Moonrise.org

July 20, 1969 was a day of destiny. On that day, the human race moved just a little farther in its evolution. Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin took that famous "one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" and humans stood on the moon for the first time.

Today's rotating quotes:

"Imagination is more important than knowledge."
-- Albert Einstein

"The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?"
-- David Sarnoff's associates in response to his urgings for investment in the radio in the 1920s

"If I'm going to sit in front of a piece of equipment for hours a day, I want to feel the intelligence that went into my operating system. I want to sense that an English major lost sleep over the wording of the dialogue boxes. I shouldn't have to teach my computer what kinds of files it has by adding .txt and .psd to their names. I don't want a default system font that looks like someone drew it on the bus on his way to work."
-- David Pogue (MacWorld UK, June 1998)

What's New? (Most recent)

November 10, 2005: Some more updates to the Astronomy page.
April 02, 2005: RIP Pope John Paul II, 1920-2005
February 28, 2005: I have updated my Astronomy page a bit.
November 01, 2004: Well, I see that i have been neglecting updates again. But at least, my GenCon 2004 report is now available.
November 24, 2003: My GenCon 2003 report is finally done! Huzzah!
November 08, 2003: I discovered Gamebooks.org, and so did some cleanup on my Lone Wolf page.

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Upcoming events:

Today is Thursday, July 24, 2008
This is Day 206 of the year

12 days until Neil Armstrong's birthday (2008/08/05)
91 days until "Weird Al" Yankovic's birthday (2008/10/23)
110 days until Veterans' Day (2008/11/11)
154 days until Christmas (2008/12/25)
237 days until St. Patrick's Day (2009/03/17)

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Note: The picture of Buzz Aldrin on the moon, and of the full moon itself, above are from the NASA Kennedy Space Center archives.