So, for most of my life I've been a cable customer. I grew up on Nickelodeon fed over an underground wire. Now, though, I've switched to DirecTV and I've just been addicted to it. Today I had my choice of 8 different baseball games, all on the local fox affiliate sports networks in their own jurisdictions. This weekend it was the Angels' broadcasters calling the game.

The quantity of technology in our lives is growing by the minute. Five years ago something like TiVo wasn't even on the horizon. Five years ago, the computers we're using now weren't even conceptualized. Five years ago, satellite television was a last resort, and painfully expensive.

What is just starting now that in five years will be everywhere and cheap? Will it be WiFi on the streets? I hope so. Downloadble albums? I hope so. Fibre to the curb? I hope so. But what am I missing? What else is there that we just can't see yet? In the past 20 years, we've rewritten business. In the past 20 years, we've rewritten personal entertainment. In the past 20 years, we've rewritten community. What's next?
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I am lounging on my couch, watching the A's/Angels game on the dish, enjoying an absolutely splendid Sunday afternoon. These are the pleasures in life, my friends. A little solitude, some nice weather, some baseball in the background and a clean house. It's been an incredibly productive day, getting five loads of laundry done, a round of dishes washed, my car cleaned from stem to stern, all courtesy of a beautiful day.

And now, off to fall asleep to the A's game.
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