Frustrating technology (rant)

by Jason Preston on October 27, 2005

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Rarely am I frustrated with computers. I’ve spent most of my life living with their quirks and inconsitensies, and I understand that frankly, very few people actually understand what goes on in their depths.

But what I do get frustrated with—and what’s frustrating me now—is the non-technical part. I have to carry my laptop to the computer lab to get online, and more often than not I leave my power cord behind because it’s extra crap to carry. But when I leave my cord behind, I always end up running back for it. Of course, I try to use the touchpad as a mouse instead of bringing out my actual mouse, but then there’s some error online where I can’t click and move the mouse fast enough to convenintly get out of it without actually shutting down the program via ctrl + alt + delete.

So I bring my mouse. But the optical mouse doesn’t work on the desks they have for computers here, so I have to bring my mousepad. And with all this stuff, usually at least one thing falls on the floor between my room and the computer lab (which is how I broke my mouse). Also, I tend to hit my laptop on things (like heavy fire doors), and generally, when I do bring everything out here, I end up not staying long enough for it to be worthwhile. It’s hard to say when I’m going to want to be online for a long time without actually being online.

So for most of today, I think I’m just going to shut my computer off and let it sit quietly in the room, and worry about it later.

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