Reading this made me realize I have similar feelings. But I don't think it's technology's fault - I only really got into computers ~6 years ago, and to me then they were fascinating! I think it's just that we start to use them for work, and sooner or later stop caring about how everything works and start wishing it would all get out the way and let me browse the web or write my document. I think it's curable though. A few days ago I dug out my early code, and felt the old excitement welling up again - I'm going to spend some time trying to find that again.