{"id":9,"date":"2003-08-08T09:45:00","date_gmt":"2003-08-08T14:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/2003\/08\/08\/addicted-or-a-dickhead\/"},"modified":"2022-07-05T14:56:31","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T12:56:31","slug":"addicted-or-a-dickhead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/2003\/08\/08\/addicted-or-a-dickhead\/","title":{"rendered":"ADDICTED OR A DICKHEAD?"},"content":{"rendered":"

CNN had a recent article on their website about addiction to the internet<\/a>. They put a handy reference guide for figuring out if you are addicted:<\/p>\n

M<\/b> More than intended time spent online
\nO<\/b> Other responsibilities neglected
\nU<\/b> Unsuccessful attempts to cut down
\nS<\/b> Significant relationship discord because of use
\nE<\/b> Excessive thoughts or anxiety when not online<\/p>\n

I think I’m borderline. 2.5 out of 5. I have the excuse that I use the computer to fulfill my many functions as editor, webwoman and web designer, and I never considered myself much of web surfer, but the whole online journal\/blog thing fascinates me, and I’ve found myself reading some of them religiously lately. At least I can truthfully say that I never bother with chat rooms. I do have a very active real-life social life, so no worries that I’m becoming a computer hermit.<\/p>\n

There’s only 1 talk forum that I visit regularly, Amerikanska<\/a>, which is a website devoted to Americans moving to or living in Sweden. Frequently enough to keep me coming back, I find useful information or links that I can use on the AWC newsletter which I edit. However, some of the stuff that people put up in a public space never fails to amaze me. This is not a journal, mind you, but a public message board of sorts.<\/p>\n

I stay away from the political and religious “debates,” and I try to only get involved with answers when I think I actually have helpful information to share. I know that there is an already enormous, and growing, population who meet their significant others online and have their most meaningful relationships with people they have never met, but I find it a bit unnatural. Maybe it’s just my age showing. In other ways, the internet is one of the greatest ways we have of making the world smaller, more accessible and creating a truly global unity.<\/p>\n

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\nWe got the bookcase into Martin’s room last night, after some serious furniture rearranging. Karin was a bit put out that she didn’t have a new bookcase, too, although I promised that she will be getting one as soon as I can find one for sale. <\/p>\n

It’s another gorgeous day here, and I have SUSHI to look forward to tonight, at my favorite sushi place in Malm\u00f6. It’s situated on the wonderfully European square called Lillatorget and is a great place for people watching in the summer. It’s supposed to be an AWC event, but I’ve told several of my friends that it’s my birthday celebration. So a lot of people are coming and all of them are people I like to be around. We’ve got a babysitter tonight, so Anders is coming, too. \ud83d\ude42 Woo hoo!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CNN had a recent article on their website about addiction to the internet. They put a handy reference guide for figuring out if you are addicted: M More than intended time spent online O Other responsibilities neglected U Unsuccessful attempts to cut down S Significant relationship discord because of use E Excessive thoughts or anxiety when not online I think I’m borderline. 2.5 out of 5. I have the excuse that I use the computer to fulfill my many functions as editor, webwoman and web designer, and I never considered myself much of web surfer, but the whole online journal\/blog...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6656,"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions\/6656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}