14 signs that indicate you are now living in 2014.

Right, this entry is not specific to bookshop owners, nor to anyone living in Madrid, but it may seem very familiar to some readers.
Some signs that highlight you are now living in 2014.

1. You know someone who's just on the edge of making it big with their start-up. But they never quite get that important traction...

2. Despite many people having it tough/losing their job, fancy cake and pastry shops are opening up everywhere.

3. We're constantly told it's good to fail. Just as well then...

4. You're annoyed about all the propaganda about Bitcoin. Let us work out how to cope with real money first...

5. The journey to the airport often costs more than the flight itself.

6. No-one pretends to have a "proper job" anymore.

7. You have given up trying to get Stephen Fry (or some other celebrity) to notice you on Twitter.

8. You sometimes glance at a newspaper article on the web, but you don't know anyone who buys a paper copy anymore. Unless they are going on holiday. There you go, newspaper publishers - if we get more holidays, you sell more papers!

9. If you do know someone in a job, it's in a role that didn't exist a few years back eg Cloud Services manager, Imagineer, UX designer etc.

10. Still no hoverpacks

11. We all secretly hope someone like Sherlock Holmes or Doctor Who exists, so they can sort out the mess we create.

12. Rail travel is getting ever more faster. Air travel not so, especially with the demise of Concorde.

13. They still haven't cracked self service tills in supermarkets and you prefer to be dealt with by an attendant.

14. The media appear to have stopped worrying about Peak Oil. But Climate Change (nee Climate Warming) is as big as ever.