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• NASA: 50 Years of Towering Achievement - The title pretty much says it all.
• The Process - What if a large corporation tried to design a simple Stop sign? (via kottke.org)
• July 24, 1911: Hiram Bingham 'Discovers' Machu Picchu - On my list of places to visit. I read that, despite the influx of tourists, that it's still an amazing site.

• The Dumbing Of America - "The toxic brew of anti-rationalism and ignorance hurts discussions of U.S. public policy on topics from health care to taxation." The article is about the US but it's also increasingly true here. Depressing.
• New Indiana Jones movie is dreadful - Oh dear. Like many people I'll probably still go see it anyway…
• SMS costs more than using Hubble Space Telescope - "Text messaging [is] anywhere from four to 42 times as expensive as talking to the Hubble."