{"id":37018,"date":"2011-07-10T15:50:05","date_gmt":"2011-07-10T15:50:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/me-and-my-android\/"},"modified":"2011-07-10T15:50:05","modified_gmt":"2011-07-10T15:50:05","slug":"me-and-my-android","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/planetology\/me-and-my-android.php","title":{"rendered":"Me and My Android"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last weekend I went to an outdoor concert where I saw a pretty decent Beatles tribute band that hails from the great state of Texas and goes by the name Me and My Monkey<\/a>. The entire excursion from home to the venue and back again lasted just about six hours. I was pulling into my driveway engaged in a phone conversation with a friend about which fake Beatle was her favorite when my Android gave a strangled beep, cut us off and powered down.<\/p>\n

At first I thought it was a glitch, but a quick attempt to turn it back on showed me otherwise. I was out of juice. My battery was drained beyond the point of no return — or at least no return without access to an electrical outlet. I wondered if I had forgotten to charge the phone the previous night. After all, I was outside with friends, food, and music all evening. My phone was snug in my pocket on standby … Or was it?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I was the first to arrive to the venue, so I made a call to let the my freinds know I had staked us out a shady spot. After that, I fired up go sms<\/a> to coordinate getting the right number of chairs, and I used it again while searching the parking lot for my friend’s car to help her carry those chairs. During the Sgt. Pepper<\/em> set in an attempt to settle an argument, I “Googled” which year the Beatles officially broke up (turns out it was 1970 but the break-up dragged out until 1975<\/a>). Sometime between Strawberry Field<\/em>s and Hello, Goodbye<\/em> I got an email from the office, so I logged into my handy SoftLayer App<\/a> to check on a support ticket. <\/p>\n

During the intermission, a local radio station was piped through the sound system and someone asked me to Shazam<\/a> what turned out to be a Florence and the Machine cover of a track off Abbey Road<\/a>. Since my phone was at the ready, I was the point person to find out whether the chorus to I Am the Walrus<\/em> really said goo goo g’joob<\/a>. I didn’t have a lighter on me, but my Virtual Zippo<\/a> did the trick nicely during Hey Jude<\/em>. And did I mention I don’t wear a watch because if I just hit the power button on my spiffy smart phone … ta-da, I get the time!<\/p>\n

It’s a funny feeling when you realize how something that didn’t really exist five years ago has managed to ingrain itself so deeply into your everyday life. That’s what I found myself thinking as I was drifting off to sleep Saturday night, me in my bed and my Android recharging on the night stand … Well, that and who are the eggmen?<\/a> Goo goo g’joob.<\/p>\n

-William<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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