February 2012
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OTD: February 28
On This Day in 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick determined the chemical structure of deoxyribonucleic acid (or DNA). Yay science.
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OTD: February 27
On This Day in 1962, the man behind Colonel John Casey and Jayne Cobb was brought into this world ready to kick ass. Happy birthday Adam Baldwin! Now, let’s be bad guys.
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OTD: February 24
On This Day in 1942, the Battle of Los Angeles took place as anti-aircraft artillery opened fire on an unidentified flying object over LA. According to the Secretary of the Navy it was a false alarm, UFO conspiracists see that as a cover up. Under 70 years later, an actual battle took place in Los Angeles involving actual aliens and Aaron Eckhart.
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OTD: February 23
On This Day in 1941, a red-letter date in the history of science as plutonium is first produced and isolated by Dr. Glenn T. Seaborg. It was later found that in nuclear reactions, plutonium generates 1.21 gigawatts (equivalent to a lightning strike), perfect for powering the flux capacitor.
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OTD: February 22
On This Day in 1980, the miracle the United States needed to boost morale during the Cold War happened when the US Olympic hockey team triumphed over the unstoppable Soviets, 4-3, eventually earning the gold medal. U-S-A!
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hi-koo #44 - Triforce Tribute →
If you love Zelda then you’ll definitely want to go check out the Triforce Tribute and all of the wonderful stuff those artists are doing. That’s why they are all a part of this week’s hi-koo featured artists.
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OTD: February 21
On This Day in 1947, visionary Edwin Land demonstrated the first “instant camera” (which we all now know as the Polaroid) in New York City. It took 46 years for someone to finally demonstrate how to develop the pictures correctly. You need to shake them as André 3000 sang it. “Shake it like a Polaroid picture.”
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The Humble Bundle →
In 60 hours this past weekend, Mojang and Notch raised over $450,000 programming video games for charity. What did you do this weekend?
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The (10 words or less) Review of Ghost Rider:...
The review: Better than the first with a few solid, entertaining moments.
The verdict: rent/matinee
Read more here.
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OTD: February 20
On This Day in 1962, NASA gets it’s act together to put Friendship 7 into space, making John Glenn the first American to orbit the Earth. This is almost 11 months after Yuri Gagarin orbited the Earth. Better late than never I suppose.
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OTD: February 17
On This Day in 1963, the man that taught us that you don’t need wings to fly (just Nikes) was born. Happy Birthday Michael Jordan, and thank you so much for Space Jam.
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OTD: February 16
On This Day in 1923, archaeologist Howard Carter risked an epic curse as he opened the tomb of King Tut himself. What’s interesting is that apparently King Tut knew about Russian nesting dolls, seeing as there were three coffins nested within his sarcophagus.
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OTD: February 15
On This Day in 1965, Canada dropped the lame Red Ensign flag and picked up the plain and simple red-and-white maple leaf instead. My question is, if the maple leaf is red, why are the Toronto Maple Leafs blue? O Canada.
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OTD: February 14
On This Day in 1970, star of Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, Paul, and Star Trek, Simon Pegg was born. Happy Birthday to you, you beautiful man! Without you, British parody and comedy just wouldn’t be the same.
Oh, and Happy Valentine’s Day!
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WatchThe 16th president of the United States shows off his axe wielding skills in the first trailer for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. A vampire divided cannot stand. (via 1amgeek – The Trailer: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter)
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OTD: February 13
On This Day in 1633, Galileo did the fandango all the way to Rome for his trail before the Inquisition. Thunderbolts and lightning, though I doubt it was very very frightening being under house arrest.
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The (10 words or less) Review of Star Wars:...
The review: A subtle 3D touch makes this a worthwhile theater experience.
The verdict: worth it.
Click here to read more.
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Want to win some free Zelda art? →
The key word is FREE.
archymedius:
So, I want to give away one of my prints from The Legends. The details are not entirely set in stone yet but I figure the best way is to give away a RedBubble gift certificate worth the amount of a print or so (this way you don’t have to send me your address or anything). Let’s say $50, which is the price of 4 12” x 17” photographic prints, or 1 8” x 11.4”...
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OTD: February 10
On This Day in 1996, Skynet took a leap forward in world domination when IBM computer Deep Blue defeated world chess champion Gary Kasparov in their first chess match. Throughout the six game battle, Kasparov ended up victorious, but the fact that a computer could defeat a human was a scary thought. This blazed the trail for Watson on Jeopardy. Take that Ken Jennings.
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OTD: February 9
On This Day in 1997, Homer Simpson officially beat out Fred Flintstone in the animated world for longest-running primetime series. D’oh! Currently The Simpsons holds the record for longest-running scripted primetime television series and longest-running sitcom. The show has been on the air since 1989.