Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Tuesday, April 22

Post 1146, Day 111 of 2014
- 1,206 days since I started this blog -
Daily Comment
It seems to me that all our personal communication devices (I'm talking about personal computers, tablets, smartphones, cell-phones, you get the idea) are degrading human communications.

They put a porous layer of accessibility between people, which lets you easily communicate with remote people, but forces you to do so at the expense of interacting those immediately at-hand, creating an environment that favors reach over content, and information over intimacy.

I am grateful for the ease with which I can speak with (even see and speak with) my friends, family, or salesmen not near-at-hand. On the other hand, I am very dissatisfied with the way having 'private' conversations in public has become acceptable. Then, again, I also don't like wearing earphones in public (private listening in a public environment.

And having text conversations (texting, instant messaging, so on) is not really conversing, and has caused me a lot of confusion and misunderstanding, especially when there is a group involved (as in my bands). Possibly useful for simply communicating a fact (location, item, data, address, etc), discussion and debate aren't possible in this format.

Human communication actually requires colocation. And if your device is disconnecting you from your surroundings while you're active, its on you when you're eaten by a dinosaur.

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 Food and Diet Section
January to June, 2014 Daily Weight
Today's Weight:         202.2 lbs
Previous Weight:        202.8 lbs
Day Net Loss/Gain:      - 0.6 lbs

Diet Comment
Good day yesterday.


Food Log 
Breakfast
Two BioTrust protein bars.

Lunch
Roasted turkey on baby kale, spinach, chard, cole slaw mix, shaved parmesan, almonds and balsamic vinaigrette.

Dinner
Pepperoni.

Late-night snack
Almonds and cheese and cole slaw.

Liquid Intake
   Coffee:  32 oz.   Water: 96+ oz

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