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On the date

Thursday, December 13, 2007

From the day

Perspective: The Street Photographer · Sight

The cold December rain glares off the concrete, reflecting the neon hum of an electronics store window where a row of iPhones glow like holy relics. I catch a girl in a massive knit scarf letting out a high-pitched "squee" as she peels the plastic off her new device, her low-rise jeans dragging through the slush. Behind her, the gas station sign mocks me with that $2.27 figure, a price that feels like a slow bleed when you're living off rolls of film and street meat. Alicia Keys blares from a passing SUV, the bass thumping against the grit of the sidewalk while I wait for the perfect silhouette to cross the frame.

Memories from that day

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

No One

Alicia Keys

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

Meanwhile

  • The Great RecessionHousing market crash; Lehman Brothers collapse (2008-09-15).

Time Elapsed

6,749 days ago

(18 years, 179 days)