Sometimes I need to “Step away from the computer” to get anything done. I had things that needed doing. Some of them required using the computer. Investments to investigate. Donationations to make. Tax maneuvers to set up. Serious stuff. But, I managed to do all of that without online shopping, gaming, Ai Art making, or mindless surfing down rat holes. I did do one online shop – I installed my last printer cartridge. So, I allowed myself to order a backup cartridge.
I read the dead tree version of WSJ. Listened to the news on the radio. Yes, I have a tiny radio. You never know when you might need a radio. And read a book on my Kindle. For me reading the Kindle is just like reading a book except you really don’t want to use it to kill cockroaches.
Read Robert Heinlein’s Methuselah’s Children. Written in 1941. First read in the late 1950s by me. It is fun to look at his future history view of the universe. People still smoke in the 22nd century. And Heinlein seems to have completely missed the TV exhibition at the 1939 NY World’s Fair. Because there doesn’t seem to be anything “screen-like” in the 22nd century. There are radio-like devices, typewriter-like devices, and even torn-tape-like communication devices. But no screens. So, a good book for a low-tech day.
Time to get off the computer and back to the kindle.