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On January 1, 2000, I awoke and ran to the window, and was so disappointed when there was no evidence of flying cars. We were officially living in the future, and the flying cars had not materialized, there was no jetpack in the post for me, and we had been lied to. Every year that flying cars continue to fail to exist, the less I believe and the more disappointed I become in our Brave New World. Sure, fine, the Internet and the world's just a tiny village with video conferencing, and I suppose advances in medical science have saved some lives or whatever, but where is my housekeeper robot?

Sometimes, though, something will happen that will renew my faith in humanity. Like the Gmap Pedometer and wi-fi T-shirts and bacon chocolate and heated seats in cars that keep your butt magically warm. Also, this incredibly cool, tiny, flexible, waterproof, washable cookbook that can hold all your recipes, plus search online for recipes, talk to other cooks, buy fancy utensils and LIVE IN THE FUTURE, called The Kitchen Sync. Its name is a pun, and I approve. It is apparently still only in the design phase, but it has deservedly won fancy awards, and if it is every actually produced, a jetpack with an espresso attachment can't be far behind.