More on the Internet (or How to get the best out of your connection)

One of the main problems, or sometimes attractions, of the Internet is that it can do very strange things to your life. One of the strangest things is that it can be a help and a hindrance almost simultaneously, being both the perfect organisational, social and recreational complement to today's world and the distraction that can completely and utterly ruin your freshly organised, socialised and recreated world. It takes a gargantuan attention span not to wander even slightly, at worst close to indefinitely, from a task involving the world wide wonder, and - as I have found out several times to my cost - it can push everything else off your schedule pretty quickly. Having said all this, it's only fair that I put forward the other side of the argument, namely that one of the main problems/attractions of life is its strange effect on the Internet. Everyday goings on fill blogs worldwide, social networking sites allow similar people to come into contact, consumer demands cause more businesses to plunge into the age of the web. And, although it may not always be safe, it will remain interesting for evermore. The Internet may well doom us all, but who can imagine a more enjoyable doom?