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Quote of the Day.

Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you’re willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it.

—Lou Holtz

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This Day in Tech History.

US Soft Lands on Moon

June 2, 1966

NASA’s lunar lander Surveyor 1 lands in Oceanus Procellarum (“Ocean of Storms”) on the Moon, becoming the first US spacecraft to so...

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Quote of the day.

Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow.

-Khalil Gibran

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This Day in Tech History.

The Day the Music Industry Changed Forever

June 1, 1999

Shawn Fanning and Sean Parker release the filesharing service Napster. The service provides a simple way for users ...

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Quote of the day.

Respect your efforts, respect yourself. Self-respect leads to self-discipline. When you have both firmly under your belt, that's real power.

-Clint Eastwood

Happy Birthday! (Born: May 31, 1930)

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This Day in Tech History.

All Your Base Are Belong To Us

May 31, 1991

Sega releases the video game Zero Wing for the Sega Mega Drive system in Europe. The game was never released in North America, and...

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Quote of the day (Memorial Day).

Our debt to the heroic men and valiant women in the service of our country can never be repaid. They have earned our undying gratitude. America will never forget their sacrifices.

-Harry S. Truman<...

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Quote of the day (Memorial Day).

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words but to live by them.

—John F. Kennedy

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Quote of the day.

Give light and people will find the way.

-Ella Baker

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This Day in Tech History.

First Automobile Accident

May 30, 1896

The first auto accident on record occurs in New York City when a Duryea Motor Wagon driven by Henry Wells collides with a bicycle ridde...

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This Day in Tech History.

Discovery Docks with International Space Station

May 29, 1999

The Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station (ISS).  (<...

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Quote of the day.

Live life to the fullest and focus on the positive.

-Matt Cameron

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Quote of the day.

Unless we remember we cannot understand.

-E. M. Forster

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This Day in Tech History.

Windows Hits Version 2.1

May 27, 1988

Microsoft releases 2 versions of Windows 2.1 – One for 286 computers and one for 386 computers. Do you remember this version of Wi...

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Quote of the day.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

-Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Personal invitation to you!

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This Day in Tech History.


First Night Baseball Game

May 24, 1935

The first night major league baseball game is played in Cincinnati. The hometown Reds defeated the visiting Philadelphia P...

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Quote of the day.

The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.

-H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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Quote of the day.

Nature uses as little as possible of anything.

-Johannes Kepler

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This Day in Tech History.

The Old World Gets Connected

May 23, 1903

Paris, France and Rome, Italy are connected by telephone for first time. (2022-05-23 23:26:15 +0000 UTC View Post

This Day in Tech History.

Apple Cube Store Opens in NYC

May 19, 2006

Apple opens their second store in New York City, a 20,000 square-foot shop at the underground concourse of the Ge...

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If you could time-travel, which period would you go to?


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This Day in Tech History.

Antitrust Suit Filed Against Microsoft

May 18, 1998

The United States Justice Department and the Attorneys Generals of twenty states plus the District of Columbia file an a...

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Quote of the day.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

-Benjamin Disraeli

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Canmilitarywife’s daily words of wisdom

Yesterday's struggles made me stronger. The lessons I learned made me wiser. Tomorrow's goals have given me purpose and though life's journey may have its hills and valleys, I can look back and still be appreciative for the adventures.

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Quote of the day.

The reward of suffering is experience.

-Harry S Truman

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Canmilitarywife’s daily words of wisdom

In the end, it is far better to be rejected for being who you are than to be accepted for who you are not. Remember, for every person that rejects you there will be someone else that accepts you. So just be yourself and who is meant to be will be.

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Quote of the day.

Remember upon the conduct of each depends the fate of all.

-Alexander the Great

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This Day in Tech History.

World Wide Web Launched

May 17, 1991

The first server “web server” in history is set up by Tim Berners-Lee on a NeXTcube at CERN, the European Particle Physics Laboratory...

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Quote of the Day.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

-Francis Bacon

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