Digital Explorer Gifts

Starbucks doubles its sales by devising a way to sell coffee over the Internet,

'You're pretty new to cloud storage aren't you?'

"That's not what it says on the Web."

'Have you tried Googling that?'

"No textbooks. I'm strictly Web-fed."

Due to recent technological advances, everything I taught you about computers is no longer valid.'

'An encyclopedia? I don't know. Let's look up what it is on Wikipedia.'

Computer thinks: 'I'm sure it's got a mind of it's own!'

"When I asked you to read a book, I didn't mean Facebook."

"But you told me to go outside and play!"

'I love our nights in together, just you, me and our 756 friends.'

Internet Epitaphs

'I've tried to tell Stuart he's over-loading himself with too much information but...'

Man looking at book in a library 'This page is still under construction'

Phoney world view

'Ok, give me your username & password one more time.'

'Swing?! I'll drop my handheld!'

If you're reading this, your sat nav system has failed.

'Open up Clayton, you knew it was inevitable.'

Latest Greatest Fastest Computer...versus Good Enough.

'OK, dad, but this is the last time I'm going to show you how to set the parental controls.'

The walking frame for the mobile immobile.

North American Newspaper Industry.

"Broadband...yeah, it's great, now our totally useless website loads even faster."

Father: 'Breaking news! Newspapers are planning to put all their stories about newspapers using paywalls, behind a paywall'. Daughter: 'What's a newspaper?'

'Once you get over your fear of the mouse, this thing is really neat.'

The Generation Gap: Pensioner reads 'How to get Online' and boy reads 'How to Read a Book'.

'You spend 90 hours a week on that computer so as your best friend, it's my responsibility to tell you to GET A LIFE!'

Internet Addiction

"...all this time Timmy is spending in cyberspace is beginning to affect him."

"I feel like everybody's podcasting and nobody's podlistening."

'Nothing much. Just waiting for the internet to tell me what I'm supposed to like.'

'We know it makes you happy, but your father and I think you're spending too much time on the computer.'

National Archives

'Any questions... Google it'