More gear though....

This seems to be working well.  I've added an iPhone and and iPad to the technology mix so I'm no mobile as well.  I've also got a backpack of gear for stormchasing (Nikon with lenses, small HD videocam, tripod, i7 based laptop with editing (photo and video) software that sits under the desk until I head out on a stormchasing trip.

I have noticed that I've accumulated a HUGE amount of digital stuff.  I've got about 200,000 MP3's (songs), a huge array of links, games, email accounts, profiles on dozens of different services and social networks tons of books on the Kindle app on the iPad, and several blogs.  I wonder if I'm replacing my material stuff with digital stuff.

I'll have to explore that a little more with time.  Am I just replacing my atom based stuff with zero and one based stuff?  Interesting idea.

Another area to explore is personal relationships.  I've led a pretty monkish life the last few years and cut back on 'real' relationships (although the social network side of things seems to have exploded.. lots of digital friends... people I know online but no where else).  Another aspect of this de-materialization to explore.