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How To Be Remembered As A Famous Blogger in 3009

By Kurt | Published: July 19, 2009
If all of the current web survives the next thousand years, it is likely that many or most of today’s popular bloggers will also be remembered and perhaps heralded in 3009. If today’s data archives are preserved and readable in the distant future, it is also possible that some lesser known bloggers might be [...]
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On This Day In History: Weezer Undone

By Kurt | Published: June 25, 2009
On This Day In History: June 25, 1994 on 12seconds.tv From the Rolling Stone: Exactly 15 years ago today Weezer released their supremely goofy debut single “Undone – The Sweater Song,” off their self-titled disc fans call the Blue Album. Produced by Cars frontman Ric Ocasek, the tune got loads of MTV airplay with a bizarre Spike [...]
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On This Day In History: Roswell Dummies

By Kurt | Published: June 24, 2009
On This Day In History: June 24, 1997 on 12seconds.tv From The New York Times archives: For instance, one serviceman who crashed in a test balloon 10 miles northwest of Roswell suffered an injury that caused his head to swell and resemble the bulbous cranium of the classic science-fiction alien, the report says. This secretive 1959 mishap, [...]
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On This Day In History: Movable Type For The Masses

By Kurt | Published: June 23, 2009
On This Day In History: June 23, 1868 on 12seconds.tv With the help of two partners, Sholes, a printer-publisher from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, perfected his typewriter in 1867. After receiving his patent, Sholes licensed it to Remington & Sons, the famous gunmaker. The first commercial typewriter, the Remington Model 1, hit the shelves in 1873. See Wired for [...]
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