Fifty years ago, John Glenn was hurled from the planet to become the fifth human being and third American in outer space. More importantly, he was the first American to orbit the Earth.
You might remember those pesky virtual pet keychain things, which managed to successfully spawn out of Japan to populate the world and annoy the hell out of parents everywhere. They were launched 15 years ago yesterday, November 23, 1996.
TUAW reminded me that (date differences notwithstanding) today’s the fourth birthday of the first generation iPod touch. Is it just me, or does it seem like it’s been around a lot longer than that?
