Have definitely got addicted to Stuff - dammit. Sudoku with instant answers, horoscopes, blogs... then regular news updates - seems I have to keep checking in.

"...would a few internet-free days come as a blessed relief?"

I don't know what that means. Would I like a few days without oxygen? Would I like a few days without the use of my arms and legs? Would I like a few days without Sky TV?

I could not imagine myself without the internet.

From the moment computers were available to buy my mother had one - she worked in IT. And she learned that letting me smack my hands on the keyboard kept me quiet for a while.

Some of my earliest, fondest memories are playing Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing. And I say that as a general childhood memory, not just computer related. I love my technology.

Now, at my workplace, they call me the Google Queen.

I don't know how to feel about that.

Sad, sad, sad. This web stuff is just life's candyfloss or junk food. You have it 'cause its there and you've nothing else to do. If it aint there, I don't give a rat's heinie. I have a real life. Strangely enough, the world goes on whether you post, blog, tweet, upload, download or reload.

haha paul, you're a worry. I spent a week in Vanuatu recently with no cell phone, internet, computer or TV. It was the best. I wish I could spend my life like that.

BORING BLOG -ohh who likes the internet?

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mid last year i spent a week and a bit in sydney, no phone.

It was wonderful ;)

i would go without, but my job requires me to have one pretty much glued to my ear the entire day. so no chance there. might go without for the rest of the time and see if it possible!

Yeah, I feel like I'm missing an appendage if I don't have my technology too - such as when our work internet cuts out. You'd think we'd have excellent internet here in the CBD of the capital city, but you'd be wrong. It's like dial up some days. The thing is, though, I need the net for work and so my discomfort may just stem from the loss of an important work tool. My phone, however, is definitely a part of me. I haven't been more than three days without a mobile since I was a teenager, and if I'm being honest I suppose I actually do see it as another appendage like a hand or an eye. I'm a phone junkie.

If it's there I waste time on it..if it isn't I survive without it. I went from Friday lunchtime to Sunday evening without any internet interaction. I did old fashioned stuff like have conversations, catch up with real people...go for walks..take photos....it left me thinking that perhaps I should limit my net time just a little bit more.

I would love to spend my days with less of the internet, but whenever I turn off the old laptop and put it away, Im left with this nagging feeling that someone might've put something interesting on Facebook, only to go back on and discover that its just the same old posts I had been staring at for the past five minutes.

Im not sure how I got to this point, but Id be quite happy to leave!