Today in Geek History

Hey you out there in blog land. Did you get your Christmas shopping done yet?

Today is December 10th and today in Geek History...

1815 Ada Lovelace, the world's first programmer is born in London. She wrote the first known algorithm intended to be processed by a machine.

1928 Battlestar Galactica's original Count Baltar, John Colicos, is born.

1978 Richard Donner's Superman was released in the US.

Today in Geek History

Happy Sunday everyone! Today is December 4th and today in Geek History...

1949 Jeff Bridges, the Due and star of Tron and Ironman among others is born in Los Angelos California.

1957 Programmer and open-source advocate Eric Steven Raymond (esr) is born.

1965 Gemini 7 takes off carrying Frank Borman & James Lovell Jr making 206 orbits around Earth. This makes a trip to the moon seem possible. Enter Apollo 13. Too soon?