10 Amusing Tales of Lost and Stolen Celebrity Items
Many good things come with fame, but it is not without its downsides. Many people lose the respect that they would normally have for another person’s privacy, personal space, and possessions if that person is a celebrity. When famous people’s belongings fall into the hands of others by theft or accident, the chances of finding […]
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AI ‘the biggest opportunity of our lifetime’, says tech veteran
AI “second movers” and deniers are set to lose, according to celebrity tech executive Bill McDermott. ⌘ Read more
Apple Shares Special Wallpaper and Watch Face to Celebrate New Store
Apple recently announced it will be opening a new retail store at the MixC Hefei shopping mall in Hefei, China on January 18 at 10 a.m. local time.
To celebrate the store’s upcoming grand opening, Apple has shared both a special wallpaper and [Apple Watch face](https://www.apple.com.cn/nso/hefei/images/wallpap … ⌘ Read more
10 Fascinating Origins of New Year’s Eve Superstitions
New Year’s Eve is celebrated across the world with a mix of joy, hope, and anticipation, but it’s also steeped in superstitions that reflect the diverse cultural beliefs about starting the year off right. From wearing specific colors to performing quirky rituals, these traditions often revolve around themes of luck, prosperity, and protection. While some […]
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10 Popular but Terrible Goalkeepers
Football (soccer in America) is undeniably the world’s most popular sport, celebrated across continents from South America to the Middle East. While the beautiful game originated in England, its universal appeal lies in the thrill of teamwork and the excitement of scoring goals. Key to this drama are goalkeepers, the last line of defense, whose […]
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With All My Good Wishes and Thank You
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_Stephan: Whichever holiday you and your family and friends celebrate at this time I hope this is for you, and those you love and care about, the best and happiest of times together. And to all of you who have sent in contributions to support SR, I thank you and hold you in the deepest appreciation. This has not been an easy year and your readership and support have given me the strength, courage, and commitment to continue what is now a 34- … ⌘ Read more
After 70 years, Dick and Pixie share recipe for long life on the land
Dick and Pixie von Hofe have just celebrated 70 years of marriage, and say hard work, determination and, of course, love are the key ingredients. ⌘ Read more
Hungry flying foxes cost SA cherry growers $4million to save Christmas
Flying foxes are in abundance in South Australia and their hunger for local fruit is now impacting cherry growers, resulting in an expensive solution to save your Christmas celebration. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Five Years of Entropy Arbitrage https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/12/08/five-years.html #blog #celebration #meta
Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Gaady Awards
The Gaady Awards are like the Emmy Awards for the field of digital accessibility. And, just like the Emmys, the Gaadys are a reason to celebrate! On November 21, GitHub was honored to roll out the red carpet for the accessibility community at our San Francisco headquarters.
The post [Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Gaady Awards](https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/congratulations-to-the- … ⌘ Read more
End of year holidays are a mix of sadness and happiness for me. I can’t help but remembering those who are gone, with which I spent so many good times. A part of me wants to feel happy, and celebrate another completed round around the Sun, while the other feels sad because of those I will never see again.
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2024 Day 3: Keynotes, announcements and more
It’s fitting that on the last day of KubeCon it was time to celebrate the community and the 10th anniversary of Kubernetes. A packed ballroom at the Salt Palace Convention Center was treated to a lot… ⌘ Read more
Cloud Native Computing Foundation Announces the 2024 Community Awards Winners
Since 2016, these awards celebrate the incredible community members who make the cloud native ecosystem thrive Salt Lake City, UT. – KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2024 – November 14, 2024 – The Cloud Native Computing… ⌘ Read more
Get to know our new DEI Community Hub at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2024
We are delighted to announce our new DEI Community Hub at KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America, sponsored by Google Cloud, a physical space to connect, learn, and celebrate diversity, equity, and inclusion and accessibility! The DEI… ⌘ Read more
Celebrating the GitHub Awards 2024 recipients 🎉
The GitHub Awards celebrates the outstanding contributions and achievements in the developer community by honoring individuals, projects, and organizations for creating an outsized positive impact on the community.
The post Celebrating the GitHub Awards 2024 recipients 🎉 appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more
Facebook fights celebrity scams with facial recognition
Four years after shutting its facial recognition function down over privacy concerns, the tech giant is bringing it back to rein in celeb-bait scams. Here’s how. ⌘ Read more
** Broughlike **
The Roguelike Celebration happened this weekend. Every year I think about participating, and every year I let it slip me by. In honor of it, though, this weekend I made a Broughlike…which I’ve creatively named “Eli’s Broughlike.”
It runs in the browser. It should work on most anything with a keyboard, or with a touchscreen — the about page ha … ⌘ Read more
Apple Offers Limited-Edition Beats Solo Buds With iPhone 15 or 15 Plus Purchase in India
In celebration of Diwali, Apple is offering free limited-edition Beats Solo Buds to customers who purchase a new iPhone 15 or iPhone 15 Plus in India.
The special Beats Solo Buds and their carrying case come in an orange color that has never been available before, an … ⌘ Read more
It’s my birthday today :) i was born 41 years go, 3.5 months too early. I was so small my parents had to buy doll clothes at the toy store. Gonna be a nice day today, celebrate with my family :) we always treasure birthdays.🎂
GitHub Accelerator Showcase: Celebrating our second cohort and what’s next
Meet each maintainer, watch their project demos, and discover the unique story of each open source AI project.
The post GitHub Accelerator Showcase: Celebrating our second cohort and what’s next appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more
Celebrating 10 years of Kubernetes: the evolution of database operators
Member post originally published on Since its launch in June 2014, Kubernetes has revolutionized container orchestration, transforming how applications are managed and scaled. The Data on Kubernetes Community (DoKC) created an infographic to celebrate Kubernetes’ tenth anniversary and… ⌘ Read more
CNCF celebrates successful mentees from LFX Program Term 1 2024!
Congratulations to CNCF’s 2024 Term 1 (March – May) LFX Program mentees who have finished the program successfully! Following a three-month program working with 28 different Graduated, Incubating, and Sandbox projects, including Antrea, Istio, KubeEdge, OpenTelemetry, and Prometheus… ⌘ Read more
Next Apple Watch Activity Challenge to Recognize International Day of Yoga on June 21
International Day of Yoga is set to take place on Friday, June 21, and Apple is celebrating with an Activity Challenge that will let Apple Watch users earn a yoga badge and a set of animated yoga stickers.
Find your flow on International Day of Yoga. On June 21, do a yoga workout of 10 minutes or more and you’ll earn this award. Record it … ⌘ Read more
10 Years Since Kubernetes Launched at DockerCon
Reflecting on the monumental announcement of Kubernetes at DockerCon on June 10th, 2014, Docker CEO Scott Johnston celebrates its transformative impact on container orchestration and modern application development over the past decade, highlighting Docker’s role in this pivotal industry shift. ⌘ Read more
Unveiling the 10-Year Kubernetes anniversary logo
Congratulations to Cristher Castro and the Cuemby for designing the winning logo As we celebrate the anniversary of the first Kubernetes commit, we’re thrilled to announce the Kubernetes 10th Anniversary Logo Design Contest winner and unveil the winning… ⌘ Read more
Happy 7th Birthday, Istio!
Project post originally published on the Istio blog by Lin Sun, Solo.io, for the Istio Steering Committee Celebrating Istio’s momentum and exciting future. On this day in 2017, Google and IBM announced the launch of the Istio service mesh…. ⌘ Read more
New Beats Pill Appears in FCC Database Ahead of Launch
Multiple celebrities have been spotted with a new version of the Beats Pill speaker, and today the device showed up in an FCC database, suggesting that we’re getting closer to a potential launch.
FCC filings typically happen just weeks ahead of when a product launches, so we could see this new Beats Pill speaker sometime in June. Apple plans to launch [Solo Buds … ⌘ Read more
MacRumors Giveaway: Win an Apple Vision Pro From iMazing
For this week’s giveaway, we’ve teamed up with iMazing to offer MacRumors a chance to win an Apple Vision Pro headset. The giveaway celebrates the recent release of iMazing 3, a … ⌘ Read more
Scaling accessibility within GitHub and beyond
GitHub celebrates Global Accessibility Awareness Day by launching another installment of the Coding Accessibility series and sharing how we scale accessibility within GitHub and beyond.
The post Scaling accessibility within GitHub and beyond appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more
iOS 17.5 & iPadOS 17.5 Updates Released with Bug Fixes
iOS 17.5 for iPhone, and iPadOS 17.5 for iPad, have been released by Apple. The new software updates are available with bug fixes, security enhancements, enhancements to Apple News, and a new Pride Radiance wallpaper from Apple to celebrate the LGBTQIA2S++ communities for Pride month. Separately, updates are also available for watchOS 10.5, tvOS 17.5, … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/05/13/ios-17-5-ipados-17-5-update-download … ⌘ Read more
Crickets and cabernet, anyone? Winery launches edible insect wine tasting
A South Australian winery is turning the tables on wine tastings by pairing gourmet crunchy critters with cabernet to celebrate its focus on sustainability. ⌘ Read more
Software Testing Day
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Celebrating 1 year of A11y Design Bootcamp: Takeaways and tips
A11y Design Bootcamp is a live educational program that consists of exercises, discussions, and knowledge shares to raise awareness of web accessibility best practices, the role designers play in creating accessible products, and how to advocate for accessibility with cross-functional partners.
The post [Celebrating 1 year of A11y Design Bootcamp: Takeaways and tips](https://github.blog/2024-05-02-celebrating-1- … ⌘ Read more
Do you think they still celebrate October fest?
The world’s fair of software: Join us at GitHub Universe 2024
It’s the 10th anniversary of our global developer event! Celebrate with us by picking up in-person tickets today. It’s bound to be our best one yet.
The post The world’s fair of software: Join us at GitHub Universe 2024 appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more
The XMPP Standards Foundation: The XMPP Newsletter March 2024
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The 50th release of the XMPP Newsletter!This is the 50th release of the XMPP Newsletter since it started in February 2019.
We think it is worth to celebrate this achievement and say thanks to all the contributors as well as all our readers!
Back at the Summit in Brussels, JC Brand, Nicolas Vérité (Nyco) and Severino Ferrer (S0ul) prop … ⌘ Read more
Unleash your creativity: design the 10th anniversary logo for Kubernetes!
As we gear up to celebrate the remarkable 10-year journey of Kubernetes, we are thrilled to announce an exciting opportunity for the creative minds in our vibrant community. It’s time to capture the essence of a decade of… ⌘ Read more
Grab This Beautiful Flower Petal Apple Logo Wallpaper
Apple is opening a new store in the Jing’an district of Shanghai, China, this spring, and to celebrate they’ve released a really beautiful wallpaper of unfolding white and yellow flower petals in the shape of an Apple logo. Anyone can enjoy this wallpaper right now on their Mac, iPhone, iPad, or even Windows PC or … Read More ⌘ Read more
La France célèbre la médiocrité
Au début du mois de février, on apprenait qu’Aya Nakamura était sacrée artiste féminine de l’année 2024 dans le cadre des Victoires de la musique. Il apparaît qu’en effet, grâce à elle, la France rayonne partout dans le monde. Rayonner n’est pas trop fort puisqu’on parle ici d’une artiste dont on nous explique qu’elle est […] ⌘ Read more
Command Line Week (Part II) Begins!
Terminal. Shell. Command Line. Thing with the letters and stuff. Whatever you want to call it, we’re celebrating it all week at The Lunduke Journal! All of the fun is happening here: https://lunduke.locals.com/ ⌘ Read more
A family with four generations and the same name
FOX 2 planning editor Al Johnson recently celebrated his father’s 95th birthday. The big day was captured on camera - and included four generations from the family who all share the same name. ⌘ Read more
Veteran celebrates 103rd birthday in Delaware County
Navy Veteran, Lt. Ralph Perkner, served in World War II and the Korean War, and on Sunday he celebrated his 103rd birthday with loved ones. ⌘ Read more
Good Day Street Talk Celebrates Black History Month at Harlem Stage
Good Day Street Talk’s Antwan Lewis takes us through Harlem State, a performing arts center showcasing theater, film, dance and music and offering a space for contemporary artists of color. ⌘ Read more
Berlinale 2024: Golden Bear goes to Mati Diop’s restitution documentary ‘Dahomey’
An unseasonably warm Berlin celebrates a new Golden Bear winner. This Berlin International Film Festival has come to a close, and the jury of the 74th edition , led by Lupita Nyong’o ( 12 Years A Slave, Black Panther, Us ), has elected its winner out of the 20 films in Competition. The coveted Golden Bear for Best Film went to Dahomey , by Fr … ⌘ Read more
‘Dangerous message’: Anti-Semitic politician appears as guest of honour at public school
Anti-Semitic Greens politician Jenny Leong being celebrated as a guest of honour at a public school on Friday has sent a “dangerous message”, says Sky News host Sharri Markson.
Ms Leong was criticised just a few weeks ago for her remarks that Jews’ “tentacles reach in to the areas that try and influence power” but eventually … ⌘ Read more
Chris Kenny calls for national leadership on ‘anti-Jew hatred’ and ‘Islamist extremism’
Sky News host Chris Kenny has called for national political leadership on “anti-Jew hatred” and “virulent Islamist extremism” running amok in Australia.
Mr Kenny said shocking vision has come to light showing pro-Palestinian protesters in Melbourne celebrating the fighters in Gaza.
“In other words, the Islamist extremist terro … ⌘ Read more
Retro: Enjoy the 1993 Easter Egg Video from the Macintosh Quadra 840av Team in Apple
If you’re a fan of Apple history and retro Apple stuff, you’ll probably appreciate this little blast from the past. Sometime in 1993, a small team of young developers at Apple built the Macintosh Quadra 840AV and Centris 660AV, and upon completion of their project, filmed a little celebration video, where they toast to their … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/02 … ⌘ Read more
GitHub Fund 2024 and beyond: Looking to the future
Celebrate the first year of GitHub Fund, our first investments, and a brief look of where we’re going.
The post GitHub Fund 2024 and beyond: Looking to the future appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more
Enjoy a Fun New Wallpaper from Apple South Korea
Looking for a new fun wallpaper to spruce up your Apple devices? Apple released a creative new graffiti-themed wallpaper to celebrate the launch of a new store in the Hongdae area of Seoul, South Korea. Hongdae is apparently known for being a trendy area, and has a street affectionately named “Picasso Street” that features prominent … Read More ⌘ Read more
ProcessOne: Happy New Year: Celebrating 21 Years of Innovation with ejabberd
Time flies, and it’s hard to believe that ejabberd, our beloved open-source project, celebrated its 21st anniversary last November 16th! It’s a milestone that we’ve proudly highlighted over the years – remember the 4th, [10th](https://www.process-one.net/blog/close … ⌘ Read more
Hope you have a good holidays folks 👋 Merry xmas to those that celebrate that 🎅 and happy holidays 🏖️
Cherry trees go from bonfire pile to celebrated chef’s high-end restaurants
A meeting at a Melbourne restaurant 10 years ago has helped open revenue streams for a north-east Victorian cherry grower as he diversifies to lessen the blow of consecutive rough seasons. ⌘ Read more
Decided to block the threads.net domain on Mastodon. I am happy with reaching the people that are part of the current Fediverse. I have no need to add more celebrities and brands and whatever to the Mastodon instance I have been enjoying.
Cyber Monday Deals from Amazon: $250 Off MacBook Air & MacBook Pro, $100 Off iPad Air, + Great Deals on AirPods, Apple Watch, & More
Amazon is celebrating Cyber Monday tons of discounts on everything under the sun, and included in that are some fantastic deals on Apple products that we know and love. M2 MacBook Air 15″ for $250 Off Amazon is offering great deals on the M2 MacBook Air 15″ model, taking $250 off the upgraded models with … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2023/11/27/cyber-monday … ⌘ Read more
yaxim: Planned downtime + Happy 10th anniversary, yax.im!
Our Android XMPP client yaxim was created in 2009. A decade later,
we celebrated its round birthday.
To make the user
experience more straightforward, we launched the
yax.im public XMPP service
in November 2013, to become the default server in yaxim. Now, ten years later,
it’s time to recap and to upgrade the hosting infrastructure.
With that said: Happy Thanksgiving to anyone celebrating and for everyone else: happy third thursday of November. I am grateful and I thankful I get to share this thought with you all.
There is a lot of Black Friday promotion happening in Germany these days - I wonder however how many Germans really know where it comes from? Happy Thanksgiving to whoever is celebrating today - as it is one of the few US / Canadian festive days where families - really - try to enjoy their time together.
Celebrating the GitHub Awards 2023 recipients 🎉
The GitHub Awards recognizes and celebrates the outstanding contributions and achievements in the developer community, honoring individuals, projects, and organizations for their impactful work, innovation, thought leadership, and creating an outsized positive impact on the community.
The post Celebrating the GitHub Awards 2023 recipients 🎉 appeared first on [The … ⌘ Read more
Celebrating the first round of GitHub Accelerator and what’s next
Celebrate the maintainers of the first GitHub Accelerator cohort, learn what they have been up to since, and hear what’s next for GitHub Accelerator.
The post Celebrating the first round of GitHub Accelerator and what’s next appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more
Highlights from DockerCon 2023: New Docker Local, Cloud, and AI/ML Innovations
DockerCon 2023 celebrated 10 years of Docker. We round up event announcements, including Docker Scout for the software supply chain, Docker Build, Debug, Docker AI, GenAI stack, OpenPubkey, a Udemy partnership, and more. Videos are available on-demand now on the DockerCon site and will be added to YouTube in the coming weeks. ⌘ Read more
Let’s DockerCon!
DockerCon 2023 will be hybrid — both live (in Los Angeles, California) and virtual. Our desire is to once again experience the live magic of the hallway track, the serendipitous developer-to-developer sharing of tips and tricks, and the celebration of our community’s accomplishments … all while looking forward together toward a really exciting future. And for members of our community who can’t attend in person, we hope you’ll join us virtually! ⌘ Read more
Leading chef calls on Aussies to buy locally grown olives as a ‘fresher and better’ option
Chef Mark Best says Australian table olives offer better quality for consumers, truth in labelling and help reduce the impact of food miles on the environment. ⌘ Read more
Patrick has his birthday today! 9 years today! so today we are celebrating :) Happy birthday Patrick!
Émeutes à Paris : les autorités pourraient tenter d’acheter la paix
Un article de Henry Bonner Cette semaine, je rentrais à pied, à Paris, d’un anniversaire célébré dans un établissement près des Grands Boulevards. Vers le Palais Royal, je trouve subitement un grand rassemblement de personnes. Puis des CRS arrivent en formation de bataille. Des groupes de casseurs ou manifestants, ou de simples opportunistes, lancent des […] ⌘ Read more
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Today our daughter has invited her friends over to celebrate her birthday in advance, so we're spending time doing that today :) Going to be a nice day!
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@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org Thanks! It was really nice! They had a great time! And it was warm, but we filled the pool we have at our terrace, and they got to hang out there.
Her actual birthday is tomorrow, so I’m really looking forward to celebrate it! She will get the gift from us that she really wanted so that’ll be nice!
Today our daughter has invited her friends over to celebrate her birthday in advance, so we’re spending time doing that today :) Going to be a nice day!
It’s sweet and crunchy like an apple. So why aren’t more Australians eating persimmons?
A Queensland orchard is celebrating a record persimmon crop, but few Australians have ever tasted the fruit. Growers like Rod and Jeanette Dalton are trying to change that. ⌘ Read more
Maintainer Month 2023: How the community gathered to spread some maintainer love
Maintainer Month is a time for open source maintainers to gather, share, and be celebrated. Over 31 days, 16 organizations came together to offer 42 activities convening and celebrating maintainers. ⌘ Read more
160% Year-over-Year Growth in Pulls of Red Hat’s Universal Base Image on Docker Hub
Docker and Red Hat celebrate a substantial year-over-year increase in Red Hat Universal Base Image pulls on Docker Hub. ⌘ Read more
GitHub celebrates developers with disabilities on Global Accessibility Awareness Day
GitHub is the home for all developers and on this Global Accessibility Awareness Day we are thrilled to celebrate the achievements of disabled developers and recent ships that help them build on GitHub. ⌘ Read more
#Macron parle sans ironie de célébrer la résistance tout en interdisant la résistance à son gouvernement par les restrictions imposées à #Lyon et en gardant les #ChampsÉlysées vides https://lien.sus.fr/RocRh
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Been a really nice day today. Just one more day at the office then it's a long weekend (We have Monday off work). Looking forward to that!
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@carsten@yarn.zn80.net That sounds nice! This weekend we’re going to celebrate my grandmother’s birthday (80) and my stepdad’s birthday (50). So it’ll be a lot of cake this weekend :)
Happy Easter to those who celebrate it.
GitHub celebrates the ingenuity of developers with disabilities in new video series
Learn how developers with disabilities are pushing the boundaries of accessibility with ingenuity, open source, and generative AI on The ReadME Project. ⌘ Read more
Release Radar, Festive Edition · December 2022 – January 2023
Welcome to our special edition of the Release Radar 🎄. Between Christmas festivities, end of the year parties, Chinese New Year, or simply enjoying some time off, almost everyone has been celebrating – us too! Now we’re taking a moment to celebrate these awesome open source projects that shipped major version releases during December and […] ⌘ Read more
**RT by @mind_booster: As of today, most published works from 1927 have entered the public domain in the US! Celebrate with us on Jan 19 & 20: http://blog.archive.org/2022/11/30/the-best-things-in-life-are-free-two-ways-to-celebrate-public-domain-day-in-2023/
Welcome to the #PublicDomain:
🎞️ The Beloved Rogue, starring John Barrymore
https://archive.org/details/TheBelovedRogue**
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RT by @mind_booster: Happy Public Domain Day 2023! Let’s celebrate in style with Erma Bossi’s fun painting “Circus”, which just entered the Public Domain – meaning it is now free to re-use and remix by anyone! href=”https://txt.sour.is/search?q=%23publicdomainday”>#publicdomainday**
Happy Public Domain Day 2023! Let’s celebrate in style with Erma Bossi’s fun painting “Circus”, which just entered the Public Domain – meaning it is now free to re-use and remix by anyone! #publicdomainday
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Join GitHub at the Grace Hopper Celebration 2022
We’re thrilled to be back at the Grace Hopper Celebration at Open Source Day, the largest celebration of women in open source. Stop by and say hi at one of our workshops. ⌘ Read more
R to @mind_booster: You can see what other #SFD2022 celebrations are being planned around the world here: https://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2022
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**Every year, on the 3rd Saturday of September the “Software Freedom Day” is celebrated.
In 🇵🇹 Portugal @ANSOL is going to celebrate with a #SoftwareFreedomDay in Oporto:
https://ansol.org/eventos/2022-09-17-software-freedom-day/**
Every year, on the 3rd Saturday of September the “Software Freedom Day” is celebrated.
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**The SDF Public Access UNIX System Celebrates 35 Years!
Here’s what I wrote about SDF back on the 20th anniversary, only now more impressive as SDF goes on in operation, and still faithful to the same ideas, objectives and modus operandi.
Happy birthday!
https://mindboosternoori.blogspot.com/2007/06/sdf-celebrates-20-years.html**
The SDF Public Access UNIX System Celebrates 35 Years!
Here’s what I wrote about SDF back on the 20th anniversary, only now more impressive as SDF goes on in operation, and still … ⌘ Read more
1985’s C64 “Computer Fireworks Celebration Kit” from Activision
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China’s first lady Peng Liyuan expected to join Xi Jinping on two-day visit to Hong Kong this week for July 1 celebrations
She is likely to visit the Xiqu Centre for Chinese opera after arriving on Thursday, says government source. ⌘ Read more
Love and courage in China: woman proves children don’t get in the way of goals, 12-year-old helps minor get home and son builds 700kg bust to honour father
This week in ‘love and courage in China’, we highlight stories that celebrate the human spirit featuring a woman graduating with her toddler, a boy helping a minor home and a university student building a bust to honour his dad. ⌘ Read more
Hong Kong star Jackie Chan attracts 5.4 million on Kuaishou as Chinese platforms deploy celebrity live-streams to lure users
In a fierce battle for viewers, Kuaishou, Douyin and WeChat’s Channels platform are making use of star power including Chan, Backstreet Boys, Jay Chou and Andy Lau. ⌘ Read more
Hong Kong PLA garrison to be combat-ready for ‘toughest and most complicated’ situations amid security threats, commander vows
Major General Peng Jingtang makes promise ahead of President Xi Jinping’s attendance at events celebrating 25th anniversary of city’s handover. ⌘ Read more
Xi Jinping to attend 25th anniversary celebrations of Hong Kong’s return to Chinese sovereignty and swearing-in of new city leader John Lee
President Xi Jinping will officiate the event to mark quarter-century of Chinese sovereignty over city and swearing-in of new city leader. ⌘ Read more
How Hong Kong’s redevelopment projects can be showcases of ‘organic city’ growth
The decision to bulldoze Kowloon Walled City in 1993 wasted a chance to create a cultural treasure that celebrates its history and character. Instead of cookie-cutter shopping centres and residential towers, Hong Kong needs development that evolves from the local characteristics of each district. ⌘ Read more
Thank you to our maintainers
To celebrate Maintainer Month, GitHub has invested an additional $500,000 to help sponsor the open source projects that it depends on. ⌘ Read more
Inside Ukraine’s secret, helicopter rescue missions: ‘We lost a lot of pilots’
A series of clandestine, against-the-odds helicopter missions to reach besieged soldiers are being celebrated in Ukraine as one of the riskiest, most heroic feats in the four-month war against Russia. ⌘ Read more
Coronavirus: hotel quarantine for top Hong Kong officials, advisers and lawmakers cut to 1 day ahead of July 1 celebrations; city logs 1,186 local cases
According to a memo seen by the Post, guests at celebratory events to mark handover will have to undergo seven days of self-management from June 23 to 29. ⌘ Read more
Inspiring memories of Harrow International’s first decade
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When the first intake of pupils arrived at Harrow International School Hong Kong back in 2012, they were no doubt experiencing the usual mixed sensations of anxiety and hope.
They were entering the unfamiliar environment of a brand-new boarding school, which sought to blend the traditional principles of a British-style education with aspects of in … ⌘ Read more
Disappeared Chinese coal tycoon who took on top judge to hear appeal verdict
Case relates to judicial scandal involving lost court papers, a celebrity whistle-blower and a jailed judge who ruled on Zhao’s mining dispute with state firm. ⌘ Read more
Handsome returns: China tourism official with ‘movie-star good looks’ becomes internet sensation after donning ancient costumes to promote home city
A Chinese tourism chief who combined his dashing good looks with role-play costume videos to woo visitors to his home city has become an online celebrity. ⌘ Read more
Simon Willison is celebrating the 20th anniversary of his blog. Amazing! ⌘ Read more
Welcome to Maintainer Month! 🎉
During the month of June, we’re holding space for open source maintainers to gather, share, and be celebrated. ⌘ Read more