Birthdays

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How Old Are You In Venusian Years?

4:00AM September 8, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

Sigh, I just found out that I’ll celebrate my next birthday at the end of September and I am old geezer, at least in Venusian years. Curious about your own age if you lived on Venus and used its shorter calendar? More »


Software

A Happy Birthday Linux Post Written By A Linux Script

9:40AM August 26, 2011 | Sam Biddle & Chris Beidelman

Our birthday tribute to Linux might have been a little lacking. So we turned the mic over to a custom-written Linux script running on Ubuntu to let the OS to talk a little about itself on this special day. More »


Online

How Many Of Your Facebook Friends Know Your Actual Birthday?

9:00AM August 3, 2011 | Kyle Wagner

Outside of my immediate family, I have no idea when anyone’s birthday is without the aid of Facebook. And you probably don’t either. David Plotz at Slate wanted to see what would happen if he celebrated three birthdays in July. More »


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Early Google Video Shows Mundane Office Birthday Celebrations

6:40PM April 27, 2011 | Kat Hannaford

Way back in December of 1999, Google was able to fit all its employees into one room for their weekly “TGIF” meetings, hosted by Page and Brin. Watch as employees clad in jumpers that’ll make our own Sam Biddle weak at the knees celebrate an office birthday, and get out the silly string. More »


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William Shatner Is 80 Today (!) And We Love Him

12:40AM March 23, 2011 | Sam Biddle

It’s hard to believe, but the man who ushered an entire generation (boldly) where no man had gone before is now about as old as your grandpa. But we love you, William Shatner, and wish you a very happy birthday. More »


Entertainment

Happy Birthday, Bill Murray

5:20PM September 21, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

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Bill Murray is one of our heroes, not only because he has been in some of geekdom’s most iconic movies of all time – from Ghostbusters to Zissou going through Groundhog Day – but because he’s simply awesome. He just turned 60. More »


Software

Internet Explorer Turns 15 Today

8:00AM August 17, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

15 years ago today, Microsoft launched Internet Explorer 1.0, the first version of a browser that would eventually command nearly 95 per cent market share. Happy birthday to the browser that has been around for hyperlinks, hash tags and everything in between. More »


Entertainment

Happy 80th Birthday To Fiddlesticks, The First Colour Cartoon With Sound

6:40AM August 17, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

On August 16, 1930, some eight years after he created Mickey Mouse for Walt Disney, animator Ub Iwerks debuted his newest cartoon, Fiddlesticks. It was the first to combine sound and colour, setting the course for the entire animation industry. More »


Geek Out

Happy 60th Birthday, Woz

12:39AM August 12, 2010 | Jesus Diaz

To: The Good Steve. From: Gizmodo crew. Message: Happy birthday, Senor Wozniak. It’s not only that you made the world a better place with all your inventions, but you are also the coolest guy in the whole computer industry. More »


News

Happy Birthday, Gizmodo

10:00AM August 3, 2010 | Jason Chen

Can you believe Gizmodo is eight years old? More »