Gadgetory

now when Google first announced its glass project there were a lot of naysayers and mostly what they said was you'll look stupid wearing them okay I was one of the few who was in favor of Google glass I thought it would be awesome to have a permanent heads-up display with mapping and Twitter and information in this kind of virtual world happening all around you I am sorry to say that I was wrong it turns out that Google glass represents a new frontier in human rudeness inattention and danger first there's the human interaction factor I mean I'm walking down the street but I'm living in a virtual parallel world where I've like got my Twitter and my facebook and my maps and I don't even care cuz I'm a ghazal and I personally refuse to ever have a one-on-one conversation with someone wearing Google glass I'm just bad enough that everybody gets out their phone and starts typing while you're speaking to them imagine when their eyes start watering slowly small eyes a pineapple for life let's buy some pina coladas and carve out this giant pineapple is awesome and then somebody flips on Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch and everyone just starts okay then there's the mobility factor people in San Francisco are actually riding their bikes around wearing these things in fact I once saw a guy crashed into a curb dive into a group of pedestrians and then look around in a panic for his glasses his Google glasses does anything about this seem like a good idea finally there's the stuff that just should be against the law West Virginia is considering legislation that would ban Google glass while driving the UK is thinking about enacting the same laws and I got to say everybody everywhere should be working on this law there is nothing about driving while you're distracted by Twitter feeds and maps and all kinds of other crap that is a good idea is like a disaster waiting to happen now I'm not trying to be anti technology here I love the idea of Google glass I don't think they look stupid I think I look kind of cute it's just that when they come about think we also need self-driving cars and a whole lot of self-restraint so I'm thinking the world is not yet ready for Google glass ok glass