Gadgets are making life easier or lazier??

After all the hype n gaga over the blog inauguration and the first post...... here comes a slightly serious one....

My cell phone conked off over the weekend.... had to get used to the features of the flicked one from my bro. Developed the skills to get used to this bare basic mobile. But even after a day's possession, I still dont realize that my phone is ringing... ;-) It will take time......
After all the experiments I did on my cell like flashing the OS n stuff.... inspired from E398modders.com (Damn good site!), I knew that this was coming.... but didnt expect it to be so early and untimely....

This unexpected turn of event arose in me the question of how addicted to are we to our gadgetery?
Dictionary.com refers gadgets as "A small specialized mechanical or electronic device; a contrivance." Contrivance is a device that is very useful for a particular job.
Let me start of with listing all the so called gadgets we use - "Cell phone/PDA, PC/laptop, ipod/Mp3 player, TV, remote controls...etc" So have we really got addicted to these or can we live without these...... One needs to distinguish between necessity and addiction.
We started using things because we needed them. We found a utility in them..... But we have got so used to using these that now we cannot live without them.The necessities have slowly transformed into addictions. To talk to my colleague on the other end of my room I use my phone.... Lazy enough to walk up to him. The attitude is like "when I have them why shouldn't I use it?" But then the real problem comes when I don't have them. Then I cannot get the job done because I am either too disinterested to do it without the gadget or I have forgotten/dont know how to do it.....
This I think is a lil sorry state of affairs to deal with.... I definitely feel that as the technology keeps growing to make our life easier, we are getting lazier adopting this technology........

A new chapter begins.....

Hi....
Finally am here... in the whole new world of blogs....

On a day which started with a rejuvenating drive up the Devarayana Durga hills.

It was a cold misty morning when I joined my freinds 20 mins late at the designated waiting place... Drove through the woods of NamadaChilume turning off the music in the car to a zero. Stopped by our regular viewpoint on the way.... where we realized that our cameras were safe n secure in our house cupboards ;-(..... An inspiration to comeback n capture the winter morning next week....
Drove all the way upto the radio tower.... spent about an hour chatting with frens above the mist/fog/clouds.... Tested my fren's new Esteem... Nice car with a very clear view for the driver.

Was back in BLR by afternoon in anticipation of the match....
As most of the times off late.... a good opening was squanderd away by the Indians.... The last few overs of the SA innings were so dismal that I dozed of to wake up only to watch sehwag being held on the ropes.....
The batting crumbled except for the WALL standing tall.........
Overall we were OK compared to Durban Drubbing but a lot of catching needs to be done if we even have to compete in this series.......

Signing off for now,
Praveen