http://creativitymachine.net/2006/12/21/alternate-existence/ A personal research blog about vernacular creativity and technology by Jean Burgess. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:42:57 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://creativitymachine.net/2006/12/21/alternate-existence/#comment-30914 home cooked theory » Blog Archive » Waiting ’til the cows come home Fri, 22 Dec 2006 09:48:34 +0000 http://creativitymachine.net/2006/12/21/alternate-existence/#comment-30914 [...] Today is the day I can put the away message on my email that says “I may not write back to you until February.” The amount of joy this is giving me is hard to describe adequately. This year has felt like one never ending battle with Microsoft Word, my inbox and these two keyboards before me - one apparently more ergonomic than the other. (Secret tip: no keyboard is ergonomic when you sit at it too long, every day, without a holiday… without ever knowing what a holiday without a computer might be like). So from now on I’m following others’ example and trying to chill the hell out for a while, just to see if I can do it. [...] […] Today is the day I can put the away message on my email that says “I may not write back to you until February.” The amount of joy this is giving me is hard to describe adequately. This year has felt like one never ending battle with Microsoft Word, my inbox and these two keyboards before me - one apparently more ergonomic than the other. (Secret tip: no keyboard is ergonomic when you sit at it too long, every day, without a holiday… without ever knowing what a holiday without a computer might be like). So from now on I’m following others’ example and trying to chill the hell out for a while, just to see if I can do it. […]

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