August 27, 2004

50 years ago today...

Fun article at Popular Science -- they have a reporter live for one week using the available tech of 50 years ago. Nothing invented after 1954 is allowed to be used. bq. Tech '54, where are you? Mornings are the worst. bq. The coffee is too weak. The windup alarm clock is too loud. The phone rings, and it might or might not be my mom. There are no new e-mails. There is no hope for a Krispy Kreme. And man, oh man, I miss my Ambien. bq. Why have I subjected myself to life without a PDA? Why did I agree to a plan that forced me to spend New Year's Day watching the Gators in black and white, while the rest of the civilized world rings in the new year with Hoppin' John and the Orange Bowl in glorious Technicolor (or better yet, on TiVo with full control over instant replay and super slo-mo)? Why, oh why, am I spending the first 10 days of 2004 attempting to work, play and party like it's 1954? It's a fun read and the author (Larry Smith) provides copious footnotes with mini-histories of some common objects... Hat tip to Brian at Grafyte Posted by DaveH at August 27, 2004 10:19 PM