Geek of the Caribbean
May 4th, 2010
In a few weeks, we’re heading to Disney World for a much needed vacation. We’re bringing my parents to help with my 3 year old daughter (read: so grandma can buy her ice cream while we go on the good rides).
When we were young, my dad would bring a pager from work in case they needed to contact him. If they did, he’d look around for a public phone to call in and help fix whatever problem they stumbled into.
Never missing an opportunity to make him feel old, I felt obligated to point out to him how things have changed:
Me: ya know, in theory, i could SSH from my phone into a server while waiting on line for Pirates of the Caribbean
Me: actually, even without that i could blog/tweet/facebook status from my phone that I’m at Disney, waiting for Pirates of the Caribbean
Me: that’s after I text message my friends to brag that I’m about to go on Pirates of the Caribbean
Me: and if I want to go low tech, I could always email my team at work to piss them off by pointing out that I’m about to go on Pirates of the Caribbean
Dad: couldn’t you just call them to say that?
Me: oh ya, forgot about that
Dad: so will your job be using all those ways to get in touch with you on vacation?
Me: no, I lied and gave them the wrong number
