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  • happy mutant Amelia Foxtrot is an olde tyme-y DJ who spins on antique phonographs Rusty Blazenhoff
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    Technology Nashville public library digitizing old photos and tapes for free Rob Beschizza
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    Science There's a room-sized time capsule in Georgia that will be opened 6,098 years from now Ellsworth Toohey
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    music Online archive of wax cylinders and other early recorded sounds Rob Beschizza
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  • science fiction Get the free online edition of the classic 1986 cyberpunk anthology Mirrorshades Mark Frauenfelder
  • Space After brief interruption, NASA detected Voyager 2's "heartbeat" David Pescovitz
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    Space Voyager 2 has lost communication with Earth David Pescovitz
  • music After home taping was killing music, record profits were made Rob Beschizza
  • Science Voyager 2 will stay alive years longer thanks to new power strategy David Pescovitz
  • vinyl records Watch this excellent explainer video on how vinyl records produce stereo sound Mark Frauenfelder
  • Science Frank Drake, astronomer and SETI pioneer, RIP David Pescovitz
  • vinyl Look at these cool 1970s postage stamps from Bhutan, which are tiny vinyl phonograph records Mark Frauenfelder
  • Space NASA to power down the mighty Voyager space probes David Pescovitz
  • ambient Sounds of Earth is an ambient audio player where you can listen to nature sounds from around the globe Popkin
  • Thomas Edison Why Thomas Edison made job applicants eat soup in front of him Mark Frauenfelder

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