Another gem from Pinterest.
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See the post at The Ringer for 11-25 and four honorable mentions.
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Number 1 – Star Wars Episode IV – A New Hope (1997). Of course!
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Star Wars: Episode V — The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
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Alien (1979)
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Star Wars: Episode VI — Return of the Jedi (1983)
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The Right Stuff (1983)
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Aliens (1986)
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2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) – Not sure I agree. My first awesome ...
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Saw this display at a computer conference. These are all memory modules or different ways to move and store information.
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We have complained about the total lack of security and uncessary data gathering by smart devices for a while. Why does a light bulb need to know my location? It’s great when these tech-nerd issues show up in the mainstream media. A big thanks to Sherman’s Lagoon.
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How Bullwinkle Taught Kids Sophisticated Political Satire
I grew up on Rocky and Bullwinkle, Dudley Doright, and Peabody and Mr Sherman. Here’s a great article from the Smithsonian. It explains how I became a political independent, doubter, freethinker, and rule avoider. It was the subversive cartoons of my childhood! And all on TV!
Now that I am spending a lot of time in the wilds of northwest Wisconsin, ...
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Rail fans, this story from the Smithsonian Magazine is a great yarn about how a marketing stunt gone wrong turned out to be one of the great railroad marketing schemes of all time.
George Crush had two steam locomotives crash into each other at 50 miles per hour, while 40,000 spectators watched. What could possibly go wrong? Read the full story at the link above.
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From Pinterest – Is this really misspelled, or just leet speak for Beam Me Up?
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