Throw in new aisles of Nintendo 64 and DVDs, and the trips become daunting searches for the recognizable. My fear of technology started with the computer age. I remember playing on my friend's Apple computer and mastering the game Mousetrap. When the 1990s hit, I was trapped inside the technology maze like that stupid mouse who couldn't find the cheese. With the new millennium, I've found even more dead ends in my quest for understanding.
Adaptation is the essential ingredient in the technological stew.
Whether I like it or not, I'm going to have to start shopping in the technology marketplace, or starve myself from the innovative community. Keeping in vogue with fashion trends is a metaphor to the technological age. Just when you think you've put together a solid, contemporary look, the style is deemed ridiculous and outdated. Constant updating through magazines and shopping expeditions to the mall are essential to stay fresh. The process takes time, effort and most important, interest.