For more on how  iPad will change your life, here’s Attaining Nirvana through iPad.

Ever wondered what happens after we decide a computer is no longer fashionable to own. At least some of them end up at FreeGeek, an ethical computer recycling center. If you live in selected places like Portland, Vancouver (Canada)  or a  few other cities in the US, you can see it for yourself.  It is a happening place, unwanted computers of all ages and shapes turn up here. To be reincarnated as yet another computer. The mission of FreeGeek is to help the needy get nerdy. Strange indeed, the Silicon valley of the world does not have a FreeGeek.

FreeGeek takes in all the unloved computers, tests them to see if they are actually usable or if the parts can be extracted. Reuse before recycle is key.

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I have a choice to figure out if I need to get a cell phone or a land line.  Although mobile phones are better, I prefer a land line. There seems to be a definite break from work or home instead of the blurred line between the two. And, I really dislike it when people are speaking over the phones at a restaurant, coffee shop or just talking while walking on the streets into their headsets like zombies.  What is the need to be connected constantly? I know I definitely sound backward when it comes to technology. The whole of the last year I did not have a cell phone for most part and I must say I enjoyed it a lot. I am not sure if I can replicate the lifestyle of  a bum now that I have to start working full time living in a real city. But I do want to keep the peace with me that I had accumulated over the last year. Peace++

I read today that Hugh Jackman stopped the broadway play asking the person in the audience to stop the phone ringing. He is awesome! But, for some reason I do not get so annoyed when the phone rings non stop in a yoga class, even during the savasana. I know yogis should know better and remember to turn it off, but still I sort of forgive people when they forget to do that.

In Bangalore,  load shedding means power or electricity cuts. Most people in Bangalore do not depend on electricity at all. By this I mean, if there is electricity, fine. If not, it is still okay. While I was traveling in Kerala, people would tell me about the power cut of 30 minutes, like it was a big deal. I did not bother to tell them I can live without electricity, after all I have lived in Bangalore where a 5 hour cut is not abnormal. Now that it is time for me to move, I have to deal with a different type of load shedding. I have to face the difficult question of what books I need to take with me. I have only so much space for a very few books. Every time I move, I have to face the downsizing. Even though I have done it a few times, it is still tough every single time.

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