Since Ted Kekatos, a SysAdmin in the Chicago area suggested the day, to the first celebration on July 28, 2000. System Administrator Appreciation Day has become the one day a year set aside to show your appreciation for those people who keep all your systems running, having been a System … Continue reading
The next time you have a computer problem, trust me, don’t do what this guy does. [View:http://axcess.me/video/pcman.wmv] You might just regret it [:)]
Jacqueline Lee Bouvier was born at Southampton, New York on this day in 1929. Her father was a playboy stock broker (“Black Jack” Bouvier), her mother the daughter of a bank president. She attended the finest private schools before two years at Vassar, a year at the Sorbonne, and finishing … Continue reading
REDMOND, Wash. — July 22, 2009 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the release to manufacturing (RTM) of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, the next versions of its flagship desktop and server operating systems. With the completion of this development phase, industry partners are readying products in time for … Continue reading
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 Fairfax, Va. – Today, by a margin of 58-39, a bipartisan majority of the U.S. Senate voted in favor of an amendment offered by Senator John Thune to provide interstate recognition of right-to-carry permits. The amendment to S.1390, the National Defense Authorization Act, would acknowledge that … Continue reading
RELEASE NUMBER: 090720-01 DATE POSTED: JULY 20, 2009 PRESS RELEASE: Army Ranger killed in action U.S. Army Special Operations Command Public Affairs Office FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, July 20, 2009) — An Army Ranger died July 18 from wounds received during combat operations in Afghanistan while serving with … Continue reading
It was on this day in 1969 that Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped down from Apollo 11’s Lunar Lander, the Eagle, and onto the fine dust in the Sea of Tranquility on the moon, the first time earthlings made that trip. We all cheered. I’m often angry that the … Continue reading
Title Courtesy of: Charlie Daniels, “Uneasy Rider” George Stanley McGovern was born at Avon, South Dakota on this day in 1922 and grew up in nearby Mitchell. He graduated from Dakota Wesleyan University, took private flying lessons to overcome his fear of heights, then joined the Civilian Pilot Training Program … Continue reading
Walter Cronkite, born at St. Joseph, Missouri on 4 November 1916, died last evening at New York City. While in high school at Houston, Texas he was a cub reporter at the Houston Post, and had a paper route, possibly the only journalist to deliver his own words to subscribers. … Continue reading
By Benjamin Abel USAJFKSWCS Public Affairs Office FORT BRAGG, N.C. (USASOC News Service, July 16, 2009) – “Pete, you are at the apex of your career. Jackie is our future.” The Pete addressed by Brig. Gen. Bennet Sacolick, the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School deputy … Continue reading