Now the thing is, while I may be a geek who values Star Wars, Stargate SG-1, Lost, Battlestar Galactica, comics, role-playing games and wargames above most other things, I don't consider myself a nerd because I know nothing about how computers (or most modern technology for that matter) work. I just know that they do and, generally, I love them for it.
However, of course, that also makes me rather reliant on them - I treasure and celebrate them for what they do, but have no idea what to do if they suddenly stop doing it. This generally leads to panic and foul language.
But when they do work, I'm in seventh heaven, and like any star-crossed lover I can't bear a grudge for a long. Even since last week's nightmare dive into reboot hell, I have wallowed in - and praised to all who will listen - the marvels of modern technology. Just think back five years and imagine downloading music, doing all your shopping online, watching baseball from the other side of the planet, even ordering a pizza (almost certainly the best thing I have ever done online!) and imagine what the next five years will bring.
I am not a futurist like Tony Stark (that's Iron Man for you non-comic people), and I lack the imagination to even comprehend a fraction of the possibilities that lie around the corner for us, but you just have to glance back over your shoulder and see how far we've come to know that what's ahead of us has to be glorious. If we don't use it to blow ourselves up first.
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This is my praise (from last October) for online baseball (since this was originally written I have adopted the New York Yankees as my team ... and they've lost every pre-season game I've watched!):
Who would have thought - when Nick and I were sitting in the Stade Olympique, Montreal, Canada, in 1988, watching the Montreal Expos beat the New York Mets that 18 years later we'd be sat in his front room watching live baseball again - via the Internet. This time it was the Oakland A's versus the Detroit Tigers, but the magic was still there ... along with American TV adverts and their insane, rambling commentators who help to make the statistic-heavy game as clear as mud for us addle-headed Brits!
Since the Expos lost their franchise (they never were that good as far as I can remember), I haven't really had a "team" to follow (or a chance to wear my very expensive, fully 'named up' Expo shirt - shipped over from America at great financial cost to me), but I just love watching the game when I can - and idea of having it pumped, unedited, into your PC on demand is just too cool for words (if a bit pricey for me given my current 'resting' status).
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