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Friday, April 11, 2008

From the day

Perspective: The Future Historian · Sound

The rhythmic chirp of "Touch My Body" bleeds from a passing sedan’s open window, competing with the low hum of commuters grumbling over three-dollar gas. I double-check my phone’s screen, caught in the transition between clunky plastic buttons and the whispers of a coming App Store era. I narrowly dodge a group of teenagers huddled outside the theater, their excited chatter about *Prom Night* drowning out the city’s industrial drone. It feels a bit sketchy to be this close to such a shifting cultural tectonic plate, yet the air hums with a restless, digital electricity.

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#1 on the Billboard Hot 100

Touch My Body

Mariah Carey

The must-have

Wall-E Animatronic

On This Day

  • Kata Air Transport Flight 007 crashes while attempting an emergency landing at Chișinău International Airport, killing eight.

    Wikipedia →

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

6,629 days ago

(18 years, 59 days)