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[the_gneech]

Hmm ... the internet is down ... guess I'll work. No, wait, I can't surf the pages to debug them.

*sit*

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I wonder if I have any e-mail? Oh, no, wait, the internet is down.

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Why isn't anybody chatting today? Oh, no, wait, the internet is down.

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Guess I'll check the weather -- oh, no, wait, the internet is down.

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Guess I'll work on my to-do list. Lemme just retrieve it from LiveJournal -- D'Oh! Yeah. Internet. Down.

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I just got a neat idea for a drawing of Tiffany meeting Tony the Tiger! I'll just go to Kelloggs.com and get some reference ... oh, no, wait, the internet is down.

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*sit. fidget*

-The Gneech

Comments

[jadedfox.livejournal.com]

Wait! If the net is down how did you post this?

[graveyardgreg.livejournal.com]

Do not question the ways of the Gneech, for you are Not Ready to understand them...

...yet.

[chipuni.livejournal.com]

Look at how much more time you have to draw, though!

[richvstone.livejournal.com]

Dude I am so with you there....

Several times I was like.....let me see who's on ch...oh wait it's down

I'll read comics...oh wait it's down

Let me check livejou...oh wait it's down

Let me play everquest.....oh..

Let me download music....dangit!

I then realised how addicted I am to the net ;)

Rich

[talldan.livejournal.com]

It's not down, it's just slee-ping shhhhhhhhh

[lediva.livejournal.com]

I'm reminded of the time I was working tech support and the pipe to the Net just cut off. Like someone forgot to pay the bandwidth bill or something. But internal connectivity was still working.

Firstly, I was incredibly amused that we were the first to report it. Our methodology? "Hey, I just got kicked off AIM." "Yeah, me too." "Me three." "Huh, wonder if there's a problem, let's call it in."

Secondly, after reporting the issue, we sat around for a few minutes (it was about 11:30 AM or so). "Wanna get lunch?" "Sure!" So the entire office emptied out for an hour to get food. Except for me, because I had to answer the phones and tell people "Yes, everything's down. It's not just you. No, we don't know what the problem is." But I was brought back food so it was all OK.

Thirdly... everyone gets back from lunch. "Hmm, net's still down?" "Yeah." "But stuff internally's still up, right?" "Yep." *pause* "Let's play Quake."

Man, geek jobs can be so much fun. :)

[murrrmaiyd.livejournal.com]

WhineWhine...I want a geek job!!!

Mur

[spikedpunch.livejournal.com]

Gee... you sound just like some of my customers while they wait for me to get them back up and running...

Hon, come down from the curtains and take a vallium!

[level-head.livejournal.com]

Well, The Lady and I spent the few days of Thanksgiving camped out on the beach. Not really "roughing it", but with the surf crashing and occasional rain we had lots of entertainment.

We both practiced our budding drawing skills (I'm such The Gneech will chuckle at these attempts when he sees them)-- and I got quite a few pages written of my work in progress. No Internet for days, but it was wonderful.

We took along our notebooks. Not notebook computers; college ruled notebooks. ];)

And books; learning can be done from real paper books as well as the Internet, and I'm always up for that. I had no idea of what the Signor-Lipps effect was until Friday. Since then, it's come up in science conversations twice.

Use your connection as a tool; don't let it own your soul.

Recently seen on a tag line: "Being successful as a writer is 3% talent and 97% not being distracted by the Internet."

===|==============/ Level Head

[jim-lane.livejournal.com]

L-H sez:
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Recently seen on a tag line: "Being successful as a writer is 3% talent and 97% not being distracted by the Internet."
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To which I simply add:
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And that's the MAIN reason I don't subscribe to any IM services. None. Zilch. Nada. Ain't gonna happen---

I've tried it (several times, in fact!), and invariably, just when I'm on a "writing roll", the fool thing will "DOINK!" with an IM. And if I keep my setting "invisible" or "go away", it only torques off those who feel I should be right there for them when they want to IM me.

Naaahhhh... Ain't gonna happen no more, no how---

(Which is also why I do my serious writing---and editing---on my trusty, rusty Toshiba, while cranked back in my recliner, in the living room, in my skivvies, with a glass of vino...

And NO Internet connection at all.

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[level-head.livejournal.com]

I have never used an instant messenger. I'm fast enough this way for most purposes, and can always be reached by pager for the remainder.

===|==============/ Level Head

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[jim-lane.livejournal.com]

A few specific folks have my cellphone number, and the others--- Well, I deserve SOME privacy, donchaknow!

(hehehe!!!)

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[level-head.livejournal.com]

As you know, my cellphone is kept off.

A live cell phone is sort of an attached-to-the-body Internet Messenger. That doesn't suit me either.

And I am amused when, in the middle of a serious negotiation or other process more serious yet, the phone rings and the person on the other side of the table is completely distracted.

They are prisoners of their own device.

Ah, burned jet fuel and turbine noises wafting in through my patio door. Lovely. Truly; the aroma and sound have good connotations for me.

Back to work...

===|==============/ Level Head

[torakiyoshi.livejournal.com]

Heh... this is why I leave my cell phone OFF all the time. To the infinite frustration of my managers, who think that I should be willing to let them use my personal stuff for their needs. It's bad enough they have to ruin my car...

But seriously, while somewhat boring, I liked the 2-weeks off from the internet. I think I might develop some sort of schedule, say, I can only net from x to y each day, or some junk.

[katayamma.livejournal.com]

That's why I tend to turn off the IM's when I start to write... Kill the TV, turn on the Pink Floyd or Kitaro, light a couple of the Mammalamadevil's candels and start bashing the keyboard....

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[jim-lane.livejournal.com]

With only a few working brain cells at my disposal, I can't write with *any* distractions---no music, no conversation, no candles (allergic!). Nothing.

I'm not anti-social, just "function-limited"...
(heh!)

[katayamma.livejournal.com]

More time to sketch, draw or write... Plot the overthrow of the internet... Surely you can do something without the internet...

Well... maybe you couldn't overthrow the internet without access, but you could still plot it.

[torakiyoshi.livejournal.com]

That's me when the power goes out.

Well, I can't watch TV, so I'll go mess around on the computer. D'oh! How about if I go play Nintendo. D'oh! Maybe I'll just microwave some burritos. D'oh! Hmm... Maybe I will go listen to some music. D'oh! Maybe I'll just drive into town. *Hits electric garage door opener.* D'oh!