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05 April 2009

Disconnected →[More:]I'm just realizing the level of my addction. On vacay, no wireless.have mom's iphone but don't understand it so well. Obvs can't type either.

post by: Stewriffic at: 15:14 | 18 comments

allo Stew!

posted by mlis 05 April | 15:45

I want to go to #bunnies but can't figure out how. Also I Romanticize nephews' cuteness. They're not v cute. Lots of screeching. May have to escape to free wifi somewhere.

posted by Stewriffic 05 April | 16:03

Internet is more important than water or electric light.

posted by Meatbomb 05 April | 16:14

Feels like it meatbomb

posted by Stewriffic 05 April | 16:33

Stew, there are plenty of iPhone apps out there that will let you connect to IRC. The best-in-class is Colloquy, but it'll cost you $1.99. The only free one is called IRChon, but it hasn't gotten very good reviews from users.

posted by Rhaomi 05 April | 16:47

Thx. I kind of hate the phone,I'm finding. I'll probably go find a place to takey laptop after dinner.

posted by Stewriffic 05 April | 16:56

Meatbomb, brother, that is no joke.

posted by mlis 05 April | 17:13

::::slowly stops shaking::::

I'm at Panera. Thank goodness for free wireless.

posted by Stewriffic 05 April | 18:46

It'll all be OK.

I was a horrible internet addict in college and I'd get the shakes when I went home for the holidays (no wireless laptop at that point). After graduation I went cold turkey for awhile, forcing myself to go to the library to check email. It was painful, but I can totally live without the Internet for days now and it doesn't bother me.

posted by desjardins 05 April | 19:12

:-) The shakes have gone. I think it's far more of a too-close-to-loud-family-no-escape situation than really caring too much about missing the intarwebs. And now I know where to go. WOO HOO!

posted by Stewriffic 05 April | 19:28

I know how you feel. My parents live in rural Northern California. No cell phone service, no high speed internet, not even cable tv. It's like another world! Sometimes I can't believe that I grew up there.

posted by charleena 05 April | 19:36

Hi Stew!!

posted by chewatadistance 05 April | 19:39

HI CHEWIE!!!!

I didn't bring any books. I've spent part of my internet hour downloading PDFs to read.

posted by Stewriffic 05 April | 19:43

Oh how shameful. I took the website and literature about this place at face value; in reality, I do have wireless. And I wasn't prompted to pay. I never even tried it.

posted by Stewriffic 05 April | 21:53

Depending on relatives' internet is such a nuisance. My Verizon Voyager is quite handy and liberating, and the cell modem on the laptop covers all my other needs. I would be sick if I had to go back to seeking out wifi freespots. The great thing is when I move to Boston in June, I won't have to do a thing about transferring internet service; what I have now is universal.

posted by Ardiril 05 April | 21:53

stew: you had it all along?! That's both sad and funny.

posted by Ardiril 05 April | 21:56

Yes, Ardiril. Both sad and funny. SIGH.

posted by Stewriffic 05 April | 22:07

I was without internet access this weekend from Saturday morning, due to British telecom inadvertently destroying a fibre optic cable that's used to provide service to various ISPs, mine included. I thought I'd miss it, but I didn't at all :-)

posted by essexjan 06 April | 12:03

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