An Age of Magic

Are we suffering from information overload…?

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It is official. The human race is suffering from ’information overload’ and we are all being advised to turn off the mobile phones ( something I would celebrate! ), unplug the computers, get off the nintendos and PSP’s, put away the iPods and find your way without the darn GPS.

And it is true; we are relying way too heavily on technology these days. Everything is either a blip on a screen or plugged into your ear. We shop online, flirt online, work online - we can buy products on cyberspace including everything from acne products to surrogate mothers.

We cannot do anything using our own brains anymore; we program things to tell us where to go and how to get ( often getting lost on the way ), we find our perfect mate by entering a few details and seeing our ideal match chosen for us…

Just imagine we actually DID spend 24 hours totally reliant on nothing more than our own instincts, knowledge and initiative. Or have we grown out of all that…?

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Eclipsed by the clouds…

Well, it came and it went…and we hardly saw a thing! there are few sights sadder than the amateur astronomer sitting forlornly gazing hopefully at the sky and seeing nothing but a grey, dense blanket of cloud.

Today started out wonderfully; lots of blue sky at 7.30am but around 9.am the rot started to set in. After weeks of sunshine and clear blue skies you would expect it to continue today - wrong - but it does go like that dosen’t it? in came the clouds rolling along and obliterating all hope of witnessing this marvel of creation.

It even rained !!

We did get tiny snatches of clearance but nothing to raise excitement. Oh well. There will be more!

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