Candy’s unfortunate incident (she got robbed, see her December 13, 2006 post) reminded me of my own unfortunate incident involving gadgets. Two years ago the place I was staying in got broken into and the scoundrels took off with my handycam – they didn’t even bother closing the door after them! Rascals! I hope they burn in hell!
(obviously I’m not as forgiving as Candy)
What really ticked me off was the fact that my handycam contained videos I took for a project for which I was really excited about (thankfully, since I’m such a good boy I didn’t have to worry about the scoundrels getting away with uh, more “risqué” videos of mine). I didn’t just lose hardware, I also lost my information, my intellectual property. As can be imagined, that really killed my enthusiasm. I only got enthusiastic about killing those goons.
Right after disgruntled ex-lovers, I suppose theft of cellphones and handycams (of rather exhibitionist individuals) leads to all those “scandals” that populate the net and which your friendly local pirate purveys. Must be horrific to be victimized in that way. Not only did they lose their hardware, they also lost information, and, uh, intellectual property.
I guess such unfortunate incidents show that all these “glittery” gadgets, which are supposed to make our lives better, attract a lot of goons, which of course makes our lives much worse. I’m speculating, but maybe whoever entered Candy’s dorm already knew she had an iPod beforehand. My place got broken into a few days after I got a 30 inch TV, and I guess that caught some rascal’s attention. I really wish they’d burn in hell!
Grrrrrr!!!
Anyways, I guess I’m still lucky because nobody got hurt when the robbery took place (I was out and my mom was supposed to visit me at around the time the robbery took place, good thing, I would say, that her visit didn’t push through). I mean, some people get knifed for their shiny cellphones, PDAs and of course iPods. That’s why some people think it’s a good idea to ditch the trademark classy white earphones which iPods come with. I think I’d change mine pretty soon – though primarily because the OEM replacements are rather overpriced.
True, it looks the part and sounds decent enough, but it tells all and sundry that you’ve got a shiny, expensive gadget on you, and that makes you a target. Some years ago a kid in the States got killed because he wouldn’t hand over his iPod (which was betrayed by the white earphones) – Steve Jobs e-mailed the kid’s mom telling her he’d be there for whatever she’d wanted. Too bad Stevie, with all his billions, couldn’t give her what she wanted most – her kid back.
Technology
Gadgets
Goons
All of it could be quite stressful.
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