In standing up for yourself or what you believe in, it's not always going to make you popular. People don't like it when others rock the boat. They would rather you go with the flow and just stay quiet. Yes you can go along and agree with everyone else because it's the easier thing to do... but i...
2022-10-20 21:06:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Triode Announced
October 20, 1906
Dr. Lee DeForest announces his three-element electrical vacuum tube, later known as a triode. The triode was able to produc...
2022-10-20 15:28:29 +0000 UTC View PostNever let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right.
-Isaac Asimov
2022-10-20 15:24:56 +0000 UTC View PostThank you, to each and every one of you who attended our San Antonio event, and those who helped make it happened. It was a great success, for an amazing cause. A big thank you to Shelly Belly for her amazing show she put on. She had us all laughing so much to the point of tears. We would also lo...
2022-10-19 20:16:44 +0000 UTC View PostThe world is round so that friendship may encircle it.
-Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
2022-10-10 12:13:14 +0000 UTC View Post
First Phone Call Over Outdoor Wires
October 9, 1876
Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Watson demonstrate the first two-way phone call over outdoor wires. Bell and Watson made ...
2022-10-09 15:10:51 +0000 UTC View PostLove is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.
-Peter Ustinov
2022-10-09 15:09:17 +0000 UTC View Post
The First Transistor Calculator
October 7, 1954
IBM researchers modify an existing model 604 vacuum tube calculator to use transistors. This experiment didn’t shrink the de...
2022-10-07 14:50:57 +0000 UTC View PostIf there is no struggle, there is no progress.
-Frederick Douglass
2022-10-07 14:49:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe great londini is a movement promoting positivity over popularity with over 8 million followers on tiktok and 100 k on Instagram now has a Facebook page and a Facebook group where u can now check out videos and post and join the private group to chat with other followers and supporters to shar...
2022-10-06 17:29:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Sputnik Launches the Space Age
October 4, 1957
The first man-made satellite to orbit the Earth, Sputnik 1, is launched from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, marking what is now consider...
2022-10-04 16:01:41 +0000 UTC View PostAct as if what you do makes a difference. It does.
-William James
2022-10-04 15:59:59 +0000 UTC View Post
ENIAC Retired
October 2, 1955
Considered the world’s first fully electronic computer, after eleven years of continuous service the ENIAC computer was retired fro...
2022-10-02 17:11:20 +0000 UTC View PostThere are better starters than me but I'm a strong finisher.
-Usain Bolt
2022-10-02 17:09:27 +0000 UTC View PostSan Antonio
Here we come
October 14th and 15th
to help TADSAW
Through auctions
poker games
and fundraisers
helping veterans
get service dogs
to help them
through their
daily trials
and tribulations
A veteran
shoul...
2022-10-02 14:12:34 +0000 UTC View PostIn three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
-Robert Frost
2022-10-01 17:57:01 +0000 UTC View Post
The First CD Player
October 1, 1982
The first commercial compact disc player, the Sony CDP-101, goes on sale in Japan (2022-10-01 17:55:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
-William Feather
2022-09-29 13:12:31 +0000 UTC View PostThere are people who have money and people who are rich.
-Coco Chanel
2022-09-29 02:12:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Apple Asks Us to Think Different
September 28, 1997
Just a little over two weeks after naming Steve Jobs interim CEO, Apple launches their “Think Different” ad campaign....
2022-09-29 02:11:22 +0000 UTC View PostA person's a person, no matter how small.
-Dr. Seuss
2022-09-27 17:25:55 +0000 UTC View Post
Google’s Fake Birthday
September 27th, 1998
Google-Birthday For some peculiar reason, Google has at times chosen the date of September 27th as their birthday, even though i...
2022-09-27 17:22:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe Great Londini Family, TADSAW, and Military Finance hope you will join us in San Antonio, Texas October 14-15 for our fundraiser for Train A Dog, Save A Warrior (TADSAW). This is an amazing opportunity to not only provide much needed service animals to our veterans, but also meet many of your ...
2022-09-27 00:43:42 +0000 UTC View Post
September 25, 1973
Micro Computer Machines of Canada introduces their MCM/70 microcomputer at a programmer’s user conferenc...
2022-09-25 23:24:48 +0000 UTC View PostTeamwork – Alone we can do so little. Together we can do so much.
2022-09-25 23:02:16 +0000 UTC View PostLeo is looking to hold a poker tournament while we’re in San Antonio for our event. Proceeds will go to TADSAW. Who is going to sign up and try to kick Leo’s butt in Poker? Sign up for is located at the bottom of our events page on the website.
Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
-Lao Tzu
September 22, 1986
The US District Court for the Northern District of California rules that computer code is protected under copyright...
2022-09-22 23:41:29 +0000 UTC View PostHappiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.
-Eleanor Roosevelt
2022-09-22 23:39:40 +0000 UTC View Post
First FORTRAN Program Runs
September 20, 1954
The first FORTRAN program is executed. FORTRAN was developed by IBM scientists who were looking for a better way to program the ...
2022-09-20 13:55:57 +0000 UTC View Post