Even in the future, nothing works!

I saw 'Robot and Frank' this evening, which is a wonderfully sweet comedy drama about one man and his robot.

Sadly my own relationship with technology is somewhat less idyllic. Why is it that every gadget I own seems to be slightly broken?

My sound bar died part-way through Saturday's Doctor Who evening (I managed to pick up a new one at half price, so we should be okay for the next movie evening!). My DVD player has a disc tray like Arkwright's till. My house phone needs switching off and on again every few days. My tablet has developed a fun habit of switching itself on and off randomly (This may be a software thing - Since the last Android update it only seems to do it when booting up or shutting down, and not when I'm in the middle of something. This is an improvement.). My desktop PC gets slower and slower over time. Even my toaster doesn't pop up properly half the time.

This is supposed to be the 21st Century! What hope is there for flying cars if we can't even get basic stuff which works!

It was slightly reassuring when I went to the cinema to see 'Cloud Atlas' yesterday (Yes, two films in as many days. There's a lot on at the moment.), and their sound wasn't working either at first. Nor was their heating.

I think Sod's Law when applied to technology basically states: "The more complex the technology, the more things there are to go wrong with it."

*sigh*