Technology is awesome

Ok, so a few people have asked questions on how I keep in touch with everybody, keep up with TV shows and basically stay connected with the west. Ill start by praising my parents for my 22nd birthday present: a new computer. My computer is my lifeline to everything, without it I would be miserable and you all would not be reading this right now. I probably spend at least 2 hours a day on my computer sending emails, watching TV, talking on the phone and even sending text messages. So, the rest of this post is going to fill all of you in on the less obvious websites I use regularly to stay connected.

First, www.Skype.com. I have written about Skype before and honestly wish more of you would get with it already and download their program! Skype allows me to call any phone in the world through my computer at ridiculously low rates. Plus, if you also have the program on your computer, we can talk for free. This is definitely the future of voice communication and there are already ways to use Skype on your cell phone and even wireless handsets designed to work like regular house phones, just through your computer.

Second, www.411sms.com. This website lets me send text messages to any cell phone in the states and receive them as well, all for free. It works just like an IM program and after you log into the program, it works just like you are having an online chat. If you dont have texting on your cell phone, this is definitely a program worth checking out.

Third, www.surfthechannel.com. This website is unbelievable, it has over 300,000 links to movies and TV shows that you can watch online. Since there are only 5 or 6 channels that show programs in English here, I spent a lot of time on SurftheChannel catching up on my favorite shows and watching movies. The great thing is, the day after any movie comes out in theaters or any show is shown on TV, there is usually a link posted so you can watch it ASAP. There are some downsides though, there are no major sports recorded and the quality can be grainy if you want to expand the video to full screen. Other than that, this site is great is you are looking for ANY episode of ANY show or want to watch pretty much every movie ever made.

Thats it for now, expect a similar post in the future about how much more advanced Korean technology is than ours and the cool gadgets everyone has.

Hope this was enlightening and everyone had a good weekend.