Cellphones

They say you never know a good thing till it's gone. This, I found today, is one of the truest of true statements. Here's why: Yesterday, the USB connector on my cellphone's charger decided to break off from the whole, meaning that I can no longer charge my phone. A short while later, my phone ran out of batteries.

Which means, of course, that my phone is dead. Dead as a doornail. And that it will remain so until my parents ship me my charger from home.

It's kind of sad to admit this, but I feel handicapped without my phone. My phone lets me send text messages, wakes me up in the morning, and has games for me to play when I need to kill a few minutes. So many different wonderful operations in something that can fit in my palm.

Today, for Comms 101, we talked about the development of mass communications through the ages. The phone was the first device that allowed people to have real-time conversations without being face-to-face. They made communications across long distances lots quicker and easier. And with cellphones, calls can now be made anywhere. With normal telephones, you need to be in a certain place in order to use it. But not cellphones. Makes communication that much easier.

If ALL Human History were just ONE CALENDAR YEAR, and NOW were midnight on December 31st, The telephone would have appeared for the FIRST TIME on December the 31st at 9 am. Cellphones would have FIRST appeared on December 31st at 11:58 pm.

Amazing, huh?

How did I get so lucky to be born at a time when such a thing as cellphones were made available? I have no idea.