random thought

I still get weirded out sometimes by the pace of technology.

I was watching the Hitler Channel tonight, and they were talking about the massive rocket bombing of London by the Germans.

The most amazing part about that is that 60 years ago, one of the most powerful nations on earth was temporarily brought to its knees because no one else in the world *knew how to make rockets work*.

Man, that's weird. Rockets are a freaking hobby now. Scientists in London 60 years ago would have killed their own mother to get their hands on the technology that we can buy in hobby stores.

This got me thinking about things that have been invented since I was born, that I can't imagine the world without. I mean, kids will be saying, "Jesus, Tobin was alive when there were no X" someday. Here are some interesting ones:

I was born in 1977.

1979 - cell phones and walkmans. and roller blades.
1983 - term "virtual reality" invented
1985 - Microsoft Windows
1986 - disposable cameras
1990 - HTTP and HTML

We already take these things for granted as if they've existed forever. And that's just in my lifetime.