Great Scott....Andy fading out....

[Trapezium Artist]

A bit late to this, but am I missing something? Andy's blog page as of 12:45pm today, May 15, doesn't say very much at all (although I do like the YouTube video of Pocket Sun with all the additional soloing at the end, sir): has it been redacted since yesterday? Perhaps that's what you all mean about disappearing, although it's hard to tell  

Not much else to add to what everyone has said re: internet overdosing: I agree. I've been using email since 1979 (hard to believe, really: 30 years  :shock: ) and have pretty much seen it all in terms of forums and chat as well, although clearly the technology available today via the web and mobile devices like the iPhone ramps it all up another several notches.

While I find the web to be an utterly indispensable part of my life in terms of getting information and getting things done, I've never really felt the need to project my personality onto it and lead a life there, a la Second Life or very active forum participation (present company excepted, although this and a few minor technical contributions to Slashdot is it for me). Nothing purist about it; just don't really have the time or interest ...

That said, watching Jem's Twitter feed roll past on the TVFTC page is amusing, if only because it's purely what he says, leaving me guessing at quite what the other side of the conversation looks like ...  

Enough said, else anything I say about having no time will be completely completely oxymoronic.

[RWA]

Oh man! Reading all these posts screwed up 30 minutes of my life all ready!  :shock:

[Ivor]

Oh man! Reading all these posts screwed up 30 minutes of my life all ready!  :shock:

See? See?!? It's the debbil 'imself, so it is! :twisted:

...and there went another 48 seconds.

[Blessed Dude]

And I'm fairly sure I heard one of them working on "The Sixteen Men of Tain".

Thanks, Geetar. You made my day with that one!  

[Mouse]

We have several hamsters. Lovely little things they are too.

Often, several days go by without us seeing much evidence of them, other than a small pulsing of their bedding mounds; but just because their comings and goings are unseen, they are not loved any the less.

And I'm fairly sure I heard one of them working on "The Sixteen Men of Tain".

Love the context, Geetar!    Although I don't get the Men Of Tain bit, maybe a quick Google is in order.

I've been really thinking about deleting my MySpace account. Now I've got a Music one (created for academic purposes, seriously. It's here if anyone's interested   ), I really don't need the other one as I never use it. But yes, I do spend too much time on the Internet (most of it here, admittedly). I had a similar problem with a wonderful game on the GameCube called Animal Crossing, where you live a life in a small town with a bunch of animals. You wouldn't believe how addictive it was. It took me about two years to break out of that one.  :shock:

Now I've pretty much finished my college work, I think I'll focus more on doing some of my own projects instead of resorting to daily Interconnectywebbyweb binges.

[Pedro]

We have several hamsters. Lovely little things they are too.
Often, several days go by without us seeing much evidence of them, other than a small pulsing of their bedding mounds; but just because their comings and goings are unseen, they are not loved any the less.

....but if you were to suddenly not see any sign of them for a several weeks you'd start tapping the perspex....because you learn to love the little blighters and care about them being ok....and it's probably the same with hamsters....

[Jem]

Oh man! Reading all these posts screwed up 30 minutes of my life all ready!  :shock:

:lol:  :lol:

[johninblack]

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Good place to go and waste all that time saved on the interwebbythingy. :mrgreen:

[Blessed Dude]

Although I don't get the Men Of Tain bit

One for the guitarists, Mouse: 'The Sixteen Men of Tain' is a stonkingly good song and album by the astounding Allan Holdsworth. Check him out on YouTube. His music is not always the easiest to listen to but his playing is awesome  :shock:.

I saw him last year in one of his increasingly rare forays to the UK and he was as jaw-droppingly good as ever. When he started the set, he was so nervous that his hands were shaking. Nice to know that even someone of that calibre still gets nervous - it gives the rest of us hope!