Wednesday, April 25, 2007

In the year 2014....

With this class coming to an end, I think it's time that we take a look into the future. The future Josh? That's right, lets look into the future...all the way to the year 2014.
  • In the year 2014, we will receive streaming television on our cars' headrest flat screens provided by satellite company XSirius. Fox's "Sanjaya: The Comeback Special" will be blamed for thousands of motorists driving off bridges.
  • In the year 2014, there will still be newspapers, but they will be customized for the readers. Subscribers will read constantly updated editions specially tailored to their interests. They will get their personal paper by pushing a button on their home printing device, which will be rented from the newspaper company. Non-subscribers will swipe a card or input their reading preferences at printing stations to receive their own editions.
  • In the year 2014, readership of the specialized newspapers will sharply rise because we will have free time on the way to work in self-driving cars.
  • In the year 2014, all our computers will have video phones so we can communicate face-to-face with each other for free over the Internet. This technology will lead to the rise of eHarmony models, who stand in for you and talk to a potential date for a nominal fee.
  • In the year 2014, we will be able to view the Internet on our aviator sunglasses. This will cause quite a few delightful misunderstandings when people start looking up porn on the beach.
  • In the year 2014, Amazon will have a thriving business selling books that people download for use on hand-held devices for 30 days. There will be no need for reading lights in bed because the text will be illuminated on the screen.
  • In the year 2014, there will be a rejuvenation of sorts for the old-fashioned drive-in movie as portable projection devices allow people to show films on the sides of their houses. Everyone at the family barbecue will be able to enjoy Rocky IX.
  • In the year 2014, everyone will be a paparazzi with a social networking site that instantly beams people's photos and tales of celebrity encounters around the world. Paris Hilton's daughter, Louvre, will become the darling of the amateur paparazzi circuit.
  • In the year 2014, Apple will come out with the iToothbrush, which plays your favorite songs in two-minute bursts to help you time out your brushing.
  • In the year 2014, more people than ever will get college educations as universities offer entire cirriculums online. There will still be plenty of students too hungover to attend class ("Zero-point-zero").
  • In the year 2014, electronic billboards will be the hottest thing in advertising. We will be able to skip commercials on TV and the radio, but there will always be traffic.
  • In the year 2014, I will have retired a millionaire after cashing in my stock in Google, which will have its own government by then.

4 comments:

Matt Moorlag said...

Very nice. Love the itoothbrush and the newspaper home printing machines. Do they replace the toner for free?

A said...

Wait a minute, do you think Britney is reading your predictions? http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Entertainment/International_Buzz/Britney_asks_fans_to_become_paparazzi/articleshow/1954578.cms I saw this today and thought of your post.

Andria said...

You are hilarious. Does Steve Jobs know about the Itoothbrush yet?
On the toner: Cost is included in the subscription price, and a chip in the printer measures your usage or when the ink is getting low. The paper then automatically sends you new cartridges in the mail, with the self-addressed envelope to mail in the old toner for recycling.
No more trips to CVS at 8:30 at night to get printer ink....

Leslie Wilkinson said...

Josh, as usual, you've hit a winner. Love the kingdom Google. Wonder what the heads of states will be called.