Technological lag

Peep today's Dilbert:



My first thought? Ugh... I have a landline with no caller I.D. I'm suffering from a technological lag.

But then again, I'm reminded of my technological shortcomings every day. Observe, if you will, my TV setup:

TV, TiVo, and now, sadly, digital converter box. Not pictured: wireless broadband internet connection device. Of course, you might wonder, what feeds into the digital converter box? Good question. Let's zoom out:

Yeah, that's attractive. I had to get a new antenna. Powered. To read the digital signals, I had to stick it in the window. Let's see that close up:

Mrs. Bart figured out that we can get certain signals better if a soda can is attached to one of the aerials... jeez, I'm rarely embarrassed writing these, but I am now. It's just plain sad. And I still can't bring myself to get cable.

I'm not much of a gradual adopter - I tend to make sudden leaps. And this digital TV has been a little buggy. Maybe I'll get off my ass shortly.

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