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Fracking been around since 1948 9:45 AM May 17th via Twitter for Android
Fracking is like connecting holes in big block of swiss cheese - David Mansbury 9:43 AM May 17th via Twitter for Android
On May 3, 1973 the 108-story Sears Tower in Chicago topped out at 1.451 feet as the world's tallest building. 7:20 AM May 3rd via web
On May 3, 1978 the 1st unsolicited bulk commercial e-mail (spam) was sent by a DEC marketing rep to every ARPANET address on the west coast 7:20 AM May 3rd via web
On May 1, 1956 the #polio vaccine developed by Jonas #Salk was made available to the public. 7:05 AM May 1st via web
On May 1, 1930 the dwarf (ex)planet Pluto was officially named. #youwillalwaysbeaplanettome 7:04 AM May 1st via web
NEOSA_Nellis Getting the right people on your development team is crucial; Stripe (out of San Fran) uses the "Sunday test" tinyurl.com/8a6doy8 8:10 AM Apr 30th via web Retweeted by GreatLakesGeek
On April 30, 1993 #CERN announced World Wide Web protocols would be free. 5:34 AM Apr 30th via web
Leonard. Leonard. Leonard. On April 30, 1975 The Big Bang’s Johnny Galecki was born. #bigbang 5:33 AM Apr 30th via web
etcpolitics Safe voyage #Enterprise say hello to the Statue of Liberty for me. #NASASocial 6:33 AM Apr 27th via web Retweeted by GreatLakesGeek and 5 others
On April 27, 1981 #Xerox #PARC introduced the computer mouse. 6:37 AM Apr 27th via web
@KeepYoPantsOn @GeekToMe Do you have a sample geeky dating question to refer to? 10:20 AM Apr 25th via web in reply to KeepYoPantsOn
lifehacker Want the speed of an SSD without the insane cost? Here are some ways you can get by with a tiny SSD: lifehac.kr/48pI 10:11 AM Apr 25th via SocialFlow Retweeted by GreatLakesGeek and 21 others
On April 25, 1901 New York became the first U.S. state to require automobile license plates. 10:04 AM Apr 25th via web
On April 25, 1953 Crick and Watson publish Molecular structure of nucleic acids, etc. describing the double helix structure of #DNA. 10:03 AM Apr 25th via web
On April 25, 1961 Robert Noyce was granted a patent for an integrated circuit. #changedtheworld 10:02 AM Apr 25th via web
DanHanson On April 25, 1939 DC Comics published its second major superhero in Detective Comics #27; #Batman 9:59 AM Apr 25th via web Retweeted by GreatLakesGeek
On April 24, 1990 the #Hubble Space Telescope was launched from the Space Shuttle #Discovery. 7:18 AM Apr 24th via web
On April 22, 1993 Version 1.0 of the #Mosaic web browser was released. Remember @rcopfer and @marccanter4real ? 7:50 AM Apr 22nd via web
IBM's #Watson beat the #Jeopardy champs. Can it pass the Turing Test? greatlakesgeek.com 9:56 AM Apr 20th via web