Thursday, January 19, 2012

shiv \shiv\, noun:

• A knife, especially a switchblade.

First used in English in the early 1600s, shiv is of unknown origin, but it may be related to the Romany word for knife, chiv.
SOPA

• The shittiest piece of legislation the U.S. government ever came up with.

uhm, whats that internet thing again? is that what all the kiddies are stealing music with? we better fix that...
don't let the internet take a SOPA to the knee.
TriviaWhat did Google cofounder Larry Page create with Lego bricks while he was in college?

• An inkjet printer, which he said he needed for printing large images for posters.

History

• 1883 - Thomas Edison's first village electric lighting system using overhead wires began operation in Roselle, NJ.
• 1907 - The first film reviews appeared in "Variety" magazine.
• 1937 - Howard Hughes set a transcontinental air record. He flew from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds.
• 1953 - Sixty-eight percent of all TV sets in the U.S. were tuned to CBS-TV, as Lucy Ricardo, of "I Love Lucy," gave birth to a baby boy.
• 1957 - Johnny Cash made his first network TV appearance, on CBS' "Jackie Gleason Show."
• 1988 - Metallica began recording their fourth full-length release, "And Justice For All."

Birthdays

• James Watt 1736
• Robert E. Lee 1807 - Confederate General during U.S. Civil War
• Edgar Allen Poe 1809 - Poet
• Sir Henry Bessemer 1813
• Paul Cezanne 1839 - Artist
• Ish Kabibble 1908
• John Raitt 1917
• Guy Madison 1922
• Jean Stapleton 1923
• Fritz Weaver 1926
• Robert MacNeil 1931
• Tippi (Natalie) Hedren 1931
• Phil Everly (Everly Brothers) 1939
• Michael Crawford 1942
• Janis Joplin 1943
• Laurie London 1944
• Shelley Fabares 1944
• Dolly Parton 1946 - Singer
• Ann Compton 1947  
• Harvard Hinsley 1948
• Robert Palmer 1949
• Dewey Bunnell (America) 1952
• Desi Arnaz Jr. 1953
• Katy Sagal 1956
• Mickey Virtue (UB40) 1957
• Paul McCrane 1961
• William Ragsdale 1961
• Stefan Edberg 1966
• Junior Seau 1969
• Trey Lorenz 1969
• Shawn Wayans 1971
• John Wozniak (Marcy Playground) 1971
• A.J. McLean (Backstreet Boys) 1978
• Jodie Sweetin 1982