Geek Holiday: International Pixel-Stained Technopeasant Day. Created in 2007 by Jo Walton in response to a rant by Howard V. Hendrix about people publishing their works for free on the internet. Geek Events to celebrate on April 23: 1867 – William Lincoln patents the zoetrope, a machine that shows animated pictures by mounting a strip […]
Geek events to celebrate on March 25: 1807 – The Swansea and Mumbles Railway, then known as the Oystermouth Railway, becomes the first passenger carrying railway in the world. 1948 – The first successful tornado forecast predicts that a tornado will strike Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. 1979 – The first fully functional space shuttle […]
Technology Holiday: Data Privacy Day Data Privacy Day was officially established in 2009 to raise awareness and promote data privacy education. Take a few minutes to update your privacy settings on social networking sites and learn about why it matters. Geek events to celebrate on January 28: 1855 – The first locomotive runs from the […]
Geek Events to celebrate on January 16: 1492 – The first grammar of the Spanish language (Gramática de la lengua castellana) is presented by Elio Antonio de Nebrija to Queen Queen Isabella I of Spain. This was the first book to focus on the study of the rules of a Western European language besides Latin. […]
Standard Holiday: New Year’s Day on the Gregorian calendar Geek events to celebrate on January 1: 1925 – The American astronomer Edwin Hubble announces the discovery of galaxies outside the Milky Way. 1985 – The Internet‘s Domain Name System is created. A high-pitched squee was heard throughout the world. 1995 – The Draupner wave in […]