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Thursday, July 5, 2007

From the day

Perspective: The Future Historian · Sight

The July sun glares off the sleek, revolutionary glass of the new iPhone in my hand, reflecting the oversized designer sunglasses and low-rise denim silhouettes pacing the pavement. I scan the news feed and see that **Adding a Roof Raises the Ceiling for a French Festival’s Ambitions**, a structural shift that perfectly mirrors this era’s obsession with expanding architectural and digital boundaries. Every storefront screams neon marketing for the *Transformers* premiere, while Rihanna’s "Umbrella" beats against the humid air like a rhythmic prophecy of the tech-saturated world we are fast-tracking toward. Omg, the sheer speed at which these plastic and silicon gears are turning makes it clear that the tribe has spoken: we are never going back to a world without screens in our pockets.

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Umbrella

Rihanna featuring Jay-Z

The must-have

iPhone (1st Gen)

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

sketchypeepsnewbie

Text Speak

brblolomgrofltmi

Emo

rawrsqueescene

Reality Tv

you're firedthe tribe has spoken

Catchphrases of 2007

  • This is Sparta!

Tech Check

iPhone, Kindle & Android (Announcement).

Cost of Living (2005)

Loaf of Bread

$1.12

Gallon of Gas

$2.27

Average Home

$240,900

New Car

$24,350

Time Elapsed

6,910 days ago

(18 years, 340 days)