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Thursday, September 7, 2006

From the day

Perspective: The Future Historian · Tactile

I run my thumb over the glossy, white plastic of the Nintendo Wii remote, marveling at how light this future feels compared to the heavy denim and synthetic polyester blends of my current wardrobe. Between bites of cheap bread, I monitor the erratic pulse of Twitter on my monitor, watching the digital chatter swell as AWS begins its invisible quietly-scaling conquest of the horizon. I need to step away to check the latest political rift between the former Presidents, so I type a quick "brb" into my chat window before the screen flickers. Far away in the server racks, the cloud is thickening, a tactile shift from local hardware to a weightless, boundless data stream.

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

SexyBack

Justin Timberlake

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

7,211 days ago

(19 years, 276 days)