Technology

I will admit it. I am a geek at heart. My dad is in the technology field and from a very early age instilled in me and my sister a love of all things technological. And often, a desire to have that new, cool toy. That is all to explain why I am excited about this:

I work for an oil and gas company and all the guys/gals in our geology and engineering groups have TWO of these monitors. Since I am in the lowly accounting group, my computer usage is just as high and constant, but the complexity of the work I do just couldn't justify the need for a 21.3" flat panel LCD monitor like those who juggle maps all day long. BUT, I wanted one. Badly. I drooled over, and came quite close to lusting over, these monitors. I was on the "possibly will get one next year when we might think about putting them in the budget" group.

So, bad news is, one of our engineers quit last week. Good news is, the other CPA and I in the office got to split his monitors! Wahoo!! (Still can't justify needing TWO of them, though!) PLUS, his computer was newer than mine and I got to trade his wireless keyboard and mouse for my traditional wired versions. What this means is that the IT department won't complain anymore that I have the buttons backwards on my mouse (only way that I could type without hitting my elbow repeatedly on my desk was to become a lefty on the mouse) and I get the luxury of another computer accessory that I love.

A bad thing about technology, though, that I was reminded of this afternoon at a meeting, is how utterly we are dependent on it now. If the computer crashes, all our work is lost. If the printer won't print, we can't get anything done. If cell phones, emails, and fax machines aren't working, we can't communicate with anyone. Kinda strange how quickly our culture has evolved into this total reliance on technology. Seems like we really should be relient on something else.....oh, yeah. That's God.