Technology 2 or rather the lack of understanding it!

during my anti technology rant i was interrupted by the doorbell and the words just ran off to play elsewhere, as they tend to do.

this is about all the new things which confuse me:

things like my super dupa new camera which i chose as a Christmas present ~ i went into the shop and asked for something simple and easy to use, i came out with a fantastic camera which was far from either of those requirements. it's now September and although i can use said camera on it's basic automatic settings there are so many other things it does which i will never understand - read the booklet they said, all 100 pages of small print, which is in English but may as well be in Dutch for all the sense it makes to me.

things like my new super dupa mobile phone ~ i went in with the intention of buying a simple flip top pay as you go phone to replace the much loved 4 year old one i had recently broken, i came out with a slider contract phone. again a very good phone and a good and cheap contract deal, but i don't understand it at all and to get it to do one thing i have to answer 50 questions!

is it just me or are they making new things more difficult for anyone over the age of 40 to understand.

many more things confuse me, from everyday simple stuff to the more complex and utterly absurd, i'm sure i will share those details soon enough but i need to raid the fridge right now before night falls.