28 Nov.2366
President elect Okonkwo Epstein is getting the biggest dislikes in political history choosing his cabinet. His programmers are reviewing many algorithms, and they still haven’t executed them into a coherent domestic and foreign policy. He’s blaming hackers. I didn’t vote for him.
5 Sept.2366
First labor day in history all nonessential bots were also taking the day off. Cafes and noodle bars weren’t open and no labor day sales on them either. Kind of sucks.
5 Aug.2366
Hit by a bullet today as some cops chased down a perp who ran past me. These new waterguns have an upgraded engine that extends range for over a block. See why people are kind of pissed about bullets going a farther distance. The back of my head stung, but the water was warm. For the trouble, they gave me credit for free parking. Don't own a car so selling them for carbon credits. Be able to airbike to NJ this weekend.
12 July.2366
The CDC has confirmed this morning that a vile of the Pokemon virus is missing from their labs, and the homeland alert has been raised to shock level. I’m old enough to remember when I was 9 getting the vaccine from my iDoctor, so I don’t need to panic. But Panza is younger, and he never got a shot since the virus was erased by then. I’ve seen NY Police roaming Central Park with their flashlights. Kind of spooky.
17 Feb.2366
Hung gravity chimes on my fire escape today. Listening to the universe is nice when I sleep. My basil and mint are enjoying the music and are growing better, even in winter, under the heatshield outside.
11 Jan.2366
Panza left for Mars 2 weeks ago to attend the 350th anniversary of David Bowie’s death today. There were over a thousand people at his statue at Terra Sabaea where the first life on Mars was discovered. A concert with a 10 foot hologram of Ziggy Stardust singing all his hits played under a clear night of Martian stars. I don’t care much for classical music, but Panza has an ear for old music and couldn’t wait to go. He said he had a blast.
1 Jan.2366
Happy New Year. Toast to a great 2366. Cheers.
20 Oct.2365
Panza and I watched the Cubs lose to the Mets last night. Looks like they’re not going to get a chance to break their 457 year losing streak. Still, we virtually watched it in a bar across from Wrigley Field called ‘Sluggers’ that’s almost as old as the team. Tears in many beers.
10 Sept.2365
Waiting for the train when this guy came too close to my soundsilencer and forcepushed me almost off the platform. A girl who didn’t have her’s on was able to grab me before I fell on the rails. The dumbass apologized for bumping his barrier with mine, but I was still pissed - everyone knows you can’t press someone when their’s is on (kind of the point of it) and my ghost is visible so you know not to. On the good side, the girl was really cute and we exchanged halos so I can buy her lunch next week for saving my life.
1 Sept.2365
New York transit systems were hacked late last night. People had to drive themselves to work this morning and skyheights were a complete panic. Every intersection was a game of chicken as people dared to cross. The city actually flash hired bike messengers to drive the busses since they know the streets and how to steer. I walked home with my neurotech off so I could be alert to offline rogue drivers. Rumor is they’ll cancel schools if services aren’t online by tomorrow morning.
31 July.2365
Windows 1000 released today now with 5 start buttons to get things going faster. Heavy download. Going out to get me some coffee and soymilk for Felix.
10 June.2365
Listening to my favorite band, The Insects, other day when another stream took over my frequency. I was suddenly listening to some neohiptrip band that I couldn’t shake off. The music hacking is getting so bad, that I’m going local.
16 May.2365
Unlocking the door to my apartment I heard a noise, turned around, and there was the red headed girl entering her apartment.
”You’re back!“ I said.
She raised a finger to her lips. "Not really. My lease is up end of this month and don’t want to lose it. I’m a ghost so our landlord thinks I’m still here.”
”Still in Cleveland?”
”Yes. The job was extended.”
”You coming back then?”
She smiled. ”Next year.” Her ghost then passed through the door without opening. My neighbor isn’t here in IRL but my love for her is still real.
6 April.2365
Got my ass down to the post office today to get tax scanned. Still don’t understand why I have to take my shoes off when walking through the gate, but I’m done. Done. Done. Done.
10 Mar.2365
Beatle released new tech to get on the net. Eat a capsule and nanobots enter your bloodstream and multiply through your whole circulatory system. This makes you one big hotspot that can accept all bands in a farther and faster radius than your smaller neurotech can do. Unfortunately, when I got home, was about to take the iPill when it dropped out of my hand and Felix ate it instead. He is now a walking router.
27 Feb.2365
The Communications Interplanetary Authority (CIA) just announced that net access on the Moon and extending to Jupiter will be open to regular traffic for the first time. Nice to know I can scroll my wristfeed on those long flights. Panza told me he’s now decided to only read paper books when he travels. I don’t why.
20 Feb.2365
Longshoreman on Earth are negotiating a new contract and have been on strike keeping all freight from docking. The traffic has been building for a month, and the night sky is filling up with orbits. Kind of pretty, but I want my Martian water.
1 Jan.2365
So long 2364, hello 2365. Happy New Year.
1 Dec.2364
Thanksgiving weekend was spent putting together a new desk I bought from iKea. The buildabot that came with it was missing a wheel so it just spun in circles doing nothing. After a day, I couldn’t stand stepping on slats and nails on my floor, so hacked iKea to downloaded instructions. They were so complex that I had to call Panza over and it took us 2 days to build the thing by hand. Writing this entry on it now. Felix still chasing the broken buildabot around the room.
24 Oct.2364
Panza came back from vacation with Marsick. He stayed at home the last 3 days with a fever and turning a bright red. He did take-out: burritos for breakfast, lunch and dinner. That made him well.
23 Oct.2364
The freeair beacons around Central Park were hacked today so the place was swarming with drones. Was running around the reservoir followed by at least 10 microflies buzzing my head. So annoyed, cut it short and went home. I don’t wear a myshield band when running, but may have to. Sucks.
26 Sept.2364
Concern rising about the new Beatle oculars, specifically the larger model that extends beyond the eyes over many peep’s astrohats where they now can’t get full reception. The complaints are all over internets and surfaces. Regardless, Panza likes the bigger size. He gave up on astrohats long ago because the antennas would get bent and always had to buy a new one. He has no sympathy for the fools who want to be so wired up.
18 Sept.2364
Beatle is introducing the largest oculars yet tomorrow. They don’t just cover the corneas but extend beyond so they look like goggles you wear when snowboarding. Two different sizes, the largest include stereo inputs for the ear. I’m skipping, but Panza is getting in line Friday morning.
13 July.2364
First World Cup final on Mars at Neo Rio. Can’t get there because all shuttles have been booked these last 2 weeks. Panza got us VR tickets from the third row. Can’t wait.
3 Apr.2364
Took my nephew to the aquarium to see the new sea monsters caught from Enceladus. Lots of glow darts and snorkel sharks, but the one that’s drawing the crowds is the mega mantis that took 5 years and 6 rockets to ferry to Earth. Kids ran away from the window screaming as it swam passed the glass, but Matthew and I held our ground staring in awe.
3 Jan.2364
We’re in the middle of a blizzard. I’ve set one wall in my room to a beach in Hawaii while the snow comes down on the other side from my window. Felix loves playing with the tides as they slide across the floor. Debating going to work.
1 Jan.2364
Goodbye 2363, hello 2364. Best wishes to everyone in the new year.
31 Dec.2363
Here are what I thought were the best sims for 2363:
1. Density - After downloading too much data past her cache due to a hail of frags, Sandy Beedock, goes into a tailspin with her real memory. Using all your coding skills to restore consciousness raised the risks of our neurotech age.
2. Tinman 3 - Never gets old going to Oz to save the emerald kingdom, defeat the wicked witch, and find my heart.
3. Superman 75 - I have the last 74 saved, so was going to skip it, but ended up playing to complete my collection.
4. Newbraska - After living a lifetime on the frontier of Mars, this realdrama was hard trying to reconcile family life and unfinished ambitions before the clock runs out.
5. Inside Rewind Savus - This was a trip being a neurocoder in the early version days of Greenwich Village of the late twenty-third century. Startups with programming legends such as Jobs Two was sometimes frustrating, often funny.
15 Nov.2363
Hard to decide what new retinals from Beatle to buy. There’s an iGlass for one eye and then another version for both. Panza, of course, is getting only one. He still wants to see out of one eye so he can read. I’m thinking of silking both. No one really reads anymore.
11 Sept.2363
Panza got his left index finger plasticasted. He was sick of being glassed with ads everywhere he touched. So now, the left hand is private, and the right hand is public. May get one.
21 May.2363
Saw tumblrs fall of the 8th skyheight of the Brooklyn Bridge yesterday yelling yahoo before hitting burners on their rocket shoes to avoid hitting the East River. They've released so many copbots to the bridge, but they still are evading them. Kids hooked to the thrill say its better than anything augmented. Fun to watch.
9 May.2363
Haven't written in a while because my pen ran out of ink and couldn't find a replacement. I printed one out from a found design, but still no ink. Returned to zero level of Canal Street looking around on weekends, and discovered a dealer selling versions after the info wars when text was rationed by firewalls and checkpoints. It's serviceable, but still looking around for a better vintage from the twentieth century.
11 Feb.2363
Hard getting to work this morning. Vendors on the street were selling personal diggers to clear a path through the snow for you to get places. The sidewalks were so crowded I broke down and bought one coming home. Gave it to Felix to chase around while I was making dinner.
6 Jan.2363
Panza still stuck in Chicago waiting for the heavymetal shower reaching from Ohio to Georgia to blow through. Up to a foot of glitter. Refreshing his pixelfish until he gets back.
1 Jan.2363
Happy New Year. May everyone have a great 2363.
28 Dec.2362
Just finished my last profile for 2362. All my ghosts are set for release on new year's eve parties while I stay home with Felix and listen to bird archives while eating too many soycakes.
9 Dec.2362
Went shopping for new glasses and some of them were missing basic filters such as history mapping and rose color touring due to data fencing. Looks like it may take a while for the gov to find the code, since it's so old. Until then, I'm sticking with my old pair.
6 Nov.2362
President Caroline Sanchez won re-election easily against Richard Bain, passing the 1570 electoral votes needed even while the polls on Mars were still open.
29 Oct.2362
Radio storm Sandman is expected to hit NYC today. Warnings of entire networks in Manhattan shut down. People evacuating, even seen micromechs heading for the tunnels and bridges.
23 Oct.2362
Watched a flash of kids on a field trip into NYC on the subway this morning. The teacher had a smartmap looking for the Museum of Natural History. When they wanted to see where it was, she tore it into little minis and gave a piece to each one. Very cute.
8 Oct.2362
The city's mapper is still down so everyone is driving manual this month. All heights have been a log jam with human police directing traffic on every corner.
13 Sept.2362
Lightning expected for the next 5 days.
11 Aug.2362
Favorite event to watch of these Olympics, was the rowing. They flooded one of the ancient canals, and to astonishment, ancient tiles revealed at the bottom, glowing under some unknown power. The patterns were crazy beautiful, and it was the highest jumped event. The canttoos have gone viral, thrown on everything from bodies, halos, clothes to bottled Martian water.
28 July.2362
Watched opening ceremony last night. First ever Olympics on Mars. Spectacular show with off gravity. New off-world records to be made. Wish I was there.
26 July.2362
Be careful in Central Park. A mountain lion escaped from the zoo. This is just like last year. Cats are crafty.
20 July.2362
It's been just a great day today.
28 Jun.2362
The skirt season has arrived. Panza and I were at a bar last night and noticed women with tattoos on their legs, only this time, they glowed in the dark, in different colors making it a delicious sight. Reminded me of a summer night chasing fireflies.
20 May.2362
Such a beautiful weekend that I got a tune up and took my scocket out for a ride. Ten laps around Central Park before riding down Broadway then over Brooklyn Bridge to watch sun set from promenade. Jets loose, but still holding up.
3 May.2362
I'm tripping over flip-flops this week, a sure sign of spring. The weather is warm enough that people take out their summer standby to get places, and forget how easily they slip off when jumping between heights. So the lower you get, more empty pairs lie on the sidewalk like shells on a beach, to be collected by sweepers who wash and resell them through August.
9 Apr.2362
A 21st century photo album, one of the last of its kind, with faded 2D images on paper sold for a billion today on the exchange. Amazing.
5 Apr.2362
I set off the alerts when I went to get scanned for taxes today. Told to take off all my clothes, including shoes, as the sniffers went over my records to check what was missing. Turns out I just ran through the gate too quickly. In a panic to get it done before the deadline. Whew!
13 Mar.2362
Archeologists in Austin, TX were picking up strange signals from an ancient burial site near the capital. They dug up skeletons with datacasters on their bodies still working. These early forms of neurotechs dispel beliefs that early twenty-first century people were using primitive silicon tools to communicate. The diggers haven't explained the significance of fossilized grilled cheese sandwiches, breakfast tacos and beer concentrated in the area, although evidence shows it may have been sacrifices made to honor their god in the cloud.
23 Feb.2362
Locating home tonight to jump the last season into Silicon Valley, the early 21st century sim about a founder converting his startup to public domain. It chronicles the lives of people and their AI against the backdrop of the rising Pacific cyberwars. Panza coming over and we'll make mint soycakes with tea.
14 Feb.2362
Looked up this morning and saw the clouds shaped into hearts by the airsifters. Remembered it's Valentine's Day.
24 Jan.2362
President Caroline Sanchez delivers her State of the Union address tonight. She'll be making the address in English, then Spanish, ending in Chinese. Many politacs dodge early and leave ghosts in the chamber as the ceremony wears on. Haunted house by the end of the night.
14 Jan.2362
Left shoejets on radiator to dry overnight. When trying to jump between skyhts this morning, they started to spit and couldn't get any lift. Hit the prop.belt to float to a sidewalk. When I popped open the lifters they were jammed with hair. Felix had been sleeping in them. Hairball fall.
1 Jan.2362
Happy new year everyone. May 2362 be a good one.
29 Dec.2361
Here are what I thought were the best sims for 2361:
1. Girl with the Raygun Glue - Shadowing a female weapons hacker who uncovers a global conspiracy to make all drones turn around and attack everyone on the planet was a mystery worth unraveling. Disarming them was the only solution. I especially liked wearing her formal outfit of a coat and tie, a respectful profile never making me suspect.
2. Tinker, Clinker, Bleaker and Firefly - It was funny being one of the classic four robots who work on the line assembling widgets in the Acme factory. When production ramps up, the chaos begins, and the slapstick challenge of keeping up with the accelerated steamers was hilarious.
3. Bigbanc - The toughest skin I wore was being a broker who is the first to discover a wormhole on the quantum exchanges without profit AIs. The stress was too much that a common backdoor of altering realrealestate formulas was the only way out for me.
4. E of Life - I jumped into this strange trip wondering where I was the whole time. Was a ten year old in medieval America, then saw dinosaurs, became a supernova, to end being washed up on a beach. The water was even cold.
5. Experiencing FinFin - This remake was inspired from an old 2D drawing sequence about a boy and his dog realtraveling across the Earth. An update of that primitive adventure now done offworld where I search from the Moon to Mars, Io to Titan for a lost treasure that every smuggler wants. It's a fun race in rockets and jetpacks that never stops. Importantly, I never ran out of air.
20 Dec.2361
I've adjusted the height of my Christmas tree three times this month. I always project a small one, but when I see the other trees in the windows across the street, I increase the height and add extra lights. Then this week, I felt it was too bright, so reduced the setting from Norway to Vermont. Felix still jumps up to try and knock the lights off only puzzled to wonder why he can never catch them.
8 Dec.2361
This morning, was having coffee at a Barstucks when a red headed girl in red boots flew by the window. I ran out, jumped three skyhts to watch her land. She had a halo, but I still tapped her on the shoulder to make sure. It wasn't her. "You OK?" she said. I looked down where coffee stains ran over everything. Miss her still.
28 Nov.2361
My holiday wish list:
1. Winter gloves - Mine are losing power. The new Palm 1000s have touch ID, screendraw between multi fingers, and can keep a cup of java warm for up to four hours.
2. Earfears - I've been wanting these augments since I jumped between skyheights a month ago and almost hit a floater my pathguider didn't catch. These use the ear to send echoes and warn of hazards missed, both hyper and real.
3. Justreal - A sub service so I can block all the spitters, adappers, and crawlers for clearview through my day. Peace and quiet.
4. Wristplay - Modskin to play games from elbow to wrist to pass time for those long flights offworld.
5. Airmate - My current lungvent is old, with a broken filter. This new one has two blades and a voicespike so I don't have to shout when it's on.
Santa come through.
21 Nov.2361
Although it's Thanksgiving this week, Christmas decs are up and everywhere. People have installed blinking lights on their outerware with Santas, trees, and reindeer. Holiday adappers are on the sidewalks and side of buildings. I even have to watch out for them on the train. Panza found a snowflake fold out in his hand with a midi he hacked to stop. Six weeks of edodging to go.
9 Nov.2361
Walking down the street, shuffling my feet through some leaves, many of them disappeared as they were kicked up. To save money, the city is putting digital reps on the ground instead of importing real ones from New England. They better not do this with snow.
1 Nov.2361
I've spent the day walking around with a Batman logo on my shirt from a Halloween party last night where someone tagged me with their costume. I can't break the password to get it off. Harsh.
22 Oct.2361
I was eating an ice cream sandwich in Central Park (I know, ice cream in October) when I saw a robot writing on the path with chalk. "Save our outdates" he wrote, but the 's' looked like an '8'. That's clever I told him. He shut down and restarted. Wrote it again, but this time "Save our updates."
5 Oct.2361
Before going to bed, forgot about the Jobstartup when networks pause for 56 seconds before midnight on this day. Something always works better the next morning.
5 Oct.2361
Got home last night and put my diary on the kitchen counter. Felix jumped up and knocked it over on the heat sticks and it started to catch fire. Put it out with my hand temped to cold. Burn marks on the front so found a store at zero level that had it rebound in new texture. Attached to this antique.
22 Sept.2361
Panza asked me if it was fate we're friends. I don't sign up for destiny but free will.
21 Sept.2361
With fashion week over, the hot new dress is an invisible cloak that projects the textures around it to make the female invisible. Although illegal, models walked down an empty catwalk for designer Mario Nintendo while paparazzi tried to capture the invisible parade. Police were on the scene after and it just added to the buzz. Now everyone is wondering when they're going to bump into the new look on the street.
11 Sept.2361
The Port Authority released figures today that over 1,100 metric tons of quarters and pennies has been collected from the bottom of the 9/11 memorial over the years. That's a lot of wishes.
16 Aug.2361
My neurotech just moogled out when I looked at the moon to map my next trip there. Had to close one eye to chart a distance. Bugs.
8 Aug.2361
Now a bear has escaped. Who's got the keys?
20 Jul.2361
A lion has escaped from the Central Park Zoo. Police floaters are being dispersed from 59th up to 107th to catch it. Look out.
29 Jun.2361
We both walked into our building at the same time. She was wearing red boots matching her hair.
"Cleveland?"
"Got a job with a company realtime reconstructing dead memories from the flood so they need me there." It was a lot to download. Not just finding out what she does but where she was going. Talk about a flood. "Be there a year. Sublease my space. Leaving end of this month."
"Will miss you."
"You too," as she leaned over and kissed me on the lips. Sweetness and light. The kiss I created to tag my recall of her. She left yesterday, and her memories are down to frames I can cache locally. No halo, so no way to know when I'll see her except another year. Tears at night.
6 Jun.2361
Just moved my memory to a new sky service and got an error message on some that said I didn't have copyright. After filtering, found out they were stopped by my Mom asking what I wanted for breakfast when I was seven. All I ate and asked for were ajax pops every morning, but never paid. It's not expensive, but I'm debating if I really need them anymore. Principle.
13 May.2361
I've been doing takeout last couple of days because I broke my plate and am too lazy to get toner to print out another one. Alarmed to go to supply store tonight.
29 Apr.2361
Since it's spring, The homeOS is playing bird sounds in the morning and evening. Felix stares around at the ceiling. I miss birds.
13 Apr.2361
April showers, drown mecha's power.
9 Apr.2361
Early spring weather brought me and everyone else out to Central Park today. The flowers are starting to bloom and the solar grass has gotten enough charge so bathers can get tans on both sides.
