Category Archives: History

Congratulations to the Super Bowl Champion New Orleans Saints

By thecodepounder | Published February 8, 2010

As a son of South Louisiana, I take special pleasure in congratulating the New Orleans Saints on their amazing win in Super Bowl XLIV.
Way to go!

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The Day the Music Died, +51 years

By thecodepounder | Published February 3, 2010

iTunes links: J. P. Richardson (aka The Big Bopper), Ritchie Valens, and of course, Buddy Holly.

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The amazing technology of 1910 at LiveScience

By thecodepounder | Published January 13, 2010

I just love pieces like this. In fact, every month when my issue of Scientific American arrives, I immediately flip open to the “50, 100 and 150 years ago” page.

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Rare New Year’s Eve ‘blue Moon’? Really?

By thecodepounder | Published December 30, 2009

The Associated Press: Rare New Year’s Eve ‘blue moon’ to ring in 2010:
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Once in a blue moon there is one on New Year’s Eve.
Revelers ringing in 2010 will be treated to a so-called blue moon. According to popular definition, a blue moon is the second full moon in a month.
In fact, [...]

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Everything you need to know about sneakers in 1500 words

By thecodepounder | Published December 15, 2009

‘Sneakers’ is coined because the soles are quiet.
Yup.
[via Coudal Partners]

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150 years of natural selection… well, you know what I mean

By thecodepounder | Published November 24, 2009

Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species was first published 150 years ago today.

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Darwin goes digital: Rare drafts go online

By thecodepounder | Published November 23, 2009

The Darwin Manuscripts Project has digitized not only drafts of the seminal “On the Origin of Species”, but also notebooks and scientific writings from the time Darwin spent on the HMS Beagle, among other writings.

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Barbara Forrest on the La. Science Education Act

By thecodepounder | Published November 22, 2009

Talk about grabbing the reader from the very first sentence:
Resistance to the teaching of evolution is an integral part of the history of American anti-intellectualism, which stems in great part from religious fundamentalism.

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President Obama besieged for reversing Reagan gun control

By thecodepounder | Published August 15, 2009

Here’s one from the you can’t please them all files: President Obama was besieged today at Yellowstone for allowing firearms into National Parks.  The President in May signed into law a provision that reversed Reagan administration gun control (yes, that’s right, Reagan gun control) rules which required that firearms in National Parks remain locked in [...]

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Man walks on Moon +40 years

By thecodepounder | Published July 20, 2009

In case you hadn’t noticed by all the Apollo and Apollo 11 programs on television the past several days, today marks the 40th anniversary of man walking on the Moon for the first time.

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iDay +2 years: Happy Birthday, iPhone!

By thecodepounder | Published June 29, 2009

Yep, two years old today.  I almost forgot.
My original iPhone has now become an “enhanced” iPod Touch for my son, but it’s not only still kicking it’s still going strong.  Love my iPhones!

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Painting the Moon

By thecodepounder | Published June 26, 2009

Nice profile of Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean in the paper of record.

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