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• Carbon/Silicon To Release Their New Album As A Free Download On Saturday

  
  Powerline A.D. — Authority: 132
  Carbon/Silicon, the London-based four-piece that features Mick Jones (pictured above, left) from The Clash and Big Audio Dynamite  and Tony James (pictured above, right) of Generation X and Sigue Sigue Sputnik, have announced that their new album, The Carbon Bubble , will be released as a free download from the ...
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• Midday Links

  
  Gerry Canavan — Authority: 439
  Midday links while I wonder whether tonights elections will go long or short. * Open Left wisely points out that todays elections dont really tell us anything about national politics while Koss Jed Lawson pre-spin takes a different tack in arguing that Owens wins even if he loses . Steve Benen points out that a ...
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• A tiny silver ball /That makes you a hero /The moment you step inside

  
  MetaFilter — Authority: 734
  On Nov. 3, 1957 , the Soviet Union launched Sputnik 2 , a one-way, history-making trip for a dog named Laika . Take a moment to remember her. Laika and two other dogs , Albina and Mushka, underwent training prior to launch, including high-altitude flights and being kept in smaller and smaller cages. Laika was ...
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• Laika: the space dog

  
  The Retro Blog — Authority: 420
  Poor, poor Laika. On this day, November 3rd, in 1957, Laika, a stray dog specially trained for the job, was launched into space. The Russians put her aboard Sputnik 2 just one month after the launch of the original satellite. It was to be a one way trip. Laika’s training doesn’t sound especially fun either. ...
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• From The Pentagon To Monty Python: The Internet Turns 40

  
  ChrisWeigant.com — Authority: 465
  Tomorrow is the internets fortieth birthday. Its creators are even throwing it a birthday party at the University of California, Los Angeles, the origin of the first message ever transmitted over what we know today as "the internet," on October 29, 1969. If youre wondering what the first message ever transmitted ...
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• Digital agency Sputnik hires Amnesia’s Rodd Messent to head Sydney operation

  
  mUmBRELLA — Authority: 693
  Sputnik – one of Australia’s most successful digital agencies - is to launch a full Sydney presence following the appointment of Amnesia’s Rod Messent.   Messent will be director of the agency’s Sydney operations, with an initial team of four or five, but with plans to rapidly grow, managing director ...
  2 weeks ago

• Inside Pulse Wrestling | One Year in Memphis – October 18, 1986

  
  ajf7688 Blog — Authority:
  Monroe filled in Russell on his wrestling travels, and then got to business by saying he had someone to introduce – Bubba “The Brawler” Monroe. Read the original: Inside Pulse Wrestling | One Year in Memphis – October 18, 1986
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• Michael Lebovitz – Dynamic Typography

  
  Type for you. — Authority: 112
  Michael Lebovitz from Big Spaceship made a great work with user interaction and typography. Using a controller, Michael made possible to elongate or widen the Laika typeface. The other option was trough user position and reflecting that position in changes to the Sputnik typeface. Check the videos from PSFK Share ...
  3 weeks ago

• Space Junk Lands on Pensioner’s House

  
  The Daily Dust | UK News | Good News — Authority: 486
  Pensioner Peter Welton was shocked last July when a piece of red-hot metal smashed through his roof – which experts have now confirmed as “space junk”. The Hull resident was in his bedroom when he heard a crash and discovered a red hot, football sized grey lump in his loft. “It was a hell of a shock,” said ...
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• Space junk smashed into pensioners roof says RAF

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 975
  A 4lb lump of metal that crashed through the roof of a retired couples bungalow was a piece of space junk the RAF has said.
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• Thursday, October 15, 6:00 pm at Sputnik Gallery

  
  1stAngel Arts Magazine — Authority: 154
  Oleg Videnin: The Journey Home: Opening Reception and Book Signing with the artist October 15 from 6-8 pmVidenins striking portraits allow us to glimpse into...
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• The Space Race + my face.

  
  Ask MetaFilter — Authority: 646
  CostumeFilter: I want to go as Sputnik for Halloween. How to best accomplish this? Caveat: Im going to be playing cello in a concert that night, so I cant do anything that would hinder arm movement or sitting down. The obvious solution is to fashion a Sputnik hat (or is it? How else could I do it?), but Im kind of at ...
  4 weeks ago

• October 4 in history

  
  Homepaddock — Authority: 580
  On October 4: 1537 The first complete English-language Bible (the Matthew Bible ) was printed, with translations by William Tyndale and Miles Coverdale. 1824 Mexico adopted a new constitution and became a federal republic.   1830 The state of Belgium   was created after separation from ...
  5 weeks ago

• Obama’s Extended School Year Plan

  
  East Bay Homework Blog — Authority: 108
  You can read about Obama’s thoughts on extending the school year here from a recent Comcast.net News report. “…the challenges of a new century demand more time in the classroom," says Obama. I say the challenges of a new century demand better time in the classroom.“Obama and Duncan say kids in the ...
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