I have a programmable thermostat in my house. It’s just outside my bedroom door. In the morning, when I get up I turn the temperature up (or down depending on the time of the year). I do the opposite when I go to bed or leave the house. It is more difficult to do that easy manual function on my automated thermostat than it is on an old analog style with a twisty knob. Programmable things are overrated. I know I’ve been in Information Technology for 32 years.
I had one of the first cell phones in the country. It was bolted to the floor of the trunk of my car. I used that more 25 years ago than I use the cell phone that fits in my pocket. I generally keep it turned off. Why? Because I found I really don’t want to be on call all the time. It’s a nuisance. The requirement to stay in constant touch with someone or a group of people shows a certain level of insecurity.
Why do cell phones have so many functions? Because they have the ability to put them on a chip. Not because they’re useful.
GPS, where’s the fun in that. I used to travel 50% of the time for various companies. Half the fun of going to a new city was finding my way around. Sure I got lost, but I found some great people and had some wonderful times. A GPS would never have told me how to cut through parking lots at Marina Del Ray to avoid a yacht accident on the main road off the island. A GPS would never have sent me though the vacant lots in New York to get from the Ritz to La Guardia in half an hour at 5 PM on a Tuesday.
When it comes to speed, I love speed. Speed is relative. Nothing beats takeoffs and landings. I hate watching auto racing, because I want to drive. But, right now Milwaukee is digging out from 14 inches of new snow and nothing is moving terribly fast. I watching the sun come up on the frosted trees in my backyard while I drink coffee and type this. Right now this is a good speed.
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