Do you really need to download that badly?

As someone who likes technology and sees the benefits of it, I have to say that there are sometimes when it’s ok to be away from the internet for a while. Take, for instance, the iLoo. This was designed by Microsoft’s UK branch for public access. It’s a public toilet with internet access. That’s right; you can download while you offload, or stream whichever you need to do. Why was this considered a bad idea? From a sanitation standpoint, public restrooms like this get notoriously abused. People do business in these things other than for its intended use. Second, even with a vacuum suction technology, there is still a chance for microscopic bacteria to get onto the console. I don’t know about you, but if my computer is going to get bacteria on it, its going to be from me only.

Here’s the bigger issue for me. As a global culture, it seems we spend more time on the internet than doing almost anything else. I’m not knocking the internet, I love all the information I have access to, but I don’t need it every waking minute of the day. When I’m in the restroom, I should really be able to survive without the internet for the time it takes me to do my business.