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Plugged In: I Know What You Did Last Summer

posted September 18, 2012 by T.J. DeGroat
As a fan of the increasingly popular tech sabbath concept, I had lofty ideas about making my recent trip to Mexico an unplugged excursion. But things didn’t exactly go as planned. Read more »
Tags: Mexico, smartphones, Tech sabbath, Travel, unplugging, vacation
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The Sound of Silence — and Adaptation

posted June 14, 2012 by Emily Schwartz
Our world is a cocoon of noise: music, voices, television, cars, film, advertisements, construction and – dare I say it – the sounds of nature. What does quiet sound like? Read more »
Tags: best of the blog, Brian Patrick Eha, health, noise, silence, sound, unplugging
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Digital Detox: Taking Time to Enjoy the View

posted January 18, 2012 by T.J. DeGroat
The idyllic Caribbean nation St. Vincent and the Grenadines recently joined the growing movement to make vacations not only breaks from work, but also respites from technology, by rolling out a 7-night, $3,799 “digital-detox vacation package.” Read more »
Tags: digital detox, Mashable, Samantha Murphy, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, unplugging, vacation
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