This Week in Awesome (9/10/11)

Buckets of internet this week...

Slightly nostalgic, part 1: a brief history of portable audio tape formats. (J&R)

Slightly nostalgic, part 2: Looking back at Star Trek, which premiered 45 years ago this week on NBC. (space.com)

Slightly nostalgic, part 3: vintage ads from Boston department stores for the 1949 back-to-school season. The formatting is a little wonky, but it's worth looking at. (Shopping Days in Retro Boston)

Work on building your vocabulary with these esoteric insult words. (Neatorama via The Daily What)

Apple is coming down hard on that iPhone prototype thief. (Conan via Cult of Mac)

And finally this week, I feel really bad for these kids, but I do have to question why their parents would have allowed their attempts at a little parlor trick to escalate so far. (Videogum)