Two million years ago, one of man’s earliest ancestors smacked one rock against another rock, creating a simple cutting tool, thus giving rise to technology and completely screwing us all.
    Man has formed a parasitic relationship with his cell phone and computer, not to mention the countless other electronic widgets
that we all take for granted.
    I should know, as the resident geek at the Student Voice, one of my duties is to keep up with all the technological nerdery, whether it’s the latest video game console with advanced ham shaders or whatever Apple tries to pitch as new or trendy.
    This creates some sort of techno snobbery and a tolerance to the “wow” factor that companies try to force on consumers.
    Suddenly, the iPhone’s niftiness is replaced with a slow irritation aimed at the laggy web browser, all you can think about while playing fancy games on your GameSphere 3000 is why you can’t listen to your music instead of the game soundtrack, and the Apple one button mouse becomes a perilous obstacle.
    Recently, however, I’ve had to send off my well worn laptop to receive repairs, and the process of trying to stay up to date on the latest news, as well as effectively work for a student newspaper without a laptop is like walkingwith one leg. You can sort of manage, but it sure as hell isn’t an ideal situation.
    I’m typing this column, not by choice, on my iPhone, and it’s a process that I wouldn’t wish on my worst enemy.
    Without a real “personal” computer, any encounter with one in the wild becomes a godsend.
    Suddenly you’re doing work (gasp) and checking emails before aimless web browsing and checking Facebook, and even going as far as completely ignoring YouTube. That’s not the Internet I know and love. I don’t even know what that is.
    It’s hard to complain too much about my situation when in developing countries, a kid is lucky to get a five year old laptop.
Most western nations have already built up the techno tolerance, however, so it’s more of a shock to the system when you take away our heroine.
    So when you’re bored at work and start randomly Googling your own name, just remember how good you have it.