October 2nd, 2012

Forget Saying Happy Birthday To Your Friends On Facebook, It’s All About Gifts Now

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We know that Facebook is in full-gear when it comes to monetization. It was obvious the second that the company announced its “Gifts” offering, which lets you send a physical or virtual item to your buddies. It’s kind of cool, and the first gift I’ve ordered is in the mail.

One of the things that I enjoy doing the most on Facebook is saying “Happy Birthday!” to someone on their wall. Facebook… → Read More

March 13th, 2009

Happy Birthday, Linux!

March 13, 1994 saw the release of version 1.0 of Linux, everyone’s favorite UNIX-like operating system! What started as “just a hobby, won’t be big and professional like gnu” has grown into a robust system that’s used by mega-corporations all over the globe. Originally tied solely to x86 hardware, the Linux kernel now supports “Alpha AXP, Sun SPARC, Motorola 68000, PowerPC, ARM, Hitachi SuperH… → Read More

February 23rd, 2007

Happy Birthday, Bryce

Let’s extend a warm, wet CG “how-are-ya” to our own Bryce Durbin, resident artiste. Love it or hate it, Bryce’s work has really spiced up our site and I think he has really got the Web 2.0/GadgetWonk zeitgeist down thanks to his creative, yet calamari-like creations. Thanks, Bryce, and happy birthday. → Read More