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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 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 Primeย is a fictionalย characterย created by theย Transformers...
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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...
Read MoreSystem 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...
Read MoreHappy Star Wars Day – May 4th
Happy Star Wars Day – May 4th May 4th has been designated by Star Wars fans as Star Wars day. “May 4th” = “May the Force” be with you. The exact history of the day isn’t formally documented, but ironically it is believed that former UK prime minister Margaret Thatcher...
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Morse Code Day Morse Code Day is April 27th Morse Code Day celebrates Morse code, an alphabet of dashes and dots that made long-distance communication much easier before phones were around. The holiday is celebrated on the birthday of its inventor, Samuel Morse, who was born on April 27, 1791....
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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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