i regularly find myself thinking things like “what movie was i talking about with that guy in the gym?” or “what did i tell my wife we needed to get at the drug store?”

while i have gotten into a habit of keeping a long running note in my phone, there are still lots of blind spots in my memory that leave these fragmented mini-mysteries. having a machine that i could ask “what was that song playing in the supermarket i wanted to download?” and get a useful answer would be a huge boon in my life, if only to quiet the anxiety of leaving these threads hanging in my mind.