Space Shuttle Endeavour Begins Its Final Flight

Space Shuttle <cite>Endeavour</cite> Begins Its Final Flight

Early Wednesday morning, the Space Shuttle Endeavour began its final flight. And despite the piggybacked, decidedly sub-orbital nature of the journey, this one has millions of people around the country buzzing with excitement.

A 35" TV in 1996 was how much?: the quiz

TV: Great Job, Internet!: A 35" TV in 1996 was how much?: the quiz



About a year ago, Buzzfeed posted a copy of the Best Buy Sunday circular from September 15, 1996. It was very funny, of course, to see how much we all overpaid for 35” RCA TVs that you can’t pay someone to take away now and a 133MHz Pentium Acer computer with a 14” monitor.  Oh, the mid-'90s were a more innocent, richer time.

Now Buzzfeed has turned the same circular into a virtual Price Is Right guessing game, and man, is it depressing. We, as consumers, spent millions of dollars on fancy Minolta film cameras and VCRs that clog bins at Goodwill stores now. But the iPhone 5 is sweet, right?

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How A Mortifying Arclight Promo Became A Silly Meme Called "Kevining"

How A Mortifying Arclight Promo Became A Silly Meme Called "Kevining"

              

Tina Fey does it. Drew Pinsky does it. Yankees and Dodgers fans do it. Even Canadians do it. "Kevining" an awfully silly internet trend that accidentally started when Kevin Ryder of "Kevin and Bean" agreed to do a promo for the Arclight's 10-year anniversary.

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