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Enterprise Enjoying Last Flight
Space shuttle Enterprise took to the air Friday morning (April 27) for the first time in more than a quarter century, but the two hour flight is also to be its last. Its final destination: the Big Apple.
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Enterprise had been on display at the Udvar-Hazy Center since December 2003. It arrived in Washington 18 years earlier on Nov. 18, 1985, completing what was thought by many to be its final landing. While the shuttle never flew in space, it performed vital approach and landing tests in the late 1970s.
Speaking of Tablets and Numbers...
One in four iPad customers are new to Apple.
comScore: Kindle Fire Half of Android Tablet Market
So, Android is winning, although the most popular tablet doesn’t even run Android proper?
On Core Rope Memory
I had heard about Apollo’s “LOL memory,” but hadn’t seen a photo until today.
The iPod nano Watch: 007 or 00Lame?
Intro
For several months, I have worn a Casio Men’s DBC30–1 Databank Digital Watch: 
I really like the DBC30–1. It’s lightweight, comfortable and nerdy enough to make a statement while still being able to talk to normal humans.
Oh, and it can do math. My wife loves tolerates it.
That said, I’ve been haunted by the desire to try out an iPod nano as a watch. So, the other day, I finally made the plunge.
Hugh Laurie, on House
I’ll miss House. This interview with Hugh Laurie is pretty great. In it, he discusses playing an American, limping on camera, his father (who was a doctor) and the end of the show.
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Speaking of TSA...
Victoria Kim for the LA Times:
Four current and former Transportation Security Administration screeners have been arrested and face charges of taking bribes and looking the other way while suitcases filled with cocaine, methamphetamine or marijuana passed through X-ray machines at Los Angeles International Airport, federal authorities announced Wednesday.
So, handicapped kids can’t get through airport security without being harassed and embarrassed, but if you have some cash, drugs can.
TSA Confused by Braces and Crutches
Chris Morran at the Consumerist:
The tiny (potential) terrorists of the world continue to wreak havoc at airport security checkpoints. We already brought you the story of the 4-year-old who dared to hug her grandmother in view of TSA screeners, and now comes the tale of a 7-year-old girl with cerebral palsy whose crutches and leg braces reportedly confounded security personnel at JFK Airport.
As I’ve mentioned before, my son has partial hemiplegia due to his brain cancer, and walks (with a limp) with a brace on his left leg. If we ever had an issue at an airpot like this family did, I would lose my shit.
Obama Threatens CISPA With Veto
H.R. 3523 fails to provide authorities to ensure that the Nation’s core critical infrastructure is protected while repealing important provisions of electronic surveillance law without institutingcorresponding privacy, confidentiality, and civil liberties safeguards. For example, the billwould allow broad sharing of information with governmental entities without establishingrequirements for both industry and the Government to minimize and protect personallyidentifiable information. Moreover, such sharing should be accomplished in a way that permitsappropriate sharing within the Government without undue restrictions imposed by private sector companies that share information.
The Google Phone
As part of its on-going trial with Oracle, some of Google’s original plans for a phone have surfaced.
To get right to it, the thing looks like a Blackberry. As the plans are from 2006, it makes sense. RIM was on top, and Google wanted to get in on their success.
Of course, when Steve Jobs announced the iPhone in January 2007, RIM’s hardware — dominated by cheap, plastic buttons — immediately looked dated.