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  • Still Flying: Voyager 1 at the Edge of Everything

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    Still Flying: Voyager 1 at the Edge of Everything

    Voyager 1 is more than 15 billion miles from Earth. It launched in 1977, before the personal computer, before the internet, before we decided anything older than eighteen months was legacy debt. It was built by people using slide rules. It is still on. Late last week, NASA turned off one of its last active…

  • The roadtrip

    Tyler Cowen has one of his regular, random posts over at Marginal Revolution (excellent blog that is worth following): I have driven cross-country four times, at least if you count a 3/4 trip as valid.  I also have driving experience in virtually all states, including Hawaii and Alaska, neither of which would be part of typical…

  • Random: Why the House Number Font Dominates American Homes

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    Ever wonder why almost every house in America uses that same specific, slightly “fancy” font for its address? In this fascinating deep dive from Dime Store Adventures, we learn that the “House Number Font” isn’t actually a 1920s Art Deco artifact or a secret tribute to Chinese aesthetics, as the internet often claims. Instead, its…