What If Emoticons Have Different Meanings In 2025?
November 10, 2005Drawing on the same quirkiness that inspired Back To The Future II, some prankster at Forbes has done a thing so radical it will literally blow your mind. And by literally, I mean figuratively.
The E-Mail Time Capsule harnesses the enormous potential of the Information Superhighway to let you send email… to yourself… wait for it… in the future!
Enter your address, write a brief message, and choose when to receive a blast from the past. Then sit back and lose 1 to 20 years waiting for whatever dynamite wisdom you’ve just authored. I suggest doing lots to be proud of in the intervening time — or Future You will be pretty bummed Present You had this kind of time on your hands.
I couldn’t think of anything to say that wouldn’t piss-off Future Me, so I devised a flame mail campaign to continue harassing my enemies with regular messages long after I’m dead and buried.
hey i just tried sending one of these babies but got thrown off by some confirmation message. what’s up with that? see ya later.
Comment by d — November 11, 2005 @ 12:25 pm
apparently you’re sent a confirmation so you can review your “note to self” one last time before hibernation.
Comment by w.t.n — November 11, 2005 @ 7:15 pm
i get it now. good thing i didn’t send something nasty thinking it would get there in three years.
Comment by d — November 12, 2005 @ 8:30 pm
lol, I have my own mail server and a working idea of cron jobs. When I quit my current job my current boss can look forward to all those emails I’ve authored to him coming in like clock work everyday. I’m sure its not legal, but I think that only matters if I actually cared.
Comment by steve — November 13, 2005 @ 5:09 am