@oracle such is life, i guess. some things get better, things get worse; often these things are decoupled, where things improving in one axis cause other things to degrade.i may be nostalgic about getting home form school, firing up my computer and chatting to my friends on instant messenger, but I don’t think I’d give up the smartphone for it; and i also can’t really separate the warm glow i feel from that era from the simple joy of being a child and experiencing so much stuff new for the first time.