Today in Geek History

Hey guys. Venus was in front of the sun today. Did anyone take a picture of it? Send it to me okay?

1915 Lancelot Lionel Ware, lawyer, biochemist, and co-founder of Mensa International is born.

1967 Ron Livingston, the star of Office Space, is born in Cedar Rapids Iowa.

1977 Apple releases the first mass-produced Apple computer. 1 MHz processor 4KB ram for only $1298. Woah.

1978 Taito Corporation introduces Space Invaders in Japan. It is created by Toshihiro Nishikado.

2007 Star Wars Role Playing Game: Saga Edition is released by Wizards of the Coast. 

Today in Geek History

Hey blog. Why is it that Tuesday is even worse than Monday?

Today is January 24th and today in Geek History....

1970 Matthew Lillard, Cereal Killer in Hackers is born in Michigan.

1975 Larry Fine of the 3 Stooges dies in Woodland Hills California after suffering several debilitating strokes.

1978 Kristen Schaal, known for playing Mel in HBO's Flight of the Conchords, is born in Longmont Colorado.

1984 Apple Macintosh first goes on sale with 128 KB RAM for $2,495. That's $4 less than today's Quad-Core. (Tweeted by @thinkgeek)