More Confessions, This Time For Something Else
Hey.
I'm a research addict. Most of the time, when I'm on the Internet, it's not to chat with other users or to play online games...it's to look up facts on stuff. I look up lyrics to songs I've just heard on the radio. I look up rules to obscure and out-of-print games. I look up screenshots from foreign movies that have never been released Stateside (and for good reason...why would those ignorant Americans want to see an epic war movie about the Russians and the Japanese at the turn of the last Century?). I look up specifications on various machines. I look up parts numbers for the electric shavers I have in the hopes of getting one or the other running again. I look up news articles. I look up myself, to see whether I'm being talked about. I look up places I've been. I look up history and lore. I look up old comic strips and comic books. Maybe I'll try to look up an old friend, tho' I don't have many of those, and few of them are online.
I spend significantly more time on the Web than I do watching TV. Since I don't subscribe to a newspaper (and the ones where I live often have editorial bends that I don't agree with) I read those at stone-and-mortar libraries when I feel the need. But the Internet is my main plaything...err...source for information these days. It won't replace a library, but it hardens my focus to the point that when I go to the library, I don't just dawdle around looking for something to interest me--I look for something that goes with what I've already found.
And if I do, I'd run right back to the Web to see if it's on sale somewhere. Maybe someday I'll buy it.
I'm a research addict. Most of the time, when I'm on the Internet, it's not to chat with other users or to play online games...it's to look up facts on stuff. I look up lyrics to songs I've just heard on the radio. I look up rules to obscure and out-of-print games. I look up screenshots from foreign movies that have never been released Stateside (and for good reason...why would those ignorant Americans want to see an epic war movie about the Russians and the Japanese at the turn of the last Century?). I look up specifications on various machines. I look up parts numbers for the electric shavers I have in the hopes of getting one or the other running again. I look up news articles. I look up myself, to see whether I'm being talked about. I look up places I've been. I look up history and lore. I look up old comic strips and comic books. Maybe I'll try to look up an old friend, tho' I don't have many of those, and few of them are online.
I spend significantly more time on the Web than I do watching TV. Since I don't subscribe to a newspaper (and the ones where I live often have editorial bends that I don't agree with) I read those at stone-and-mortar libraries when I feel the need. But the Internet is my main plaything...err...source for information these days. It won't replace a library, but it hardens my focus to the point that when I go to the library, I don't just dawdle around looking for something to interest me--I look for something that goes with what I've already found.
And if I do, I'd run right back to the Web to see if it's on sale somewhere. Maybe someday I'll buy it.