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Category Archives: hi-tech gadgets and addictions

Thoughts on eBooks

Last year I recommended real books over eBooks. I still have no plans at this time to buy an eBook reader despite the price of Amazon’s Kindle going way down.
Despite my preference for real printed books, it does look like eBooks are here to stay. Sales have dramatically increased, but there are [...]

Weekend Links

Low-Tech News and Items
4 Low-Tech Kitchen “Gadgets” I Love
Low-Tech Shatner Eyes Twitter, Says What the “$#*!”
Human Power News
Laura Dekker begins bid to become youngest person to sail world solo

Jimmy Wayne Completes [1700 Mile] Meet Me Halfway Walk

Hi-Tech Troubles
One in Five U.S. Adolescents Has Hearing Loss, Researchers Find

Becoming a Squinter Nation

Weekend Links

Hi-Tech Troubles?

I-Dosing: How teenagers are getting ‘digitally high’ from music they download from internet

37 states join probe into Google Wi-Fi data collection

Teens: Texting makes driving less boring
Low-Tech Solution:
Salad Spinner Centrifuge: A Cheap, Ingenious Health Care Tool
Low-Tech Resource:

UNESCO sets up online Traditional Knowledge Database

Weekend Links

Low-Tech Books
I haven’t read these yet, but found out about a couple of new Low-Tech books out…
First, I saw a book entitled The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future(Or, Don’t Trust Anyone Under 30) in a book store.
Then, I heard a discussion on WAMU with author William Powers [...]

Weekend Links

Here you go…
Why I’m Giving Up My Blackberry

Teens’ Love Affair with Facebook Might be Waning
Have a great weekend.