I haven't had any new technology since I bought a new desktop computer a couple of years ago, so I'm getting itchy for something.  I don't much care what it is, but I need some kind of quick tech fix. 

I flirted with the idea of an iphone a month or two back, but, honestly, I can't see it.  I can't walk and talk at the same time as it is, much less watch a movie or surf the net.  Ipod's are old news, and I don't do earbuds, so that's out anyway.  I'd like to get a new camera — a real one this time — but I need to do some research. (Tips appreciated!)



So I'm sort of zeroing in on a netbook.  It's the logical choice for a quick fix.  They're cheap, portable, and I can actually think of reasons I need one (we're talking "need" in the techie sense, of course).  
 
Well, a colleague of mine happens to have one, barely used, she's looking to sell cheap, and she brought it in today for me to fiddle with.  So far I can't tell if it's fun just because it's small, like those "fun-size" candies that aren't really fun, but are labeled "fun" because they know no one will buy them if they say "small".

Caitlin, over at candyaddict.com breaks it down for us:



As everybody knows small things are only truly fun if they've got nuts — I mean, if they're crunchy — too.

Scale dioramas and dogs are notable exceptions, of course.  I'm a huge fan of dioramas, myself, and I seriously know I'm not alone in having a fascination with life in miniature (dogs, not so much).  

I'm not sure if netbooks are an exception, too, or not.  As I explored the miniature world in my coworker's netbook, I felt like Gulliver in Lilliput, and that was kind of fun: being so much bigger than a webpage!  But the real surprise was when, after a short time staring into the miniature screen, I returned to my desktop and felt like Gulliver in Brobdingnag!  Everything that had appeared normal on my desktop monitor just moments before all the sudden seemed gigantic!  I'm not sure I'm ready to be smaller than a webpage just yet.

Going back and forth between the two made ma a little dizzy. 

My coworker is going to let me take her netbook home tonight, which should be helpful.  I want to see if I can actually type on that tiny keyboard — I mean, like, more than WTF??? LOL.  You know what I mean? 

I wonder if those keys are crunchy.