Not the server, but my provider?

People in the US are accessing BNc, FMag, my blog etc. But I can't. So it's apparently something down this way, my provider or Anatel, the BigGov bad guy.

All sorts of stuff is happening. Our email list service is down, for one. The owner says his IP did a really bad booboo.

Also, the Missus tried to change money today, and the system debited our bank account without spitting out the cash. So she's gone to the bank to straighten that out. Last time this happened, it took three months to get our money back. While they enjoyed using it.

And Breitbart died. Is all this a communist plot, a leftist conspiracy?

Writer urges Internet junkies to 'switch off' and think

"Multitasking erodes cognitive control. We lose our ability to say that this is important, this is unimportant. All we want is new information."

In contrast, when readers open a printed book, "there's nothing else going on except words on a page, no distractions. It helps train us to be deep thinkers."

Carr, 52, told AFP he's not optimistic society will switch off en masse but it's important to look clearly at what it might be losing.