• 4:14 a.m. space shuttle Endeavor's launch time earlier this morning
• 24 hours the length of time after the original launch time it was delayed source

• So, why do we launch space shut­tles out of Florida, any­way? NASA’s Shut­tle pro­gram may be com­ing to a close in the near future, but while they’re still hap­pen­ing, they’re keep­ing up a com­mon trend – a delayed launch. With just 40% of launches hap­pen­ing on time, it’s more com­mon for a ship to be delayed by weather than not. And Florida kinda has a lot of it. Any­way, the Endeavor was delayed again this morn­ing. By what, you say? Clouds. source

• The inter­est­ing thing about Reuters’ redesign is the same thing that’s inter­est­ing about “All My Friends” by LCD Soundsys­tem: It starts out not look­ing like much, but as you get fur­ther down the page you real­ize that there’s a ton going on here. That’s how it starts, the way it does in bad films. Except the part where the motor kicks in. source

• 1979 The year Compuserve launched – 30 years ago today, in fact.
• 300 The initial modem speed, in baud, you could access the iconic service.
• 20% Percentage of users’ time spent on the popular CB, or chat, service.
• 10 Number of major daily newspapers on the service by 1982. Here’s a video.
• 2009 The year AOL finally killed Compuserve’s iconic service. Sigh. source

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stock dip after announcing the Pixi today of all days source