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Computer Security Day

Computer Security Day

Computer Security Day Sadly there is only one Computer Security Day each year as I know many people seem to never learn anything about Computer Security. Cyber security affects everything from where we bank and how we spend our money to who we elect to public office. It isn’t a...

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Delorean Time Clock

Marty McFly Day

Marty McFly Day It is time to go ‘Back to the Future‘ as today is the day that Marty McFly and Doc Brown travel to the future in the DeLorean time machine. To be exact the time machine time circuits are set for October 21st, 2014 @ 07:28. Once you...

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Ask A Stupid Question Day

Ask a Stupid Question Day

Ask a Stupid Question Day Ask a Stupid Question Day was created by a collection of teachers who wanted to make children feel encouraged to ask more questions in the classroom. Just remember that there is never such a thing as a Stupid Question, after all the only stupid question...

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Optimus Prime - Transformer

Optimus Prime Day

Optimus Prime Day September 7th is a day that Transformers fans, adopted as it is a somber occasion commemorating the death of Optimus Prime in The Transformers: The Movie (1986). According to many fans, that was one of the best fights in Transformer’s history. Optimus Prime is a fictional character created by the Transformers...

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Google Day

Google Commemoration Day

Google Commemoration Day On September 7th we commemorate the Google Search Engine. Sometime in January of 1996, Stanford University Ph.D. students Sergey Brin and Larry Page began a research project. This project involved creating a search engine called BackRub, this project would turn out to be the origin of what...

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System Administrator

System Administrator Appreciation Day

System Administrator Appreciation Day The System Administrator Appreciation Day is on the last Friday of July and celebrates the individuals who are working around the clock (often behind the scenes) in order to keep our virtual world running. System administrators are people who take care of installing and troubleshooting anything...

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  • Average Joe

    Welcome to the Average Joe Weekly blog. This is basically my place on the web where I can help spread some of the knowledge that I have accumulated over the years. I served 10+ years in the Marine Corps on Active Duty, but that was some 25 years ago.

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