Birthday Time Capsules
A way to communicate with the future, or people in 'the future' without relying on crutch of science fiction or palm readers. In olden times, Time Capsules were buried with much hoopla, confetti, and sometimes a parade. Today's capsules or typically digital and exist somewhere inside the Internet or on people's hard drives.
The most famous time capsule is actually not one single capsule, but millions of Baskin-Robbins Time Capsules.
How Birthday Time Capsules Work
A popular phenomenon of the past 10 years, birthday capsules are opened once a year so that the celebrant can add more bits of digital minutiae and memory triggers for the future. Many doting parents use Birthday Capsules as treasure troves of life that a child can only open on their 18th or 21st birthday.
Common contents of a time capsule are:
- A favorite songs at that particular time of a person's life
- Photography
- Digital correspondence such as emails or old style lnstant Messenger chat windows from loved - or loved-and-lost - ones.