Are you able to keep up with technology?

Hmm. I don't give a whit about TVs or stereos but have to have the best puter.

I care only a little about cell phones but am willing to spend hundreds on the best MP3 walkman.

I guess it comes down to use.

I still use my PALM III (it's III xe so it's about as good as a PALM V). I decided that since I just use it for an address book I don't need color.

Hmmm - a moribund thread which I never saw! But an interesting one.

I can get quite excited - in a low key way - about some new technology. I love answering machines, for instance - and I am still excited that I can call mine from far away or overseas and make it talk to me! (I have the crappiest machine you can imagine at present, though - grrrrrrrr) I would rather, in general, arrange things with friends via answering machine, or email, than on the phone - email is wonderful for group things, of course.

I guess this is because I listen and talk all day, and the phone at work is both a constant interruption (even when I am seeing a client, sometimes - grrrrr) and a worrying harbinger - at work I always think, with Dorothy Parker, "What fresh hell is this?!" when the wretched thing rings. My friends hate me, because they know that I may be home, but not pick up - I mean, I love them and all, but enough is enough!

I think fax machines are very cute - and I want a phone/fax combined thingy. (Too expensive, at present.) However, I am totally unmoved by mobile and cordless phones. Hate 'em. I may get a mobile in a while for emergencies when I am in the car, but the thing would only be turned on if there was a special reason. I cannot imagine anything worse than work, for instance, being able to get me when I am out of the office.

My computer? Fuhgeddaboudit! Almost a pedal model! New technology? That would mean a fresh bunch of hamsters to run the thing - that's right, isn't it?

I would quite like a dinky TV with picture in picture etc - dunno why, really - apart from stuff like the Sopranos, I rarely sit still and actually watch it for more than a few minutes. Sound system? 11 years old and damn fine, for me, thank you! It has a remote - what more do you ask? Me, I would like something with valves - for a warmer sound...

I would quite like one of those Ibos, though. Prolly get murdered by the real cats, though - or would it turn on them? Would it interact with them? Hmm - now I REALLY want one- to see if it likes real pets!

I expect technology to keep up with me! c.i.

hmmm - the original gadget man here! I'm always looking for and at better computers, pocketpc's and digital cameras, and things to go with the ones I have to make'm better.