If Technology Can Let You Down

Then rest assured it will.

Technology is one of man's vices. The depedence upon it grows day by day.

I've heard the term "if technology can let you down, it will" many times... it's funny really, or at least I thought it was...

It has to be said that my favorite lesson at uni is Phillosophy of Education (minus the education part anyway) and I have spent days and weeks preparing for a presentation on Thomas Paine, the genius of a man (of a sort) from my little town, Thetford. We've done a few trips between Leicester and Thetford to film our presentation on Paine, I've spent the past week putting everything everything together, and on the big day...you've got it

TECHNOLOGY LET US DOWN!!

While I found it rather amusing, and find the fact that my laptop has almost surely given up quite funny, but the girls did have a minor panic attack.

It's not the first time my laptop has let me down. In fact it's quite a regular occurance.

I just find it really odd. The moment that smething technological fails... everything stops.

Why rely on something that we invented. We invented it, we have a million plus faults, so everything that comes from us is goign to fail too. And when it hapens we are suprised by this....?

I even find the fact that I am running on less than 2 hours sleep and pro-plus quite amusing. since 4am I've had 6, and I'm buzzing like a bee. I shall add to it soon and probably give myself a heart attack, but at least for now I am awake. Strangely, although I am struggling to resist the temptation to to run around the room, do a little jig and start singing, I am incredibly focused on this.

I am ina class watching a video and praying and hoping that it goes kaput too. It would amuse me no end. Also, I have an IT lesson this afternoon, and everything to fail there, that would just make my day. No wait... going to work this evenig and the whole kit & kaboodle breaks... fantastico.

Oh and I do hope and pray that'll teach everyone.

A global powercut perhaps.

I seem to be looking to everything to break today. A bit of a disaster, that would be good. Haha, I sound like somebody I know... Have I spent too much time with the amazingness? Well if I have it can only be a good thing.

I have come to the conclusion that while the amazingness influences everything he comes into contact with, I observe. I see his world, though I don;t understand it, and I observe the normal world, which I live in, but doesn't really make much sense to me anymore.

Why do I do what I do and how do I live like I live? Why everyone does... it's all we've ever known, but then...

No, no, no, no, no, no, it's not all we've ever known. It's all been made up. It's come out of power and fear and control and repression.

I can't tell the difference between red & yellow.

12:17 in lesson, the power just appeared to go off on the projector... it came on again though, but i got what I wanted in a way.

14:06 are we having technical hiccups... a technician came in... he moaned at us for having drinks and food, in case we spill on the keyboards....how old does he think we are? But anyhoo, nothing was on the magic whiteboard, and he's been a gone and now there is a nice powerpoint presentation on there. Hey-Ho here we go!

14:15 technology fails again - haha

14:19 Donk!! mgic board does not agree with Heather

14:24 It's come to light that I've been predicting the future. The girls, Katie & Abby have said to Heather about three times now "technology is failing you today." I asked if they'd read the blog I'd posted (this one) the answer.......NOPE!!

15:02 In walks another technician