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I thought this would be something great to talk about after reading an article on the MEN, No Internet No Interest

I’ll avoid digging deep into different stats, and just stick to the stats from the story. The article mentions that 25% of Americans don’t have the internet, and 17% don’t even want to go on the internet. Now I’m a full time web developer, I’ll admit, my life kind of hinges around the internet. But honestly, I do feel I really bennefit from it.

Probably the best use of the internet I have is for information. I just bought a house earlier this year that needed some work. haha and as a web developer, I’m just not as handy as I wish I was, but you can find out how to do anything online, and a lot of the time you can even find videos on how to do anything as well.

The other great thing is online shopping. I’m really as far as you can get fomr a shop-aholic, but I do appreciate the ease here, as well as the option to compare prices and read product reviews. Saving the time and money has been a huge help.

One recent example was, my house needed all new cupboard doors. After checking with Lowes and Home Depot, and hearing them reccomend I just purchase new cabinets since the price of doors will be sooo high, I found a place online that sold cupboard doors at any size, with many styles, for about half the price.

I can understand the point of, “I’ve never had the internet, so I don’t feel like I’m missing out on anything”. I can say that about a lot of things. As a child I didn’t see what people liked cable TV for, but now I enjoy the larger program line up and always great signal. I used to not see the point to cell phones, but now I have mine with me just about 24/7.

So while life will still keep moving without the internet I think it’ll move a little smoother with the internet.