Addiction

It's surprising how addicted you can get to a computer during your studies here in the US - lack of a television, unlimited internet connectivity and the occupational hazard of being a software engineer being the prime culprits in growing and sustaining that addiction, of course. There's hardly a significant time of the day when you can be (or want to be) away from the computer. Of the time that I am awake, I would easily be able to narrow down the specific times of the day in minutes, not even complete hours, when I am actually not using a computer at all. Using a computer for such a long time wouldn't in itself be a bad thing (although there exists such a thing as CRRSI) but what makes me call it an addiction is the surprisingly small fraction of it that gets put to productive work.

That's it. I am shutting this thing down now (or at least I am about to try).