Seeing the Future Since 1995

Many years ago I ran some experimental web sites. The Internet and the World Wide Web was still relatively new, so just about every site back then was ground breaking.

One particular site I ran was one where if you’d send me a photo of you or your surroundings I’d tell your future. You wouldn’t think anyone would bother sending anything but I got all sorts of photos over the year I kept the site up.

It’s not difficult to see just about everything you need to see from a photo. You can usually tell age, social economic conditions, behavior and all sorts of stuff from photos. There are all sorts of hints such as hair style, make-up, clothing, messages on clothing, lack of clothing, clutter and so on that can lead one to a snap judgments that are generally right on.

We all possess the powers of observation and judgment. It is what tells us not to go into certain establishments and not to trust certain people. Yes, it is prejudicial but that’s human nature. We preserve our future by relating it to things we’ve seen in the past.

Anyway, it was a bunch of fun and I’m considering starting the service up again. My success rate was pretty good as far as those reporting back told me even though my replies were always laced with some brand of snarky repartee . Maybe I'll create a new blog for it.