I'm a Luddite in reverse. Very little interest in new technology, but a huge interest in older technology, which at one point was new technology. I don't know. I have a Blackberry, and it serves it's purpose. I get emails during the day that allow me to multitask and take care of two or three things at once, but truly, that's where it ends. I mean, except for the calculator. And I had the phone for ages before I delved into that thing.

So on Sunday I'm at church setting up a long overdue meeting with a friend. He writes down the appointment in one of those big day planner books, types it into his phone, sends a text via satellite to remind him on the day of, programs a home alarm system to go off approximately 30 minutes before he has to leave for the meeting and then places an advance order for a triple Americana to be ready exactly three minutes after he arrives. OK, that last one might be a slight exaggeration, but here's what I did: texted my wife and told her to grab a post it note, write down the time of the meeting, and stick it on the computer. I like post its, man.

Now, there have been and currently are quite a few people in my life that don't accept or believe this about me at all. Because of the fact that I've written, programmed, produced and created electronic music over the past 20 years, people tend to think that I'm on the cutting edge of hi-techiness from sun up to sun down. Of course it's completely untrue. One glance at my Tesla-era studio, outfitted with wax cylinders, theremins and WWII military grade oscilloscopes should be enough to convince anyone that aluminum Mac books, MOTU interfaces and the latest version of Logic 9 have no place in my life. And yes, I had to do a Google search for that last sentence.

Excuse me while I get up to change the channel on the television set now, because old technology is stubbornly fun.