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Rocket Bomber - article - commentary - Actually - My Phone Sucks - That Said:

Rocket Bomber - article - commentary - Actually - My Phone Sucks - That Said:


Actually, My Phone Sucks - That Said:

filed under , 8 March 2013, 21:39 by

Serious question!

What Is The Best Paleolithic Analogue To Your Current Laptop/Phone/Tablet/Primary-Internet-Interface:

  • a walking stick of convenient length? [carried always, out of habit, but of limited-actual-defined-functionality]
  • a handy discarded antler? [a fine tool, and one that lets you properly knapp flint cores but not a solution in-and-of-itself]
  • a bone needle? [small, portable, does the One Thing well but not a multi-tasker]
  • a knapped-flint hand axe? [the prototypical—and still, thousands of years later, the ultimate—multitool]
  • fire? [necessary for all daily tasks, processing food, light, heat, religion, and life]

Is your “daily carry” a tool in-and-of-itself, or is it merely a toy? Does it enable you? or restrict you?



Comment

  1. I’d say my phone’s a a knapped-flint hand axe. I’m not into updating gadgets as well, and my phone’s still the best in providing me the best service ever.

    Comment by Jeremy Norton — 10 March 2013, 14:10 #

  2. I’m too old school ~ “man, I’m so old school that when I was young, it was just “school”, because the first “new school” had not happened yet” ~ that I often don’t carry my electronic gear with me.

    So ~ my 4.3” Android player / ebook reader, walking stick. Its useful for a couple of things, some of them (like self defense weapon) not the MOST useful for that but better to have it than nothing.

    My Nook Color, close to an antler, though it does several things well, not just one.

    My primary net interface is a broken down netbook with a USB compact keybard, actually plugged in via ethernet, so I don’t know WHAT that is.

    {Thought that comments were turned off. Must have had a nighmare.}

    Comment by BruceMcF — 10 March 2013, 19:47 #

  3. Comments will be selectively re-instated on a post-by-post basis depending on the subject and the capricious whims of the blog staff.

    I decided in this case that perhaps the question at the end wasn’t rhetorical, and that some might benefit from hearing what others have as a “daily carry”.

    (my phone is an old flip model, pay as you go, I never have it with me. My daily carry is a 15” laptop – that being the smallest size to pack a keyboard I can actually use – sticking to the conceit above I’d call it a flint axehead that I’ve lashed to a conveniently sized stick)

    ps. comments default to off, and the option to comment expires after 1 week from post date. for future reference.

    Comment by Matt Blind — 10 March 2013, 21:13 #

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