modern times: i am not a stackhead.
early friday evening i was talking with signor ipsum about 'unread' emails piling up on his crackberry, and the similar phenomenon of unread articles piling up in his google reader web feed.
this conversation made me think of a story i read a few years ago, about a bronx man who was almost buried alive under a heap of books, magazines and newspapers which he had been stockpiling over the years. the dude was trapped for two days and had to be rescued by firefighters, who were summoned by his landlord after he heard disconcerting moaning from inside the apartment. (read the incredible tale here.)
anyway, it's interesting to me that now that we have things like google reader, people can stockpile all the articles they want, without making a mess of their place, let alone risking life and limb.
the pack rat: yet another animal that was meant to flounder in natural selection, but will now flourish thanks to technology.
this conversation made me think of a story i read a few years ago, about a bronx man who was almost buried alive under a heap of books, magazines and newspapers which he had been stockpiling over the years. the dude was trapped for two days and had to be rescued by firefighters, who were summoned by his landlord after he heard disconcerting moaning from inside the apartment. (read the incredible tale here.)
anyway, it's interesting to me that now that we have things like google reader, people can stockpile all the articles they want, without making a mess of their place, let alone risking life and limb.
the pack rat: yet another animal that was meant to flounder in natural selection, but will now flourish thanks to technology.
posted by Colby | 11:53 AM
1 Comments:
The story about that man in the Bronx makes me nausea just thinking about it. I mean, um, hi, you've been to my apartment. But I must say that I imagine part of the appeal for pack rats is the actual accumulation of physical stuff. In other words, the rush comes from the ability to reach out and run your hand along a stack of true crime paperbacks or finger the pages of a long forgotten issue of TV Guide from 1967. Just as those of us who adore reading a book we can hold in our hand shun Google Reader, I suspect pack rats will find the new technology similarly dissatisfying.
P.S. I would argue that homemade Chex Mix, when made correctly, is far superior to the bagged variety. Just saying.
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