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Forty years ago I was sprawled on the floor as close to the television set as I possibly could get in my parent's small duplex they rented to see the landing and EVA of Apollo XI.  Back then we didn't have a remote control, so I was in charge of flipping back and forth from CBS to NBC to see the coverage. 
Seven years ago
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There are still many objects for auction from the Forry Ackerman collection at Profiles In History, just in case you missed anything the first go around.

Sigh.

Goodness, what a time suck.  One of the lj mighty posted something from cracked.com.  I found myself racing down one article after another.  I did find these ten, five, three noteworthy:

Eight Everyday Words with X-Rated Origins

Seven "Eccentric" Geniuses Who Were Clearly Just Insane

The Eight Most Common Sci-Fi Visions of the Future (and why they'll ( Read more... )

Back from Tucson as of Monday. Didn't get a chance to even call
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Again, from NG:

Contents of the time capsule.

I wonder what they'll put in the sphere to represent today?