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On the date

Monday, June 26, 2006

From the day

Perspective: The Future Historian · Sight

Low-rise denim and neon-streaked hair dominate the terminal as I watch a "scene" kid squint at a flickering screen, trying to condense his life into a few dozen characters on that new Twitter feed. Outside, the world feels precarious, weighted by grim headlines from Gaza, yet everyone here is distracted by the data floating invisibly through the AWS cloud or the glowing promise of a Nintendo Wii. The blue-tinted light of the departure board reflects off the oversized aviator glasses of the woman next to me. She looks past the chaotic headlines toward a future being written in silicon and code.

Memories from that day

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Do I Make You Proud

Taylor Hicks

The must-have

Nintendo Wii

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

sketchypeepsnewbie

Text Speak

brblolomgrofltmi

Emo

rawrsqueescene

Reality Tv

you're firedthe tribe has spoken

Catchphrases of 2006

  • Truthiness

Tech Check

Twitter, Nintendo Wii & AWS (Cloud Computing).

Cost of Living (2005)

Loaf of Bread

$1.12

Gallon of Gas

$2.27

Average Home

$240,900

New Car

$24,350

Time Elapsed

7,284 days ago

(19 years, 349 days)