The very first time I met NCT, i was giddy. My seventh grade teacher introduced us and I haven't looked back. It was a sunny afternoon, but we stayed in. I'd just learnt how to say everything I wanted to with my eyes closed - touch typing. But that was just the beginning. We soon discovered the amazing world of the internet. Meeting new people who lived on the other side of the world, I never wanted to stop. Together we could talk to Jim from Canada and Lui from China, I discovered so many new ways to live and think.
We broke it off for a while around 1998, my parent's wouldn't connect to the net and I lost my student card to use their facilities. There was the occasional fling, checking out celebrity websites at a friends house, or the occasional research project, but nothing too serious. By the time I reached grade eleven, the need to use NCT became greater. MSN chat had joined my group of friends, and I didn't want to miss out. It was like a whole other side to everyone I knew. The beauty of not having to say things to a person's face became addictive it seemed. It was freeing and constrictive at the same time.
I was a late developer, so it was couple more years before i was able to find a way to spend every waking second with NCT...I got a mobile phone. My lifeline ever after. It allowed me to speak to my mum everyday while overseas. Not to mention the text message - enduring frantic break-ups without ever actually saying a word, keeping in touch with people you liked, but never really felt like calling. What a life.
It hasn't all been easy, we've had our up's and down's. The Y2K bug threw us for a while, but we managed to pull through. NCT hasn't always been the most reliable companion, but with a little bit of back up and patience, we've made it work. We've met some great people and kept in touch with life long friends, I'm sure this will be a story to stand the test of time. I hope one day I will be able to retell it to my grandchildren via a mini web cam in their i-pod5000.
Wednesday, March 21, 2007
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
It's all in the war
In all the readings and information i get from this subject, one thing is continually prevalent - technological advances only become such through human necessity. Everyone deciding what it is they 'need' in order to function personally and politically. Some stem from the want of greater accessibility to entertainment - mp3 being the latest advance. Other's however, are created for a far more disturbing reason.
I'm a chronic worrier, whether it be school related or on a larger scale, there is always something to think about. So, while all my subjects are relating to the history of war, I feel as though I could be reading an article about today's world. Of course the dominating states change and the major issues alternate, but those basic ideals never seem to differ. More especially when it comes to configuring ways to eliminate an enemy. Although troops are continually sent to fight, weapons of destruction are of great concern.
When I found out about North Korea testing their nuclear weapon's, vision's of the world going up in a mushroom shaped explosion came into view. This was it, the end... I have to say though, that (even if i may have been the only person to not know...) my fear was due to me thinking this had never been a threat before. I knew nuclear weapons existed, but more in a sci fi/big budget American hero's (because aren't they all) type movie.
Albert Einstein encouraged the creation of the hydrogen bomb killing tens of thousand's of Japanese in 1939. I never knew. Reading the texts I have, I'm realising more and more that these issue's are the same issue's and fears my great great grandparents were going through. The threat to the world due to technological advances never ceases, there is always something bigger and more destructive around the corner.
I'm not a technology cynic, I love the i-pod just as much as the next person, it's just this particular topic keeps creeping up in everything I study. And I find it strange that these 'advances' can be so similar nearly 70years later.
I'm a chronic worrier, whether it be school related or on a larger scale, there is always something to think about. So, while all my subjects are relating to the history of war, I feel as though I could be reading an article about today's world. Of course the dominating states change and the major issues alternate, but those basic ideals never seem to differ. More especially when it comes to configuring ways to eliminate an enemy. Although troops are continually sent to fight, weapons of destruction are of great concern.
When I found out about North Korea testing their nuclear weapon's, vision's of the world going up in a mushroom shaped explosion came into view. This was it, the end... I have to say though, that (even if i may have been the only person to not know...) my fear was due to me thinking this had never been a threat before. I knew nuclear weapons existed, but more in a sci fi/big budget American hero's (because aren't they all) type movie.
Albert Einstein encouraged the creation of the hydrogen bomb killing tens of thousand's of Japanese in 1939. I never knew. Reading the texts I have, I'm realising more and more that these issue's are the same issue's and fears my great great grandparents were going through. The threat to the world due to technological advances never ceases, there is always something bigger and more destructive around the corner.
I'm not a technology cynic, I love the i-pod just as much as the next person, it's just this particular topic keeps creeping up in everything I study. And I find it strange that these 'advances' can be so similar nearly 70years later.
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