Yesterday I became A victim of the technical revolution, with no Internet access all day. What to do with my time, while eagerly awaiting re-connection with the rest of the world. Obviously the world still revolves, and chores still need to be done, but what this extra time did bring me was the time to contemplate and think about how we have become addicted to technical advancements. How we have almost become slaves to the revolution....

For those of you that can remember that far back, think about 35 years ago, when the keyboard and the computer took over from the pen and paper. About 20 years ago we all became slaves to the mobile phone. And then about 15 years the Internet took over from pretty much everything else left out there.

Now don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining, and I'm definitely not a "Techno-phobe". I've got a laptop, I've got a mobile, and I've got Internet access (some of the time), and to be honest, sometimes I would be lost without them. But, It wasn't always like this. I wasn't always so reliable on technology, I wasn't always so keen to know what was happening at the other side of the world, before it had even happened.

So what happened, what made me want to join in, what made anyone want to join in. Let's take my mobile for example. I love my mobile, and I would be lost without it, but that wasn't always the case. Before I had a mobile, I just couldn't see what all the fuss was about. A couple of friends of mine had just got Mobile's and where well and truly singing it's praises, and tried to convince me to get one also. I was having none of it. My rational was that if my mates wanted to get hold of me, they could call me at home, and if I wasn't home the likely hood would be that I was either with them anyway, or in a position where I didn't want to be contacted anyway (some of my mates will argue that I'm still like that now....) My old man is definitely still like that now..

So again what changed. I really don't know. Was it peer pressure from my mates, or was it the pure curiosity of being part of something new and exciting. This new Technical age. I would like to think that it is the latter. Making a decision to be part of something new, something untried and untested, something exciting. Isn't that a feeling that all of us want to feel every now and again. Sounds a bit like my recent predicament of quitting my job......