Low Tech

Some time ago Profgrrrrl had a post about her friend's low tech lifestyle. (Unfortunately, her archive listings are gone, so I can't provide a direct link). This post has inspired me to think about my own low tech lifestyle.

It was not clear to me before, but I probably resist new technology. My technical toys include:

• A walkman with radio and tape (got it around 1992)
  
• A radio with external discman (got it around 1991). I got the discman only later, because it was too expensive. And a stereo player including the CD device was way too expensive in the first place.
  
• A game boy. I changed from the old version (the one which needed four batteries) to the Advance model only 2 years ago
  
• A desktop computer from 1999 still in use for printing
  
• A mobile phone from around 2000. It still has a visible antenna. And it is too big to fit into the phone space in bags.
  
• A gas stove from around 1955
  
• About the only up to date thing is my iBook G4 which is now 14 months old.
  

I do not own:

• A TV
  
• A microwave oven
  
• An iPod
  
• A digital camera
  
• A mobile phone with color display, camera and funny tunes
  
• A DVD player
  
• A video recorder
  
• Anything wireless
  

The weird thing is that I never thought of actively resisting technology. I thought I was very up to date because I surf the internet so much. Other, old-style people watch TV but I surf the net. I resisted to have a mobile phone for quite some time, but since I got mine in 2002 I thought I've got everything.

I guess to be really up-to-date one has to change things every 18 months or 3 years. Well, I still like my tapes and CDs I bought in high school.