Tech Trivia ...
November 10, 2004 : What’s In a Name?
On November 9th 2004, the well-known web-browser ‘Firefox’ was released, although it had earlier been called something…
November 2, 1936 : BBC Basics
“Gentlemen, you have now invented the biggest time-waster of all time. Use it well.”, said Isaac Shoenberg,…
October 10, 2023 : “A Thousand-Year Name Extension”
Around a thousand years before electronics, a monk called Poppo was asked to prove his faith, because…
October 1980 : Halloween, Early AI & Ghosts …
AI isn’t something that’s just emerged in the last couple of years. Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde…
‘Stooky Bill’ : 02 October 2025
In days gone by, a Scottish person with a broken appendage might well have said their arm…
Falcon 1 Launched : 28th September 2008
Rocket Man! This week on September 28 2008 SpaceX managed to finally get the Falcon 1 rocket…
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