As I stand at my open fridge, I peer in to see Tupperware containers full of stuffing, turkey, gravy and other jetsam and flotsam from the Thanksgiving table.
As the cool air from the fridge puffs at me, I realize what I am looking at is an analogy of the internet.
Here's what I mean.
We have a big giant turkey, we all wait for it, and it's great when we eat it. Then we have to deal with the leftovers, we make turkey pot pie, turkey stew, turkey soup, turkey sandwiches, you get the idea. We have to come up with derivatives of the turkey.
That's what the internet is. One big derivative of one idea.
So now you have your big turkey, Google and all the break off great ideas spawned from that. You have your social networking sites, all taking a chunk off the first idea. Some are great, some are just watered down, some just disappear into the bad recipe file and then into the trash bin.
As I log into my favorite sites, I think I am at the main course and anything after that is just a side dish that compliments it. And leftovers are just that, leftover and an afterthought.
I also realized that I should stand staring at my fridge more often, it's like the magic door of inspiration, it feeds my body and soul.
Image: Ophelia Chong / Eat'n"ride
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KCETLaura says :
I sometimes I enjoy returning to web pages that I've "pushed to the back of the fridge" for a while :)
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Danh Hoang says :
All the leftovers can be combined to make a better idea as well... or something that can really make a person bloated.