As I gets older and more crotchety I realise the convenience and ease of use is beginning to mean more and more to me. There's certain things I've been waitin' for and certain things I want and I want em NOW. I hoping that you... my connected friends will tell me when I will be getting this good stuff. I'm not talking about "flying cars" and "jetpacks" I'm talking about more practical stuff.

1. Voice activated Home Theatre:
How hard can this be? I want to be able to come in from work, plop down and say "T.V." and have it, the HT receiver, cable box and all and sundry come on and start to workin'. How difficult is this? Voice recognition has to have advanced to the point I can have a "hands free" electronic system in my living room? When?!!!

2. Hands Free Driving:
I want what Will Smith didn't want in I Robot! Let the effin' car drive itself while I scratch, snore and fart!!! I KNOW the tech exists, give it to me!!! Now!!!!!

3. Curved Wall Sized Monitors:
They've been a promising me wall sized monitors since the 1930's!! Gimme what I want and gimme now. I also want this screen to be micron thin, foldable and portable! So there!!!

4, HAL 2000:
You'd think by now the braniacs would've gotten me enough processing power to give me a BRAINIAC!!!! I want my PC to TALK to me, answer my questions, provide me with facts and fun without me having to still touchtype anymore!!!! It's 2011 and I'm STILL using a glorified typewriter to write down my thoughts with? Are you chittin' me?

Well, I think this list is enough to get started on. Hopefully you folks will have good answers for me so that my latter years will be warm and wonderful. Thanks in advance.

Worf