Entertainment For Lively Minds
21st Century changes
Posted by JohnW on 29 November 2009 - 8:20pm.
What new things do you now use regularly that you couldn't have bought at the turn of the century and wouldn't want to live without? Here's mine - I may add more:
iPod (other MP3 players were available)
PVRs (1st Tivo then Sky+ now they're commonplace)
DAB (for the choice of stations available in the car now)
Legal Downloads
PDAs (I would hate to not have wikipedia in my pocket)
affordable powerful laptops
Home Broadband (this is a bit of a cheat as it was just about available in 1999)
Squeezy Marmite (This was what actually prompted me to ask the question)
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Tom Tom
Not sure when they launched, but I certainly couldn't afford a SatNav before 2000. Now in constant use helping me find schools when supply teaching!
I forgot that one
Straight away I need to add something else to my list.
On-line grocery shopping
I am not a regular user but occasionally it is a very nice luxury for bulky items to be delivered to your door during a busy work week.
Squeezy Marmite
It's just not right, is it?
Yes
Like the best inventions, I don't know why they didn't think of it before.
Rob is right...
It's wrong.
But...
No more marg in the Marmite. It becomes a one knife problem!
iPhone
- not exactly a PDA but not an iPod either.