The Future computer of the past, or a Future So Bright You Need A Steering Wheel

Fifty-five years ago, "Popular Mechanics" wrote an article describing what a house in the year 2004 would be like. Now, what would a house of the future be without a ginormous bathroom sized "home computer" with a steering wheel on it? It's interesting to see how wrong the good people at RAND laboratories really were. I especially love that last line of the article "the computer will be easy to uses!" In what world does that computer look easy to use? First of all, I counted 62 dials on the main body of computer, for god knows what purpose! Second, why does the typewriter have all that giant paper hanging out of it? Is it a punch tape code or what? And third, and may I say the most baffleing, why is there a giant steering wheel on it?! I mean, it can't be used for a mouse, as it only goes in circles, and it definitely can't be just decoration so why is there an enormous wheel on the computer? Seeing what people from the past thought about the future really makes you think....How far off are we with our visions of the computer of the future? Here's a nice picture of a Macintosh computer prototype that they think will be able to built by 2013

yes, it gets even thinner!

I hope that fifty years from now, somebody will mock our computers and make a fantastic blog post about it.

How Strange...

**Note, the following may be considered creepy**

Music videos are a great way to show creativity with music. Sadly, they are also a great replacement for drug tests. I mean it, who needs urine in a plastic cup when you can get a much clearer result just by watching a short movie. There are some shining examples of MMVWH (or making music videos when high) For example, take the eighties classic "Down under by men at work.

I don't think that this video requires any witty commentary on my part.

All right then, who's ready for some more sad cases of MMVWH?

Here's crazy music video number two, Ashes to Ashes, by David Bowie

I can just see Mr. Bowie planning this one out..... "So heres the plan, Im gonna be dressed like a really creepy clown with two men dressed like women in black mourning outfits, and my ex-wife dressed in a blue prom dress walking in some planet with a dump truck behind us! I tell you guys, this idea is infallable. Oh! I almost forgot, I want my grandma to walk with me in the last scene of the video." Can somebody say.... Heroine?

And for our next spectacle, behold, Keep Feeling Fascination, by the Human League!

I'd like to ask why. First, why is there a Giant Red dot painted on top of your house? Second, why are you wearing so much make up? Third, why did the kid in white switch to red when he stepped into the red circle? And how? Is he a quick changer or something? Oh, and just how high/ drunk were you all when you wrote this music video?

As horrible as these music videos are, the songs are fantastic. Just wanted to mention that so that The Human League, David Bowie, and the Men At Work don't hunt me down and kill me.

They say they've found proof of life on Mars. Apparently, these days pixelized pictures of twisted up brownish space rocks are now considered to be concrete proof of life on another planet. The even sadder part is that people actually are stupid enough to believe this. What would said alien be doing just sitting there? Waiting for a taxi? I would also like to ask, if this is a real alien, why is it connected to the ground? But finding this does have a bright side. It reminds me of a song.

This ones dedicated to you, alien lady;

David Bowie - Life On Mars

You've just gotta love correlations with bad photos, and excellent music.