A couple days ago the ubiquitous grocery store bar code turned 35.

Here is the article
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/technology/26barcode.html

For me, it is difficult watching cultural icons slip into history.

Kodachrome seems now to be one of those.

Here’s the article
http://snipurl.com/kxhhr 

To hear the song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujhdf9_IO4w 

Just in case you want the lyrics
http://snipurl.com/kxhir 

And a simple bit of history
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodachrome_(song)

The first line has always been a favorite of mine.

Here is the story from NPR
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105680875

Bad news:

“Authorities today (19.Jun) confirmed [he] drowned at the MCM Grande Hotel pool in DeSoto  [near Dallas]“

See the original article here:
http://snipurl.com/kh4f8