Technology can be a blessing or a curse, a learning tool or a complete nonsense - and sometimes several of these at once. Here are a few choice tech news stories this week illustrate the wonder and the error of this, focusing on what makes us human - the opposable thumb.Thumb Crackberry addicts therapy: the warriors of business can be a little too enthusiastic about blows out messages on your Blackberry or other devices with tiny keyboards. And it is taking a toll on your Hyatt hotel chain has been hands.The hand and arm pain so often that it has introduced a special hand massage most of its North American resorts. Costs around 30-minute massage $ 30 and includes heat treatment, a "Blackberry Balm", and a focus on relieving tension and counteract certain muscles in the hand and thumb wrists.Is intended to be Blackberry the "erectile dysfunction" of the oughts (or '00, or whatever stupid name they have decided to call this decade)? Is there a new drug introduced to treat this disorder generally intended to be touted in the wink-wink, wink-wink commercials soft focus? "It lasts 36 hours ... so you can text whenever the mood is right! "Of course, we have the obligatory warning," If you have an erection that lasts longer than the thumb of four hours, call your doctor or strap that sucker to your hand with duct tape before it breaks "Text Me Blue:. Here's a happy story text messages as above. Blue Man Group performance pioneers are using text messages to help members of the public to participate in his latest show, the touring rock show they call "How to be a megastar." The show makes fun of a giant rock star extravagances of the size of the stadium, including the group head to the audience through time-honored rock passed through the pump of his fist and shaking his head. Attendees can register to receive and respond to text messages at various points in the series, allowing them to interact with the story line of the series in general. All this creates a kind of game type experience that gives participants a clearer picture in the show. Sounds pretty high tech for a group of guys who started banging on PVC pipe 55-gallon drums covered in paint. I wonder if the men in blue wigs not smooth and attendees to offer Jagermeister shots in honor of the theme of sand-rock? Awesome friend! Thumbs faster in the West ... er, East: A 16-year Singapore has set a new world record for the shortest time necessary to write a text message to 160 characters on a mobile phone. Ang Chuang Yang wrote a specific SMS (Short Message Service) A message appears in less than 42 seconds. Specifically, it took 41.52 seconds, surpassing the previous record of 42.22 seconds set by American Ben Cook earlier this year. All this information comes from Singapore Telecommunications, who organized the competition. Hmmm, is there a home advantage at work here? Or is it quicker to draw text messages that another key aspect of productivity in less developed countries are fighting the pants off Americans? (Actually, that may be an unfortunate choice of words ... Mexico, the country was not wanted for beating a young American with a cane for a few years ago gum or some such nonsense?) For what know, SMS messaging competitions around the world use the same text provided by the Guinness people, "The razor-toothed piranhas of the genera Serrasalmus and Pygocentrus are the fish most ferocious freshwater in the world. In reality, they rarely attack a human. "Not very practical for everyday, but I think the idea is to use the entire alphabet. And for all you Crackberry addicts out there (see the highest point in this article), here's the secret of winning quick text messages using a mobile phone with large keys on the dial pad. By God, I might have said ...
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