Comments on: Shock of the New http://crookedtimber.org/2008/06/26/shock-of-the-new/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:00:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Doctor Slack http://crookedtimber.org/2008/06/26/shock-of-the-new/comment-page-1/#comment-244572 Doctor Slack Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:42:21 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=7011#comment-244572 <i>What strange and futuristic experience have you had recently?</i> Pretty much the entirety of the past eight years. What strange and futuristic experience have you had recently?

Pretty much the entirety of the past eight years.

]]> By: SG http://crookedtimber.org/2008/06/26/shock-of-the-new/comment-page-1/#comment-244564 SG Sat, 28 Jun 2008 21:29:48 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=7011#comment-244564 Every time I walk anywhere in London, it is like being on the set of <i>Children of Men</i>. Every time I walk anywhere in London, it is like being on the set of Children of Men.

]]> By: David Gorsline http://crookedtimber.org/2008/06/26/shock-of-the-new/comment-page-1/#comment-244500 David Gorsline Fri, 27 Jun 2008 03:26:26 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=7011#comment-244500 This afternoon a colleague and I were debugging a web-based application that I'm writing. We used his iPhone to do it. This afternoon a colleague and I were debugging a web-based application that I’m writing. We used his iPhone to do it.

]]> By: djw http://crookedtimber.org/2008/06/26/shock-of-the-new/comment-page-1/#comment-244493 djw Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:27:28 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=7011#comment-244493 The way you phrased it, I imagined you read about your daughters in the pages of an actual "dead tree" copy of the Atlantic Monthly, which would have been really weird. The way you phrased it, I imagined you read about your daughters in the pages of an actual “dead tree” copy of the Atlantic Monthly, which would have been really weird.

]]> By: bob mcmanus http://crookedtimber.org/2008/06/26/shock-of-the-new/comment-page-1/#comment-244491 bob mcmanus Thu, 26 Jun 2008 20:40:08 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=7011#comment-244491 Researching why the fireflies have disappeared from my backyard. Habitat destruction. Researching why the fireflies have disappeared from my backyard.

Habitat destruction.

]]> By: Keith http://crookedtimber.org/2008/06/26/shock-of-the-new/comment-page-1/#comment-244490 Keith Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:45:03 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=7011#comment-244490 My wife and I are moving from Georgia to Oregon and just found our new apartment on the Internet, arranged for the leas papers to be prepared from the other side of the country, all without much hassle. That's pretty amazing, since, just a few years ago, this process would have taken months of phone conversations and mailing of paperwork back and forth. It could, conceivably, have been achieved paperless, even but for the signatures. Sure beets scouring the want adds from a hotel room. My wife and I are moving from Georgia to Oregon and just found our new apartment on the Internet, arranged for the leas papers to be prepared from the other side of the country, all without much hassle. That’s pretty amazing, since, just a few years ago, this process would have taken months of phone conversations and mailing of paperwork back and forth. It could, conceivably, have been achieved paperless, even but for the signatures.

Sure beets scouring the want adds from a hotel room.

]]> By: Righteous Bubba http://crookedtimber.org/2008/06/26/shock-of-the-new/comment-page-1/#comment-244488 Righteous Bubba Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:54:45 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=7011#comment-244488 I found my daughter's medical reports posted on her mom's blog. I am pissed off. I found my daughter’s medical reports posted on her mom’s blog. I am pissed off.

]]> By: Delicious Pundit http://crookedtimber.org/2008/06/26/shock-of-the-new/comment-page-1/#comment-244487 Delicious Pundit Thu, 26 Jun 2008 16:44:33 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=7011#comment-244487 <i>What strange and futuristic experience have you had recently?</i> I rode the bus? What strange and futuristic experience have you had recently?

I rode the bus?

]]> By: Megna http://crookedtimber.org/2008/06/26/shock-of-the-new/comment-page-1/#comment-244480 Megna Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:13:55 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/?p=7011#comment-244480 I think it is the rule rather than the exception that young daughters say amusing things, even when they are half a world away. I think it is the rule rather than the exception that young daughters say amusing things, even when they are half a world away.

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