I came across an interesting site today for an event called “Shutdown Day“.
Shutdown Day announces the Annual 2009 Campaign. Just like in years past, Shutdown Day 2009 calls on every net obsessed, computer–addicted individual to SHUT DOWN their computers for 24 hours on May 2, 2009 and do something else!
New, Shutdown Day 2009 will be promoting several organizations that help young people suffering from computer addiction. A bunch of events are also organized for May 2, 2009, so stay tuned and watch this space.
I find this to be an interesting concept. Personally on May 2, I’ll be on vacation in a place where I get no cell reception and my wife would throw my laptop into the ocean if I start using it. But what about the rest of you? Do you have what it takes to shut stuff down for a day? I think it would help everyone to spread this around. It may actually help some of our fellow geek friends save their marriage. What are your thoughts about shutting down for a day?
May 3rd, 2009 at 10:03 pm
I was going to participate in this but forgot to. Bummer. I'll be shutting everything down sometime this week anyway to neatly run fibre in the rack instead of the fibre rats nest I have right now.
May 15th, 2009 at 9:51 am
I don't know if I could do it. Not only does my job revolve around computers, but a lot of my hobbies do as well. Of course, I don't have to worry about it since it was two weeks ago.
Next year, I am in trouble.
May 15th, 2009 at 3:51 pm
I don't know if I could do it. Not only does my job revolve around computers, but a lot of my hobbies do as well. Of course, I don't have to worry about it since it was two weeks ago.
Next year, I am in trouble.