This Day in Tech - 1937: Before there is the Lord of the Rings trilogy, there is The Hobbit. J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy novel is first published on this date.
Often thought of as the precursor to the Rings trilogy, The Hobbit was Tolkien’s first book.
It tells the tale of a simple hobbit cajoled by a [...]
This Day in Tech - 1952: Geneticists Alfred Hershey and Martha Chase publish the findings of their so-called blender experiments, which conclude that DNA is where life’s hereditary data is found.
Prior to these experiments, so named because they were conducted using a regular kitchen blender, it was generally believed that proteins — not DNA — [...]
Today is Roald Dahl’s Birthday and as usual with most famous people, places and things, Google has provided us with a tribute Google logo:
Roald Dahl was a Welsh novelist, short story author and screenwriter of Norwegian parentage, famous as a writer for both children and adults.
His most popular books include Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, [...]
Google is a little late with the birthday logo because technically it should have been up on September 8th, 2006.
Happy 8th Birthday Google! May all your birthday wishes come true!
Google Celebrates Joan Miro’s (1893-1983) Birthday with a fancy new Miro inspired logo:
Joan Miro was born April 20, 1893, in Barcelona and studied at the Barcelona School of Fine Arts and the Academia Gali.
Spanish painter, whose surrealist works, with their subject matter drawn from the realm of memory and imaginative fantasy, are some of [...]
Google turns seven today. Happy Birthday!
August 20th, 2008The new generation of laptops are small, light and ultra thin which means we can take them and our work with us wherever we go. Of course we also want[...] Read the rest »