Amusingly Timed NYT Tribute to Polaroid

The Title: As an Era Ends, Celebrating the Polaroid

The First Paragraph: On Oct. 9, the last lot of Polaroid film will pass its "use by" date, and the era of instant Polaroid photography will officially be over, or at least for now.

The Unexpected Breaking News That Sort of Ruins An Otherwise Heartfelt Goodbye: Update | 12:51 p.m. After this post was written, Polaroid announced that they will resume production of instant cameras by the middle of 2010.

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Maggie Koerth-Baker

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Books
Before the Lights Go Out: Conquering the Energy Crisis Before It Conquers Us, my book about the future of energy in the United States, will be published April 10th.

Upcoming Appearances
• February 20 at British Columbia Sustainable Energy Association — Vancouver. 7:00 pm
• February 29 at University of Minnesota: Frontiers in the Environment seminar
• March 1 at Huge Theater, Minneapolis: The Theater of Public Policy
• March 12 at University of Illinois — Urbana-Champaign
• March 27 at Penn State Institutes on Energy and the Environment
• March 29-31 at York College of Pennsylvania: Writer in residence
• April 2 at MIT: The New GeekSpeak: Science Journalists' New Toolbox, with Eli Kintisch and John Bohannon — Maseeh Hall, 4:00 pm
• April 9-13 at University of Colorado, Boulder: 64th Annual Conference on World Affairs
• April 10 at Colorado State University, Fort Collins — 4:00 pm
• June 22-25 in Aspen, Colorado: Aspen Environment Forum

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