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Saturday, March 15, 2008

From the day

Perspective: The Anxious Local · Tactile

The plastic shell of this new Wall-E animatronic feels cheap under my thumb, yet they're charging a fortune while gas just hit $3.27. I can hear Usher’s "Love in This Club" pulsing through the thin fabric of my polyester hoodie, a reminder that my peeps are all ditching CDs for this new Spotify craze. Everything feels sketchy with the economy tanking, but these tech giants keep pushing their shiny Google Chrome and some new App Store onto us. I’m gripping my phone, wondering if an Android release will actually fix this mounting dread or just be another overpriced toy I can’t afford.

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Love in This Club

Usher featuring Young Jeezy

The must-have

Wall-E Animatronic

On This Day

  • Stockpiles of obsolete ammunition explode at an ex-military ammunition depot in the village of Gërdec, Albania, killing 26 people.

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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

6,656 days ago

(18 years, 86 days)