Digital DeprivationFollow

I would sign up for a bunch of library cards and build myself a low tech Beowulf cluster.

Edited, Feb 11th 2010 11:19pm by Allegory

Well, I guess I'd hunt Kaolian down and kill him before he ends us all. Then retire, as the saviour of the world, to a palace built several metres above the Maldives.

I don't want to have to move in ten years, you see.

DSD wrote: And then I would really get off my butt and rewrite the novel I started years ago and see where it goes.

Is that a Nordic Folk Metal romance novel?

Nobby wrote:If you had to forego all of the media we use for entertainment, how would you spend the evenings, (apart from shagging like monkeys or furious ******************

I would do what I did a few weeks back when I lost power...trip to the bikini bar! Beer and boobs tops reading a book any day.

[i]Edited, Feb 11th 2010 9:31pm by BloodwolfeX

Read a lot more. I can crank out an 800 page novel in two-three days, when I sit down to it...

So I guess make a lot more money as well to buy books with too. The price of a paperback has gone up a lot over the years. /fume

I'd probably study more, as well.

If anyone's into sewing or crafting, I really recommend trying to catch the Renegade Craft Fair this Spring/Summer. It's great for ideas and you can pick up some original tees, decor and accessories for reasonable prices. Oh, also: Etsy.

Edited, Feb 12th 2010 6:36am by Atomicflea

I'd have to run to the closest magazine shop/stand to stock up on reading material.
Then I'd go to the one awesome chain of bookstores that also sells cheap second hand books and stock up there too.

As long as I've got things to read I'll be fine.
Although not being able to listen to music almost non stop would suck.

I wonder if people would be more willing to experiment sexually if they didn't have as many other forms of entertainment.

Without **** to guide us, we wouldn't know what to do.


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Edited, Feb 12th 2010 9:50am by Jophiel

Having lived without any media or proper occupation for about half a year quite recently, I can actually say what I did.

I spent 10+ hours a day on the balcony with my neighbours chainsmoking and gossiping about WAGs, LSD and epileptic puppies, as well as teaching my best friend's Yorkie how to count. I also walked barefoot around Berlin a lot (15 miles a day on average) and saw all sorts of interesting places, and had mud fights with my friend. At night, I read books and sometimes drank some beer. I also spent a lot of time talking to random people in public. I met a retired commie terrorist at one point.

Then I got a little radio and started listening to the BBC World Service all the time. Technology can be nice.