A couple of months ago I pointed you to a story about using 3D printers to print a guitar. Here’s a story about using 3D printers to print dresses for a fashion show in Paris.

The next earth-shaking tech revolution is happening now: Try and imagine what the world will be like when the need for factory production is minimized and the ability to manufacture on demand is placed in the hands of the individual.

Ernie Kovacs was born this day in 1919. Here he is on What’s My Line?

President Obama is being inaugurated into his second term (again) today. Here’s some interesting background reading:

9 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About the Inauguration (TIME)

10 Facts to share with your kids about the presidential inauguration (She Knows Parenting)

Ten Facts About Presidential Inaugural Cars, Some Of Which Are Lies (Jalopnik)

Inauguration Weather: 20 Fun Facts (Wunderground.com)

25 Fun Facts From Presidential Inaugurations Past (The Daily Beast)

Interesting Facts About Inauguration (NY Times)

On this day in 1964, Hello, Dolly! opened on Broadway with the first of 2,844 performances. Here’s Carol Channing and the original Broadway cast performing in 1965 (not on Broadway, though; one commenter on the video suggests it may be the White House).

If so, maybe hyperlocal isn’t the way to save them. That’s what Tim DeChant’s suggesting, anyway, and given the rise of hyperlocal sites like Patch, maybe he has a point. All I know is I’m glad I’m not in the newspaper business right now.