?Chains off the back of a John Deere tractor. The photo was taken in December of 2009.

It’s just like crack, I tell you

16:52 on Friday, July 25, 2003 • 3 responses

In 1995 I moved from a dialup connection to ISDN in Chicago. Two years later, in Portland, Maine, I had Road Runner cable modem service. When I moved to California, the first thing I did was sign up for DSL (really—I arranged this before I even had electric and gas turned on).

Broadband made the internet convenient enough to use. For the first week during this stay in Chicago, I’ve been operating off a dialup connection, and quite frankly, the internet has proven inconvenient enough to shy away from it. While I’m glad that this experience has re-introduced me to corporeal reality, it’s difficult for me to say which is harder: climbing a set of stairs after back surgery or using a modem after having broadband.

Well, today my new dealer came by and hooked me up with the good stuff. I’m cable-modemed, wired-less, ready to try out my new iSight, and ready to start uploading pictures.

A few people have suggested that I get all Kronenberg next time I need surgery and just have them wire a 1000BT ethernet jack into my back. That’s not an upgrade I’m considering. Yet.

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heisenberg

Comment posted at 07:25 on Saturday, July 26, 2003

Sorry to not be following your own posting this time, Res, but I wanted to get this to you in Chicago ASAP, before it changes.  I do not know if your remote email access is easy for you to access away from Santa Cruz.  Also, other farmers might enjoy.

From the regular Google search window, type in the search term, “weapons of mass destruction,” and click on the “I’m feeling lucky button.”

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Roman Marszalek

Comment posted at 08:54 on Saturday, July 26, 2003

I don’t really think of myself as being addicted to the net, but when my email’s down, or even worse when my DSL goes tits up, I’m really lost for something to do.

I do a lot of “work”, but perhaps I should try switched my airport off and seeing if I’d get more work done, rather than checking my emails every 5 minutes, and my favourite sites every hour.

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heisenberg

Comment posted at 07:18 on Friday, August 01, 2003

I feel so funky.  A broadband junkie.  Super Dsi.

Apologies to Curtis Mayfield, et al.

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