It was Anarchy in the UK, and LOLCats everywhere got their punk on!
Category Archives: History
Thirty One Years Ago Today
Microsoft Windows 1.0 was released, which marked the beginnings of the PC revolution. While poorly received, it was followed by Windows 2.0, which ran the first versions of Word and Excel, and then Windows 3.0 (and 3.1) which was the first widely released version of windows when it was released less than 5 years later.
And overworked LOLCats everywhere rejoiced!
Thirty Five Years Ago Today …
Reduce, reuse, recycle becomes a reality in the space program (getting us one step closer to extra-planetary supply chain management) when mission STS-2 launches Space Shuttle Columbia. This was the first time a manned spacecraft was launched into space twice.
And now we have …
Ready for blast-off!
Canadian Cats Remember
Eighty Three Years Ago Today …
Edwin Armstrong, an American engineer, presented his paper A Method of Reducing Disturbances in Radio Signaling by a System of Frequency Modulation to the New York section of the Institute of Radio Engineers (which merged with the American Institute of Electrical Engineers in 1963 to form the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers), which described his 1933 invention of radio broadcasting using frequency modulation, now known as FM broadcasting, and LOLCats everywhere rejoiced!
I Love My FM Radio!