Disconnected

So the past few days, I was at a research conference in San Francisco. The hotel that I stayed at didn't have free internet... I would've had to pay $10/day for it. And considering the fact that I would've only used it for an hour or so a day, because of everything else I was doing, it wasn't worth it to me. But I felt rather disconnected from the world because of it. I couldn't check Facebook or my e-mail. I couldn't work on papers for my classes, since I couldn't do research online. It was amazing how much about technology and the media I take for granted until it's gone.