Are you labeled by your friends and family as a technology hound? Do you think of yourself as a techie, computer guru, or just someone who just likes having the latest gadget? Read through the following to see if any of it applies to you.
You know you’re a technology hound when…
Your car cost $500 and your computer system cost $3,000
You watch the end credits of a movie and can name off the type face used
You check your email more than once an hour
You have a profile set up on five different social network websites
You have an iPod or a razor phone in every color
Your computer has its own “about me” page on your website
You are sad when your email messages drop to less than 50 a day
Someone asks how many languages you speak and your reply three (C, XML and Java)
You know AppleTalk isn’t conversation with fruit
You take your iPhone out of its case so it won’t get claustrophobic
You spend more than ten minutes contemplating how the railroad crossing lights work
Your dog has his own podcast
You have more than 10 rules set up in your email program
You write blogs about your blogs
You have t-shirts made up that list your webpage address
You have the movie The Net on VHS, DVD and Blu-Ray disc
Your keychain holds exactly two keys and five flash drives
In the last year, you’ve upgraded your computer six times but still haven’t changed the oil in your car
When you are asked if you have more than one hard drive, you respond by asking, “In which computer?”
You belong to a club that has the words “dot com” in its name
You spend three hours a day chatting online, but haven’t called your mother in a month
You take your laptop into the bathroom with you.
Mary Ann Romans writes about everything related to saving money in the Frugal Blog, technology in the Computing Blog, and creating a home in the Home Blog. You can read more of her articles by clicking here.
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