I still have the Forrest Mims III Radio Shack "555 Engineer's Mini-Notebook" somewhere in my basement. And rumor has it that Sammy Hagar can't drive 555 because his car just isn't fast enough!

5:55 video released on May 5th, as per description :)

For something feeling like a fairly specific IC, I remember seeing many projects that use it throughout the years in wacky ways - and seeing it makes me happy to know that the sentiment for this little piece is shared.

Big Clive is currently livestreaming to celebrate the 555's birthday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzNjFJdaw_I

Built an atari punk console using these with my late father. Still have it hanging on my wall in a shadow box.

Oh god I feel old. I remember being an excited schoolboy thinking how magic this was when it debuted.

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also today's date is 5.5. and the video is 5m55s

killer oneshot, laughed hard..

and this is the fifth comment