coffee break

last weekend was the first of the bi-annual microwarehouse sale. i bought myself a 160gb ipod classic in matte black with a belkin crystal case in baby pink cover. i know, why baby pink, well it looks good with my aquamarine croc envelope clutch and i gave my old ipod to my niece who celebrated her 18th birthday. for the past weekends, i was cooped up in my apartment ripping cds and dvds. i’m almost done with the cds with the exception of the classical; i wouldn’t be listening to bach on the road nor to paganini.

the dvds are a different story. i installed this 1 click dvd to ipod software that made ripping dvds a breeze. it rips tv series dvds per episode, imagine that! however, i manually labeled the series name, season, episode number and name manually which is a drag. i was able to rip 6 seasons of will and grace, 3 seasons of sex and the city, seasons 1 & 2 of house, seasons 1 & 2 of avatar the last airbender, and before sunrise and before sunset. it was a ripping frenzy for the last 2 weekends. i know it’s not how i’m supposed to spend my weekends but i’m practicing celibacy and frugal living. not to mention that my ocd is kicking, trying to rip everything i can hold on to and dump it in my mega ipod. i still have to go through my classic movie collections-audrey hepburn, george peppard, rock hudson, doris day; i’m such a nut with the classics, and showtunes of course. my playlist is still not doing any better specially now that i dump more stuff into my itunes. another weekend just to cleanup a whole lotta digital mess.

speaking of digital stuff, are you aware of your digital footprint? digital footprint is defined as ‘trail, traces or footprints that people leave online’. this of course in a utopian world means nada, however we are living in an era far from ideal. netizens have a high digital footprint visibility but this is not exclusive to the web community. every piece of technology that you use is recording your every move. it may come off as the net-ish but it’s true. every sms you sent has been logged, recorded, audited and archived until as prescribed by ntc. even your bank transactions, either by phone, atm, over the counter or online is being logged for purposes that you may or may not like. these footprints you leave all trails back to you. imagine that people can be tracked down, even spell out your day, where you had lunch and what, what you bought last midnight sale, even the color. your internet activities, what site you’ve visited, how often, from where, your email and other social networking accounts, the ecard you created for your friends birthday, even the font, color and size. a world where privacy is just an illusion and your entire life, just a couple of mouse click away. leaving these marks is not as bad as it sound, in fact it may save your ass during criminal investigations as it would give you your iron clad alibi, provided you are innocent of course. there is no such thing as free service, not even google and gmail. their free services comes at the steepest price, your most intimate and private information. to discover your own digital footprint, you may go to this site.

listening to:
Hed Kandi 2004 – Solu Music Feat. Kimblee : Fade (Eric Kupper Remix)

Tags: digital

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