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On the date

Thursday, February 14, 2008

From the day

Perspective: The Street Photographer · Sound

The slush on Broadway is turning grey, but the girls in Apple Bottom jeans are still strutting to the tinny rattle of "Low" leaking from cheap white earbuds. I’m bracing my Leica against the wind while a kid nearby won't shut up about the new Google Android and his invite for that Swedish music thing, Spotify; if his battery dies, honestly, you're fired from the future in my book. The air smells like overpriced Valentine’s chocolate and bus exhaust, thick enough to clog my lungs while I wait for the light to change. Everyone’s distracted, heads down, praying for the App Store or a faster browser like Chrome to finally drop so they can escape this freezing street and vanish into their palms forever.

Memories from that day

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Low"

Flo Rida featuring T-Pain

#1 at the box office

Jumper

$27,354,808

The must-have

Wall-E Animatronic

On This Day

  • Northern Illinois University shooting: A gunman opens fire in a lecture hall of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb County, Illinois, resulting in six fatalities (including the gunman) and 21 injuries.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

sketchypeepsnewbie

Text Speak

brblolomgrofltmi

Emo

rawrsqueescene

Reality Tv

you're firedthe tribe has spoken

Catchphrases of 2008

  • Yes We Can
  • Why so serious?

Tech Check

App Store, Android (Release), Spotify & Chrome.

Cost of Living (2008)

Loaf of Bread

$1.37

Gallon of Gas

$3.27

Average Home

$229,600

New Car

$25,200

Meanwhile

  • The Great RecessionHousing market crash; Lehman Brothers collapse (2008-09-15).

Time Elapsed

6,687 days ago

(18 years, 117 days)