Comments on: blackout http://colombara.org/danny/2008/03/23/blackout/ a pulitzer contender for sure Tue, 13 May 2008 13:52:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: vlady http://colombara.org/danny/2008/03/23/blackout/#comment-501 vlady Mon, 24 Mar 2008 21:58:42 +0000 http://colombara.org/danny/2008/03/23/blackout/#comment-501 It's so great to know I'm not the only one with an addiction. ;) For better for worse, I also do a lot of tinkering offline so shutting off the internet wouldn't cut it. That's why full fledged blackouts are such a blessing. Anyway, I imagine I'll be so busy between anita and the kids, school, and research that I'll have to give up my hobbies for a few years. It’s so great to know I’m not the only one with an addiction. ;) For better for worse, I also do a lot of tinkering offline so shutting off the internet wouldn’t cut it. That’s why full fledged blackouts are such a blessing. Anyway, I imagine I’ll be so busy between anita and the kids, school, and research that I’ll have to give up my hobbies for a few years.

]]> By: mike park http://colombara.org/danny/2008/03/23/blackout/#comment-500 mike park Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:16:18 +0000 http://colombara.org/danny/2008/03/23/blackout/#comment-500 The sunsets sound nice. Patricia and I have started driving to her school sometimes on weekends just to sit by the ocean and do nothing. It's nice to just be. On Anita's comment, maybe you can buy Danny a subscription to Cyberpatrol. I've been using it to regulate my internet usage at home--I have it shut off my internet from 9am-5pm to force me to get to work (I'm self-employed so I can't depend on the fear of a manager's ire), but then i have it shut down at 11 pm so that i don't stay glued to the computer. Patricia thinks I'm neurotic--I'll be surfing the net or doing email right up til 11am, then it shuts down on me with this big orange screen saying something like "Blocked!". I'll sigh and say "Dang it, my internet's off!" but after maybe 3 seconds, I'll say, "Ahhh, what a relief." If I can get the courage to do so, I'm thinking of bringing the shutdown time back to 9pm. The sunsets sound nice. Patricia and I have started driving to her school sometimes on weekends just to sit by the ocean and do nothing. It’s nice to just be.

On Anita’s comment, maybe you can buy Danny a subscription to Cyberpatrol. I’ve been using it to regulate my internet usage at home–I have it shut off my internet from 9am-5pm to force me to get to work (I’m self-employed so I can’t depend on the fear of a manager’s ire), but then i have it shut down at 11 pm so that i don’t stay glued to the computer. Patricia thinks I’m neurotic–I’ll be surfing the net or doing email right up til 11am, then it shuts down on me with this big orange screen saying something like “Blocked!”. I’ll sigh and say “Dang it, my internet’s off!” but after maybe 3 seconds, I’ll say, “Ahhh, what a relief.” If I can get the courage to do so, I’m thinking of bringing the shutdown time back to 9pm.

]]> By: Anita http://colombara.org/danny/2008/03/23/blackout/#comment-499 Anita Sun, 23 Mar 2008 08:43:58 +0000 http://colombara.org/danny/2008/03/23/blackout/#comment-499 You know once we're back in the States you're going to be glued to your computer, especially with the high speed actually being pretty speedy. I'm going to have to force you to relax and play "black out!". You know once we’re back in the States you’re going to be glued to your computer, especially with the high speed actually being pretty speedy. I’m going to have to force you to relax and play “black out!”.

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