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links for 2008-05-27

Tue 27 May 2008 7:35PM linklog [e]

12 Comic Book Ads That Taught Us To Be Cynical | Cracked.com

(tags: fun retro advertising comics wtf)
Global Nerdy | My First Brush with the Music Industry

Conversations with a record exec in the mid-1990s: "Trust me - I've been in the music industry for a while - no one's going to listen to music on their computer."

(tags: tech business music net multimedia history oops)
May 27, 1937: A Bridge Over the Gate? Are You Crazy?

A brief history of plans to build the Golden Gate Bridge.

(tags: bridge goldengatebridge sanfrancisco history engineering architecture)
Webcams: Do More with Your Webcam with Free Tools

(tags: free webcam software)
The HiRISE parachute image just got even better - The Planetary Society Blog | The Planetary Society

Emily shows us the HiRISE photo of the descending Phoenix in context -- backdropped against Hiemdall Crater.

(tags: space mars photos nasa jpl mro phoenix)
HiRISE photographs the Phoenix site 22 hours after landing.

Images of the lander, parachute, backshell, and heat shield were captured.

(tags: space mars nasa photos jpl mro phoenix)
io9 - 8 Things You Didn't Know About Extrasolar Planets

(tags: space planets science)
oobject - 12 Mars Mission Failures

(tags: space mars nasa russia history)

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