A short attention span can be a wonderful thing sometimes. The internet is a meta-world where links upon links can take you into under-explored sub-topics. This week I "stumbled on" paleofuture.com, the site that proficiently asks, "What ever happend to...?" I remember my computer science class in Grade 10, where Windows 95 was the greatest thing ever, and BBS boards were the proto-Facebook/torrent share/forum venue for the secretly extraverted introvert. Our parents worried ceaselessly about our Super Nintendo overusage. The teacher in my aforementioned class told us that in 20 years' time, all of our personal information and cash, especially, would be help on tiny plastic cards you could fit in your wallet. I actually argued the point, saying no one would ever be so stupid as to let...