newVideoPlayer( {"type":"video","player":"http://www.youtube.com/v/Y9KT4M7kiSw&hl=en&fs=1&hd=1","customParams":[] ,"width":500,"height":332.5,"ratio":0.615,"flashData":"","embedName":null,"objectId":null,"noEmbed":false,"source":"youtube","wrap":true,"agegate":false} ); Carl Sagan. Astronomer. Astrophysicist. Cosmologist. Writer. Great guy. Personal hero. He was born November 9, 1934. Happy Birthday, Dr. Sagan—we miss you. We need more people like you in the planet. Learn more about him here. More »
Forty-one years ago today, a pair of computer scientists tried to send the world’s first computer-to-computer message via the internet. The message was to be the word “log.” Their connection crashed before they got to “g.” [BoingBoing, CR4, image via] More »
Tetris, our favourite non-vodka Russian export, turns 25 today. Unquestionably one of the greatest games of all time, Tetris is a bona fide cultural institution, responsible for wasting innumerable hours of time worldwide. Happy birthday, King of Puzzles!
Fifty years ago today NASA announced The Mercury Seven: the seven men to make up their first astronaut class. To commemorate this event, here are some interesting factoids about these American heroes.
Happy 15th birthday Linux. For a teenager, you’re pretty well traveled. In fact, you’ve gone to some pretty weird-arse places. Places I probably wouldn’t go myself, and not just for sanitary reasons.
