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Archive for July, 2007

20 Jul

At peace…

Something odd happened with the last 2 weeks of digital detoxing. I came to peace with it. It’s like I experienced the worst, and now… I don’t care anymore. So I went away for another 5 days into the middle of the Arctic wilderness, and I didn’t even feel compelled to start blogging offline. In [...]

16 Jul

Digital detox: Day 14 – the addict gets a shot…

I admit it, I am one of those people who loves the communication we have in the world nowadays… I feel like (what I imagine) a drug addict must feel when they get the drug of their choice after a long depravation. Is this why many smokers don’t want to be around cigarette smoke once [...]

16 Jul

A day in the life of an exploration geologist…

I wrote this in an email to someone who may or may not have had a good idea of what it is I do, but since I find most people have no idea what I do beyond it involves rocks, I rather liked the description I wrote and thought I’d reproduce it (kind permission by [...]

15 Jul

Digitial detox: Day 12: A forecast of things to come?

Desire to access the internet or outside world: Happy…
A reprieve??? I have procured an excuse to go to the main camp for an evening/night of emailing! Its still 2 days away, but suddenly I feel calm. No longer am I agitated because I have no idea when I’ll next be able to send/receive emails, I [...]

13 Jul

Digitial detox: Day 10: Black Friday – a day of unhappy home truths

Desire to access the internet or outside world: I need a life…
Yes sirree… I need to get a new job and a life in the process! I mean, how sad is it that the thing I miss most is emailing people? I adore my friends, scattered all over the world as they are. I wouldn’t [...]

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