As I still don't know what I want to do when I grow up this is a tad harder for me to answer. I can say though, if I can ever get the current job i seek of a Retail Rep for Nintendo then I will need to know about technology. I would be educationg the retailers of how the new systems work as well as fixing and upkeeping their interactive systems. With all of Nintendo's recent advancements in technology (the Wii's motion sensing and the DS touch screen) I'm sure Nintendo has a bright future.
If i decided to follow in my dad or grandpas footsteps I would be going into Ag. I know there are several new advancements used in farming, irrigation, and harvesting that I would have to learn how to operate or at least how to sell them to people who need them.
Even if I go into acting tech will always be present with the lights, cameras, editing computers, etc. No matter what field I end up going into I know that there will be a lot of Technology I will have to learn about. And thats okay.

Tech stuff

Of course after clicking various links on CNET I found one that interested me.
http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9802362-1.html?tag=cnetfd.mt

Fall tradition at the Plumper Pumpkin Patch in Portland, Oregan seems to fall in line with most large pumpkin patches around the U.S. It offers the old stand by of having a corn field maze, some pony rides, and a hay ride. Good old fashion fun. They do however have something a bit more festive for those who see the fall as a time where you go around destroying your neighbors jackolanterns. Each year a few of the local engineers will create super weapons to hurl and launch pumpkins at stationary targets (a larger wooden pumpkin and a broken down chevy). They range from steam cannons, to medieval catapults, to plain slingshots. Fun for all, pumpkin smashing seems to be where its at.

i think it'd be fun to fire one of these things. Me and Marshall fire potato cannons every 4th of July and its awesome. I'd imagine blasting a pumpkin into a field trying to hit a beat up chevy would be really fun. I'm sure it beats firing a potato off a cliff, but thats still pretty good too.

2,000 dollars

I chose a laptop because I already have adesktop that does what i need it to do school work wise. I need something more portable for gaming and such. I also wanted a mac (always been a mac fan but saddened by their lack of compatable games) so when they put the intel core duo in and im able to run windows on a mac im happy. It means I can continue being a level 90 Jedi. I would also be able to start editing video and such so I could start helping make the video section of my improv comedy team's website more full. At the moment we only have one video up and it is quite old and poorly edited. I found the computer at the apple website, its the basic package of the MacBook Pro but it does the job I need it to. I also chose it because its better than my twin sisters macbook. spec are as follow:
15-inch
2.2GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
1440 x 900 resolution
2GB memory
120GB hard drive1
8x double-layer SuperDrive
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT graphics with 128MB SDRAM
cost $1,999.00

(was tempted to buy a cheap emachine and spend the rest on star wars miniatures but oh well)

DRM

I don't think that music companies should have to make the distributors of online songs use DRMs. If their fear is that they won't be payed for their music then I think they need to look at it more closely. There have been times where I've had a friend download a song from a file sharing site that I wanted. If I liked it i'd more often then not go out and buy the CD, which isn't protected and gives the music companies their money. A song file that didn't have a DRM protecting it just sold an album. I don't think that Apple should have to sell their secrets, much like Steve Jobs said, if that happened then it would be leaked all over the internet within minutes and soon after free software could be downloaded to get rid of the DRM protectiong songs from iTunes and the Zune Marketplace. I think the music industry should suck it up and not require the use of DRM. if it was an open music market then yes certain musicians would be hurt financially. Slightly. It would also help upcoming artists by letting their music to be played on multiple devices, be they computers or portable players.

how do you use the internet

I pretty much go to this site daily aside from a few more like nintendo and a fewv on my favorites list that i've since forgotten the URL. I also use it for assorted IM systems and for Star Wars Galaxies.

woot

too many blog sites >.<