internet

Internet dependency

Posted 2006-12-29 (金) 午前12:48 by terra

The recent internet disruption fiasco due to damaged submarine telecommunications cables, as result of the Taiwan earthquakes, have made me realise how utterly dependent I have become on the internet. The speeds I’ve been getting for some websites tonight are reminiscent of the good ole days of 9.6k PC modems; and it’s driving me nuts!!

Go read a book Terra or get a life.
(On a side note, meeting up with friends over dinner today was really nice)

Funny how I’m perfectly fine without network access while overseas on vacation but having to go (semi-)cold turkey this holiday season, stuck in the little red dot is nearly too much to bear!

Subjects: Technology 技術

Mood: Raves and Rants

Tags: earthquake, internet

The Internet no more

Posted 2004-08-31 (火) 午後11:43 by terra

Interesting piece of news. According to this article, the ‘Internet’ will no longer need to be spelt in this manner:
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,64596,00.html

For years, I’d been capitalising ‘Internet’ and the ‘Web’ because it always felt appropriate to do so. Techno jargon always seems so cool when capitalised.

Now with the net nearly synonymous with the personal computer, which in turn is as pervasive in the household as the television, the change in spelling is the milestole of a change in times where higher technology has become a lifestyle.