Technology, and Why We Don't Need It.

Dear gawd it's been awhile.


While I tried to fall asleep tonight, I couldn't help but think about the possibility of a future with no technology. This future is not what you would call the "future" you think of. It would be a vast emptiness, no? Or so you think.

Hundreds of years ago, when Technology was a thing of the future, in which we now reside, people burned candles to have light, they wrote letters with pen, and paper. They would ride on horseback hundreds of miles away to let a loved one know that they were now a grandfather, and yet, we sit in a time where expectant mothers are tweeting about the newborn son they just gave birth to, or the so called mothers who just watched their son die in a pool accident.

I sit in front a screen, a 1080p HDMI capable 23.5 inch monitor that I thought I must have! I look at it and think, what if it wasn't there? What If technology wouldn't of advanced fast enough for me to see what I see now, a white page with a blue header. Facebook is what this page is called. What if Facebook failed to exist, what if Mark Zuckerberg's mother would have died from complications during his birth, and he would not of lived? What if he would of taken those jobs at Microsoft or AOL instead of Enrolling at Harvard? These are just questions in a world where question is what makes day turn into night.

I have rounded up every piece of technology that resides in my bedroom, which I spent most of my spring break, sleeping. Re cooperating from a semi-monstrous task of being a multi tasker. I go to school, where I am learning to become a Computer Support Specialist. Mighty fine idea I must add. I enjoy every minute of schooling, from Web design, to A+ Certification, to the classes I don't have to take, like Introduction into Mass Media, or Magazine Production, in which I plan on taking Intro to Journalism classes for the next two semesters, hoping to write for the Hutchinson Community College weekly newspaper The Collegian.

Now, back to the technology in my room. It may not seem like much, but look at it. (I have included a photo with tags of each Item) You Can see my laptop, my desktop, cellphone, Ipod Nano, Ipod Touch, two video cameras, a voice recorder, for taking notes, and what I held in my hand for these photos, my Canon DSLR camera, in which I love.

It all started in Fall of 2008, when I got my laptop, then, it was pretty pricey, and still is, but it gets the job done. It's gone through three full complete re installations of Vista, and runs Ubuntu as a secondary OS. It was at one time, my home server, in which thousands of pictures and music files were stored for my parents. It has had a good life, lately, the hard drive is beginning to fail. Which comes to my point, technology will fail.

You're thinking, all that writing for that statement? No, all that writing to get you thinking about other things, things that all surround technology, in which, will ultimately fail.

Photos are going digital, journals are now blogs, and conversation is now HTML coding and a few strikes on the enter key. Video's are for memories, in which are for forgetful people, photos are the same way. Music is now going digital, almost completely, it is said that within the next 5 years, expect CD sales to plummet completely. Itunes has risen to fame, and yet something must come to surpass. It is to happen, no matter what you do. Technology will fail. There is no way around it.

Unless of course, technology causes the failure.

In which that is another story.

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I have decided that this summer, I am going to test myself. I am soon going to be picking a week in which I will live without any of my technological gadgets, excluding the essentials. (I.E.: My car, and my alarm clock{gotta wake up}.)

-I will not use internet, or my computer for any reason.
-I will not use my Ipod or any MP3 device.
-I won't even use my digital camera, I will use my fathers Film camera to document my week.
-I will not use my cell phone. (contact me through my home phone. or by letter. haha.)
-I will not use email, facebook, twitter, blogspot, or anything of that matter on any devices.
-I will not use my xbox 360, PS3, Wii or any other gaming systems.
-I will not watch television, won't be hard, as I don't watch it anyways.
-I will take notes as to what I do instead of these things, and use a notepad and pen to do so.

--Please add to my list if you want. I want to make sure I cover everything.





feel free to spread word to friends about technology. they should be warned.

Good Times Flailing (arms that is)

Recently, I took a trip with the family to our nearby skating rink, Skateland as it's appropiately named. I remember the good ole' days of one night stands (rated pg of course) and couple skates. Now, those days are long gone and nowadays I revel in the chance of having an ACTUAL girlfriend and more than just a one night stand.




Now, imagine what it feels like to run a mile for the first time in 7 years, in under 6 minutes. That's about how I felt after my run in with "the 13 year old speed wonder" (cool nickname huh?) For the first time since I was in Junior High, I speed skated, and boy it did not go well for me.



It started off as a chariot race first, then it turned into an all out sprint, that is, until the last two laps. As I round the third corner, the "wonder" falls of their butt. Now, this is when I cherish the fact, that someone just gave me the chance to win speed skating for the upteenth time in my life. (I was the 13 year old speed wonder back in the glory days.)



Now as I round the last few turns, I'm taking it easy. Coach always said, never take it easy to the finish, it always bites you in the butt. Well coach, you were right.



Time to put the skates up for good. Well, until this weekend when my sister throws her 3rd birthday party at the location of my latest mishap with a 13 year old wonder. Lets hope this time around, I'm a little more coordinated.

Signed,


Your neighborhood wanna-be

Towering OVER

Once upon a time, a great monument was erected to constitute peace and harmony among a small kansas town. That monument is currently being torn down. This is a tribute to the final days of our beloved water tower.

My testing of photo blogging.

I have been reading recently, a blog that was introduced not over the world wide web, but through word of mouth. It contains alot of photography, the I must add, is quite good.

Ahhh, the old days of talking to one another, and not emailing them.









I don't think this picture was supposed to be kept, but It ended up on here anyways.



This was quite a while back, possibly in August of 2009. My girlfriend and I took a nice walk to the local grain elevator, which is no longer in use, for a small photo session.



Signed,


Your neighborhood wanna-be.

Back to School.

It creeps up on young children, and haunts them in their sleep. It brings out the worst in procrastinating teenagers, and the best in over-stressed parents. Winter break is over, and it's time for school once again.

I have been waiting patiently for school to come back around the bend for just over a month now. Dec 10th was the last day I was in school, and that was finals week. I was ecstatic, with my grades being the best they've been in recent memory, I was excited to know that I was coming back this semester.

My college life seems like it's overworked and overstressed, but I enjoy the stress, and the work involved in going to school as a full time student, and working two part time jobs to make ends meet. As a customer service associate at a local electronics and entertainment store, and a cashier a family owned grocer, I actually have it quite easy as a student.

I major in Computer support technician, and I'm hoping to begin my minor in Journalism this semester. For the last two semesters, I've taken Computer Classes, Networking, A+ certification, and all that good stuff. I am just now, in my fourth semester at a local community college, beginning to take other classes besides what I originally thought I would be good at.

I start school in two days, and in three days time I will have my new Canon Rebel XSi Digital SLR camera. so my blogs will begin to have some, and more photos.


Signed,


Your neighborhood wanna-be.

Anatomy of fire.

Today is another chilly day in Kansas! High of just above 10 degrees.

It started out very strangely in fact, just yesterday morning, my girlfriends mothers boyfriend of about 6 years, sadly had his house catch fire near 4 A.M. on an even colder morning than today. It has been determined that that cause of the fire was not a fireplace gone awry, or a stove, it was two laptops, sitting on top of one another while charging overnight. Apparently they overheated and the batteries blew up, sparking a stack of newspapers, and nearby drapes to catch ablaze.

The reason I bring up this story, is that my smoke alarm in my parents house went off bright and early at 8:40 A.M. and believe me folks, that's bright and early for me. All in all, It gave me quite a scare. So I rose out of my bed, which is right by the fire alarm, and opened the door, as I didn't smell any smoke, looked every which way for fire, and proceeded out the door, to run into my mom, with my 6 month old brother, having a panic attack. I decided that there was no danger of fire, just a bad battery in a fire alarm, I replaced it soon after.

Chocolate Oranges

Hello All,

As you can probably notice, this is my very first post. I am officially a N00B at something once again. I have been wanting to start a blog for a very long time, I just have never really managed to get around to it. I think of the topics I could write about, technology, videogames, computers, teen life, college life, Honda automobiles, or maybe even my love for Bullhead jeans. There are many blogs out there already, and I hope to start reading many of them soon.

I will start off my blog-quest with a short one at most.

My name is Joseph Griffin, I live in a small town of about 1,600 people in middle of nowhere Kansas. I live within blocks of both my High School, and grade school, and within miles of my very first job as a dishwasher. That was 4 years ago, Now I work at a nearby entertainment store, and a hometown grocery store. I enjoy working at both of these places, as I am very sociable with locals and I love entertainment! I drive a 1994 Acura Integra LS and a 1994 BMW 740i. I have a wonderful girlfriend, and an incredible family.

Well, that was my first post.

I hope you enjoyed it!

now it's back to Forza Motorsport 3 for the xbox 360!