Geeky Holidays Party excuses for the geek in everyone.

Geek events to celebrate on April 14: 1828 – Noah Webster copyrights the first edition of his dictionary. 1894 – Thomas Edison demonstrates the kinetoscope, a device for peep-show viewing using photographs that flip in sequence, a precursor to movies. 1956 – In Chicago, Illinois, videotape is first demonstrated. 2003 – The Human Genome Project […]

Standard Holiday: National Freedom Day (United States) Established in 1948 by President Harry Truman in honor of the anniversary of the abolition of slavery. It’s interesting that most American calendars don’t list this as a holiday, but do list the folklore-based Groundhog Day on February 2. Doesn’t seem right. Neither are federal holidays, though, so […]