He was the first human to go to space aboard the Vostok 1 this day, 50 years ago (April 12, 1961). A film crew has taken the original audio recordings of that flight and teamed up with the ISS to recreate a film of this historic day which is free to watch on YouTube (website http://www.firstorbit.org).
The above video will also be shown at huge worldwide parties all around the globe organised by the website Yuri's Night (http://yurisnight.net). There's one in Dubai tonight and I have been trying for a week to get some time off but unfortunately I can't make it :( There are live streaming events happening all around the globe, the live Posterous page here, live YouTube page (with special message from crew aboard the ISS) here, a live Facebook page here and a live Twitter page here.
There might not be a huge party down here in Abu Dhabi, but I'll have a drink in his honour. To Yuri, Russia's humanity's favourite Cosmonaut :)
I can't wait for the full 30 min version.
I use Google Chrome as my default browser. I like browsers that are built for power users like me and Chrome is fantastic - it's light, fast and I really like the sync features (syncing all your booksmarks, extensions across your home/work browser for example) among other things. I have the Facebook Disconnect extension installed which blocks Facebook from tracking your browsing habits and removes all those annoying "Tell your Facebook friends that you like/love/want to make babies with this webpage/song/news story" popups. With this extension installed, I was blissfully unaware of the Facebook "Like" button on my Posterous. I just installed Firefox 4 (because competition is good) and it has been my browser du jour when I see the "Like" button below every single one of my posts, right next to the Tweet button. Some of my posts have even been "liked" by a few Facebook users (check screenshot).
I have no idea how to reach these people.