I have seen the future ...

... and it looks 50 years old.

Professor Marcus only teaches 3 times a week this semester. This means I get to enjoy lunch with her on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Our recent habit is to watch an episode of some rented cartoon, such as The Simpsons, Futurama, or King of the Hill. These make nice 20-minute breaks to the work day. (TV sans commercials!)

But today was different. Today I noticed that Apple's iTunes store now offers television shows for download. Our leftover-Thanksgiving-meal lunch was accompanied by a Christmas episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents from 1955.

High technology makes half-century-old television convenient.