Then and Now - Gadgetry

Year 2000 : The only "Gadget" i had with me at anytime was a watch ( my black "Q&Q" now dead and gone , courtesy yours truly who dissected it )

Year 2007 :

Let me put those in words :

Bluetooth Adapter.
Camera.
Mp3 Player- Memory Stick.
Watch.

And of course the mobile phone with which the pix where taken.

At anytime you'd find at least two of them on me.

Now the question : WHY ?

Moda aano ? atho fear of disconnection from the world / missing a moment of beauty / killing time ? The funny thing is most of my friends ask "Enthaada modaya ?" , when they see my headphones dangling from my pockets. And they have a mobile phone ( or two !!!) and a data stick with them most of the time.

What changed between 2000 and 2007 ?
I graduated from college and started working. The internetz went from 3KBps on a telephone line to 32 KBps over the same telephone line. Bluetooth /Wifi are no longer buzzwords. Mp3 players are available from Vaasukkuttan's murukkaan kada. Digicams are cheep.

Still , i don't get it. Why am I carrying these bits of tech around ?

I tried ditching my mp3 player for a day . It was awkward. I can no longer immerse myself in music and shut my eyes and completely zone out .

Having no mobile is a little more tolerable. ( Only , i wont receive calls from potential employers ) . But i miss playing tetris and snake while waiting for something/somebody.

Toting the camera around is sometimes awkward .But the thing is something interesting might happen and you will want to capture it ( something interesting has not occured yet . But it might !!! hmpf !! )

So next week is try-and-ditch-at-least-one-bit-of-tech-week.

[Edit]
Guess what ? I am ditching the BT adapter. :))