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...posthumanity”—a state of being ruled too much by reason and not enough by human vigor. We are posthumans because we live through technology, because we create virtual avatars, because “the city, the house, the car, the iPhone, the laptop, the iPod, the pillbox, the nonflesh” have become alienated vehicles for ourselves. The fear of posthumanity may seem a little exaggerated (haven’t humans always interacted, in some way, with the tools of their creation?), but for Codrescu it carries more serious implications. Inherent to logic and reason...
Tayman went to work with nothing more than his PowerBook laptop. A hyperorganized fellow, he quickly discovered a trove of freebies online - instructional manuals and sites aimed at bootstrappers - that walk you through the process from start to finish...
...market consumers are willing to go without a new Dell (DELL). Dell does not have much of a brand anymore. Even though HP (HPQ) is the largest PC company in the world, people do not gush about getting a new HP laptop. It is, more or less, a commodity. But, in the minds of many people, millions of people, the Mac is like a Bentley. It is a sign that some things are still worth having because they are designed better, work better, and make people feel better than the prosaic Brand X PC alternatives...
...have credit-card debt, I put a decent slug of my salary into my 401(k), and even though I spend a ridiculous percentage of my paycheck on housing - I do live in New York City - it's just a one-room apartment. I dropped my laptop and broke the screen a year ago; it still works, so I haven't replaced it. Helpful hint No. 2: ThinkPads are only slightly less rugged than soccer balls. (See 10 things to do in New York City...
...invited to cover everything from glitzy festivals to picturesque mountain resorts and showcase factories. Everyone must obey the rules, which constantly change to make spontaneous exchanges with ordinary citizens very difficult, says one foreign journalist who visited Pyongyang recently. "This time," says the reporter, "I could take my laptop, but I could not walk alone in Pyongyang...