Sitting there for hours on end, looking at things popping up on your screen. Fiddling with that smartphone to see if you've any new messages, if someone has poked you or if your tweet has been sent to the masses. These are all the things we love to do. But how long do we spend doing them? How long to we let our computers buzz away without any consideration for it's poor innards, heating and overloading? And our innards being subjected to junk food, fizzy drinks and awful music randomly selected from 'YouTube' lists.
Who know's. But I'm sure the WWW has slowly taken over our lives. We spend too much time sat zombified at what will happen next upon our screens. I'm not saying that it's all bad. But what I am saying is that sometimes both our computers and ourselves need to switch off or sit in a cool, chilling area of our choice and recharge the old batteries.
So I want to declare a "Switch Off Your Router" day. A day when tired eyed folk wander out to meet their neighbours, take the dog out for walks and finally go and see their families safe in the knowledge that the WWW is not available. That they're not going to miss out on some mega news or important updates that could change the world.
Safe in the knowledge that universe is not going to collapse because they haven't 're-tweeted' or poked. That their friends are still going to remain friends even if they didn't 'like' the picture of the cute kitten posted on one of their thousands of 'friends' timelines.
The computer can rest before finally being updated, backed up or the registry cleaned of impending doom. Our bodies rested and filled with loving memories of real life conversations and touching of human flesh from hugs and pecks on the cheeks.
But I fear we all know happens. We consider what a wonderful day "Switch Off Your Router Day" was and then we grab ourself a drink, sit down in a comfy chair and think "I'll just check my emails... " and back to slavery we go.
We are slaves aren't we? But willing ones? Complacent, docile and subservient to our master's wishes. And our Master will now always be the Internet. Our ball and chain.
But the next time you wonder why your computer is running slow and your eyes are tired, try and consider "Switch Off Your Router Day" and remember that you don't need the whole world to take part, or indeed any special day, just choose your own and see how good it feels.
Who know's. But I'm sure the WWW has slowly taken over our lives. We spend too much time sat zombified at what will happen next upon our screens. I'm not saying that it's all bad. But what I am saying is that sometimes both our computers and ourselves need to switch off or sit in a cool, chilling area of our choice and recharge the old batteries.
So I want to declare a "Switch Off Your Router" day. A day when tired eyed folk wander out to meet their neighbours, take the dog out for walks and finally go and see their families safe in the knowledge that the WWW is not available. That they're not going to miss out on some mega news or important updates that could change the world.
Safe in the knowledge that universe is not going to collapse because they haven't 're-tweeted' or poked. That their friends are still going to remain friends even if they didn't 'like' the picture of the cute kitten posted on one of their thousands of 'friends' timelines.
The computer can rest before finally being updated, backed up or the registry cleaned of impending doom. Our bodies rested and filled with loving memories of real life conversations and touching of human flesh from hugs and pecks on the cheeks.
But I fear we all know happens. We consider what a wonderful day "Switch Off Your Router Day" was and then we grab ourself a drink, sit down in a comfy chair and think "I'll just check my emails... " and back to slavery we go.
We are slaves aren't we? But willing ones? Complacent, docile and subservient to our master's wishes. And our Master will now always be the Internet. Our ball and chain.
But the next time you wonder why your computer is running slow and your eyes are tired, try and consider "Switch Off Your Router Day" and remember that you don't need the whole world to take part, or indeed any special day, just choose your own and see how good it feels.
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