wake up out of the dream of sadness and despair. anger is a ritual to effect brain states. people around will be terrorised and say things like "he became uncontrollable", and that`s a huge giveaway. those same people felt that you were controlled before. just like them. then you went and broke free and they cried foul. your actions were more about your spiritual state that the issues of cellular communications. so what`s next? the assumption that anger is a negative force is erronious tim. your destructive act was absolutely angry. i can imagine your face and heartrate, body motions and vocalisations while you were smashing the phone…………..but here`s the thing. anger is a way for the spirit to wake up out of the dream of sadness and despair. anger is a ritual to effect brain states. people around will be terrorised and say things like “he became uncontrollable”, and that`s a huge giveaway. those same people felt that you were controlled before. just like them.

then you went and broke free and they cried foul.

your actions were more about your spiritual state that the issues of cellular communications.

so what`s next?

]]> By: Tim Boucher http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-27307 Tim Boucher Thu, 14 Dec 2006 20:47:08 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/#comment-27307 <blockquote>tim, where is all the anger you feel toward the cell phone coming from?</blockquote> I'm not angry at all. I'm just taking my life back. It's simple.

tim, where is all the anger you feel toward the cell phone coming from?

I’m not angry at all. I’m just taking my life back. It’s simple.

]]> By: alistair http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-27288 alistair Thu, 14 Dec 2006 18:28:49 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/#comment-27288 cellphone...............genetic communication? i don`t know, i`m just surmising. certainly the communication time and space of cellphone use warps society. when was the last time you saw a driver making a left turn without a cellphoone call in progress? i`m a cyclist so i`m particularly sensitive to driver habits. tim, where is all the anger you feel toward the cell phone coming from? is it some left-over angst toward corporations? the cell phone is only an extension of the mouth/living room couch.............. cellphone……………genetic communication? i don`t know, i`m just surmising. certainly the communication time and space of cellphone use warps society.
when was the last time you saw a driver making a left turn without a cellphoone call in progress?
i`m a cyclist so i`m particularly sensitive to driver habits.
tim, where is all the anger you feel toward the cell phone coming from? is it some left-over angst toward corporations?
the cell phone is only an extension of the mouth/living room couch…………..

]]> By: Emerson http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-27086 Emerson Thu, 14 Dec 2006 12:08:46 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/#comment-27086 Have you ever read Stephen King's 'Cell'? It's like one giant love letter to all of us non-cellphone people. It's hard not to feel some sense of self-satisfaction as he continually congratulates everyone who doesn't own one. Have you ever read Stephen King’s ‘Cell’? It’s like one giant love letter to all of us non-cellphone people. It’s hard not to feel some sense of self-satisfaction as he continually congratulates everyone who doesn’t own one.

]]> By: Gary http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-27039 Gary Thu, 14 Dec 2006 09:59:47 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/#comment-27039 Next yours and my television. Both items are powerful totems and both have the soul of the rat. Indigo Indigoing Indigone Next yours and my television. Both items are powerful totems and both have the soul of the rat.

Indigo
Indigoing
Indigone

]]> By: unthinkable http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-27003 unthinkable Thu, 14 Dec 2006 07:14:37 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/#comment-27003 Nice work, Tim! Do you have an ipod? ;) Nice work, Tim!

Do you have an ipod? ;)

]]> By: p http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-26882 p Wed, 13 Dec 2006 20:11:33 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/#comment-26882 Have resisted credit cards and cell phones so far, but I am worried about what I will do when REAL ID comes. It will be required for health insurance, probably public transport at some point, vice purchases, etc. Have resisted credit cards and cell phones so far, but I am worried about what I will do when REAL ID comes. It will be required for health insurance, probably public transport at some point, vice purchases, etc.

]]> By: Whoa http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-26879 Whoa Wed, 13 Dec 2006 19:05:41 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/#comment-26879 Hmm... 53 seconds... 5-3=2 If you swap out the 5 for that 2, you get 23. <em>spooky</em> Hmm… 53 seconds…

5-3=2

If you swap out the 5 for that 2, you get 23.

spooky

]]> By: pmp http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-26878 pmp Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:48:01 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/#comment-26878 this is freakin awesome! i was starting to think i was the only person in the world to willingly forego ownership of a cell (as in prison) phone. this is freakin awesome! i was starting to think i was the only person in the world to willingly forego ownership of a cell (as in prison) phone.

]]> By: SubstanceM http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-26877 SubstanceM Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:44:38 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/#comment-26877 Tim - probably you smashed the mouthpiece microphone first, but the cel was still receiving a signal and kept the call alive. That would explain the 53 seconds of dead air recording on your voice mail. However, that little bit of your story was interesting because I was just re-reading Ubik last night. Joe Chip is picking up his phone and hearing Runciter speaking. Then the moratorium owner tries the phone and gets only dead air, but the dead air "seems like it is coming from thousands of miles away". It struck me as particularly eerie description of a phone call from the "other side :) " - your dead air recording reminded me of it this morning. Thanks? Last - thanks for letting me vicariously kill a cellphone. I've wanted to do it to my own on many occasions. However, I can't because it that particular chain around my neck helps pay the bills. Fight the power, Homer. Tim - probably you smashed the mouthpiece microphone first, but the cel was still receiving a signal and kept the call alive. That would explain the 53 seconds of dead air recording on your voice mail.
However, that little bit of your story was interesting because I was just re-reading Ubik last night. Joe Chip is picking up his phone and hearing Runciter speaking. Then the moratorium owner tries the phone and gets only dead air, but the dead air “seems like it is coming from thousands of miles away”. It struck me as particularly eerie description of a phone call from the “other side :) ” - your dead air recording reminded me of it this morning. Thanks?
Last - thanks for letting me vicariously kill a cellphone. I’ve wanted to do it to my own on many occasions. However, I can’t because it that particular chain around my neck helps pay the bills. Fight the power, Homer.

]]> By: jp http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-26876 jp Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:13:37 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/#comment-26876 btw, i should add that i love my cell phone. but then, i just quit smoking-- can't lose all of my vices at once. btw, i should add that i love my cell phone. but then, i just quit smoking– can’t lose all of my vices at once.

]]> By: jp http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-26875 jp Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:11:42 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/#comment-26875 the most interesting part of the story to me was your discussion with verizon's servitor. if you ever really want to confuse a corporation's servitor, the best way is to ask *why* something costs as much as it does, out of genuine curiosity. when i called to cancel my cable once, i asked why the plan cost so much. they explained that it was because i had chosen the grand supreme package, which included such-and-such channels, etc. etc., and i told them i knew that, but i just wanted to know *why* these features cost more than other features when all they really involved were a few switches being flipped. she stammered something about program quality, greater viewing options, etc. etc. so i told her again, yes, that's obvious, but why does comcast charge so much more money for this package? she asked if i wanted to speak to a supervisor to complain. i told her no, i just wanted to know, which confused her even further 'cause i wasn't upset. eventually i stopped torturing the poor girl and let her cancel my account. the most interesting part of the story to me was your discussion with verizon’s servitor. if you ever really want to confuse a corporation’s servitor, the best way is to ask *why* something costs as much as it does, out of genuine curiosity. when i called to cancel my cable once, i asked why the plan cost so much. they explained that it was because i had chosen the grand supreme package, which included such-and-such channels, etc. etc., and i told them i knew that, but i just wanted to know *why* these features cost more than other features when all they really involved were a few switches being flipped. she stammered something about program quality, greater viewing options, etc. etc. so i told her again, yes, that’s obvious, but why does comcast charge so much more money for this package? she asked if i wanted to speak to a supervisor to complain. i told her no, i just wanted to know, which confused her even further ’cause i wasn’t upset.

eventually i stopped torturing the poor girl and let her cancel my account.

]]> By: skip sievert http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-26776 skip sievert Wed, 13 Dec 2006 15:12:23 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/#comment-26776 I like Skype a lot. Comes in handy and their base service is free for now. Happy to say I have never owned a cell phone. I like Skype a lot. Comes in handy and their base service is free for now. Happy to say I have never owned a cell phone.

]]> By: Gina Bass http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-26775 Gina Bass Wed, 13 Dec 2006 12:31:03 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/#comment-26775 An extreme banishing ritual, but I have to ask, did you assign the cell phone more power than it actually deserved, and in destroying it you were finally free to see it for what it really was, a small pile of electronic parts,which really had no affect on your real life? An extreme banishing ritual, but I have to ask, did you assign the cell phone more power than it actually deserved, and in destroying it you were finally free to see it for what it really was, a small pile of electronic parts,which really had no affect on your real life?

]]> By: speedbird http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-26773 speedbird Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:32:25 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/#comment-26773 Nice! Sounds bloomin' scary, too... but can you say exactly what it was you were afraid of? * Did you ever get the feeling that, far from being a 'communication' device, the phone was actually serving to hide something from you? Nice!

Sounds bloomin’ scary, too… but can you say exactly what it was you were afraid of?

*

Did you ever get the feeling that, far from being a ‘communication’ device, the phone was actually serving to hide something from you?

]]> By: fuj http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-26772 fuj Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:59:08 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/#comment-26772 I'd say congratulations on manifesting your will like that! And thanks for a hilarious post to start my day off with ( I’d say congratulations on manifesting your will like that! And thanks for a hilarious post to start my day off with (

]]> By: brad http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-26659 brad Wed, 13 Dec 2006 09:04:23 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/#comment-26659 Can't... let... go... ... ... the red pill will wait. Can’t… let… go…
…
…
the red pill will wait.

]]> By: baumer http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-26658 baumer Wed, 13 Dec 2006 06:59:44 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/#comment-26658 My friends always call me a "hippy" when I say things like this.. but you should really recycle electronic devices.. cause uhh the mercury and other chemicals can leak out into ground water ... ehh, nevermind. Congrats on liberating yourself from the cell phone My friends always call me a “hippy” when I say things like this.. but you should really recycle electronic devices.. cause uhh the mercury and other chemicals can leak out into ground water … ehh, nevermind.

Congrats on liberating yourself from the cell phone

]]> By: Aquila ka Hecate http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-26657 Aquila ka Hecate Wed, 13 Dec 2006 06:40:04 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/#comment-26657 Well done. I'm proud of you. Love, Terri in Joburg Well done.

I’m proud of you.

Love,

Terri in Joburg

]]> By: Francis Scully http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-26656 Francis Scully Wed, 13 Dec 2006 05:13:26 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/#comment-26656 Cell phone companies make you pay in order to cancel your service, or did I misread that? Cell phone companies make you pay in order to cancel your service, or did I misread that?

]]> By: Gary http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-26655 Gary Wed, 13 Dec 2006 04:25:06 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/#comment-26655 Tim, Call me, I want to talk with you abou this. But don't use your land line, it might be monitored. Tim,

Call me, I want to talk with you abou this. But don’t use your land line, it might be monitored.

]]> By: Mort http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-26654 Mort Wed, 13 Dec 2006 04:20:53 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/#comment-26654 <blockquote>I examined the culturally-instilled and corporate-inspired fears I held over the possible loss of my cell phone, with regards to personal security and social isolation. I broke down the word “alienation” into the words “alien nation” and reflected to what extent that this represents what we’ve really become, and how we are addictively using technology to patch together a leaking hole in the ark we’re all riding on</blockquote> I've recently been thinking a lot about our modern way of life and how we are tied to these electronic must-haves and what kind of detremental effects these have on our mindsets. I'll try and explain a little better.. Couple of months ago I stopped dead a little addiction I had to a online game (Worldofwarcraft-only 40 hrs a week mind you) and have been hitting the books again . Got right into pinchbecks - breaking open the head and a stack of Jack keroauc books which led to some buddism and meditation stuff. Zac's blog has also steered me in this direction as well. Some of the influence of what I've been reading is to really cut out what I see as the electronic crutches we " must " have in modern life. Just yesterday I decided to turn off my mobile and i've been thinking of how to balance the over dependance of it and what the "need" is to keep it. I'm on contract for another year so I dont get no low cost getout fee. For me I think its going to turn into the car phone instead of my phone. I dont need it but its handy when I'm hauling kids around.

I examined the culturally-instilled and corporate-inspired fears I held over the possible loss of my cell phone, with regards to personal security and social isolation. I broke down the word “alienation” into the words “alien nation” and reflected to what extent that this represents what we’ve really become, and how we are addictively using technology to patch together a leaking hole in the ark we’re all riding on

I’ve recently been thinking a lot about our modern way of life and how we are tied to these electronic must-haves and what kind of detremental effects these have on our mindsets.

I’ll try and explain a little better.. Couple of months ago I stopped dead a little addiction I had to a online game (Worldofwarcraft-only 40 hrs a week mind you) and have been hitting the books again . Got right into pinchbecks - breaking open the head and a stack of Jack keroauc books which led to some buddism and meditation stuff. Zac’s blog has also steered me in this direction as well.

Some of the influence of what I’ve been reading is to really cut out what I see as the electronic crutches we ” must ” have in modern life. Just yesterday I decided to turn off my mobile and i’ve been thinking of how to balance the over dependance of it and what the “need” is to keep it. I’m on contract for another year so I dont get no low cost getout fee. For me I think its going to turn into the car phone instead of my phone. I dont need it but its handy when I’m hauling kids around.

]]> By: zacharius http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-26651 zacharius Wed, 13 Dec 2006 03:15:58 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/#comment-26651 yeah, the nakedness could've gotten a bit problematic... yeah, the nakedness could’ve gotten a bit problematic…

]]> By: Tim Boucher http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-26650 Tim Boucher Wed, 13 Dec 2006 03:14:36 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/#comment-26650 Seemed best done as a solitary thing! Seemed best done as a solitary thing!

]]> By: zacharius http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-26649 zacharius Wed, 13 Dec 2006 02:58:18 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/#comment-26649 gosh, and i was hoping you'd do it while i was there... gosh, and i was hoping you’d do it while i was there…

]]> By: Tim Boucher http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-26648 Tim Boucher Wed, 13 Dec 2006 02:39:06 +0000 http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/12/12/smash-your-cell-phone/#comment-26648 I like how these look like crime scene photos. Speaking of crime scenes, don't forget to take a look at this: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=2125709 <blockquote><strong>New Cell Can Tell If You're Drunk!</strong> They were originally designed to simply make phone calls without tying callers to one location. But today's cell phones can do so much more, from snapping digital photos to sending text messages to playing video. You can add one more feature to the list: a sobriety test. That's right, cell phones with built-in Breathalyzers are set to hit the U.S. market. So after a night of too much to drink, you can pull out the device to see if you're fit to get behind the wheel. [...]</blockquote> I like how these look like crime scene photos.

Speaking of crime scenes, don’t forget to take a look at this:

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=2125709

New Cell Can Tell If You’re Drunk!

They were originally designed to simply make phone calls without tying callers to one location. But today’s cell phones can do so much more, from snapping digital photos to sending text messages to playing video.

You can add one more feature to the list: a sobriety test.

That’s right, cell phones with built-in Breathalyzers are set to hit the U.S. market. So after a night of too much to drink, you can pull out the device to see if you’re fit to get behind the wheel. [...]

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