Website Of The Week (5)

Birthdays are often a time for reflection, when past achievements can be pondered over, missed opportunities rued, and the future surveyed wit a mix of excitement and trepidation. Taken too far it can be a bit of a downer.

Sometimes it is good to take yourself down a peg or two. If you feel the need to convince yourself that you have lived a life wasted, take a peek at Age Geek, produced appropriately enough by Bored Button LLC, which allows you to discover what others achieved at your exact age.

All you have to do is enter your date of birthday and five “achievements” that occurred when you reach a precise age pop up. Worryingly for me, four of the five entries generated by my birth date were deaths. Dying, a privilege reserved for us all, is hardly an achievement but it also prompts the reflection that when you are into your eighth decade is that really all you pretty much have left to do.

Take a look and see what you think.