Read an interesting article the other day about things that are becoming obsolete because of new technology. I was dismayed to see point-and-shoot cameras on the list. Apparently people are using cellphones to take snapshots, rather than a camera. I love my little Canon Powershot, and get some really good pics with it. So I guess when these are obsolete I'll have to upgrade to a digital SLR.
Another thing on the endangered list is snail-mail. For obvious reasons. People are using couriers more for actual things, and email for messages.
And also on the way out are circular clock faces, including wristwatches. The use of digital timepieces is becoming universal, again the cellphone is to blame. No longer do children have to learn to tell the time on a circular clock. The cellphone will probably morph into some kind of wrist watch device I guess, and you will be able to be beamed aboard the mothership, with a flick of your wristcell.
On the sheer desperation front, news reports this morning warn Kiwis to ration Marmite.
Marmite stocks are critically low; "the cupboard is bare", say the manufacturers. The powers that be suggest that we only use it on hot toast, as it spreads further when warmed. We may even have to import some from Australia! Things are in a bad way when we have to outsource Marmite. I think the question should be raised in Parliament. How could the Government let this happen? It wouldn't have happened under a Labour government.
And welcome to my new readers in Slovenia and Italy. My audience map on the stats in filling in nicely. No one yet on the African continent, and only one in South America. Canada is also surprisingly missing, there's a big gap in North America. Come on guys, don't let the US of A beat you.
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