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As I sit on this flight to Washington DC I am realizing just how much of my daily computer activities are linked to the Internet.  I generally listen to music through Last.fm, download software and add plugins to software I already use, read a long list of blogs and news sites, blog, do web development of two web sites, take 2 online courses, check in with our help ticket system at work, view Google Analytics, constantly monitor my email, chat through Adium, and that doesn’t include any of the web surfing I do to learn about new topics.  Sitting here I wonder how I ever managed to survive without an Internet connection when my family traveled around the country.  Sure we would hit an Internet cafe here and there, but I only checked my email once or twice a week – and that was just under 5 years ago!  Now I have a much nicer laptop with better programs, but without Internet access it feels like a useless brick.  Just thougt I’d notify everyone that I am stunningly bound to the Internet.  (Obviously I posted this after getting back to an Internet connections.  Whew… I feel much better now.)