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Tech Detox Time

Posted March 31, 2007 5:36 PM

From The Globe and Mail - Technology News:

In the spring, all the new-age and fashion magazines start talking about detox diets and ridding the body of winter's accumulation of toxins and fats. According to at least one expert, professionals may need a good de-teching more than a detox diet. According to social worker John O'Neill, director of the Professionals in Crisis Program at the Menninger Clinic in Houston, these are the top five warning signs that it's time to start disconnecting from technology: You start and end your day by checking for email and voicemail messages. If you can't get a wireless or cellular signal, you feel irritable or panicky. You plan to spend an hour on the Internet and spend four instead. You're often late for meetings or miss appointments because you've been returning emails or returning phone calls.

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04/01/2007 11:00 PM

Detox complete strangers with a hammer, but be fleet of foot... :)

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