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Not a lot of tech history today. A few interesting space tidbits, and some great birthdays!

Today in History: 10 January

1878 – US Senate proposes female suffrage

1901 – Oil discovered at Spindletop, Beaumont, marking the start of the Texas oil boom

1920 – Inauguration of the League of Nations held in Paris

1946 – UN General Assembly meets for 1st time in London

1946 – US Army bounces 1st radar signal off the Moon from Ft. Monmouth, New Jersey

1968 – US Surveyor 7 lands near lunar crater Tycho

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1864 – George Washington Carver, African-American agricultural scientist

1938 – Donald Knuth, American mathematician & computer scientist

1943 – Jim Croce, American singer-songwriter

1945 – Rod Stewart, British singer

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1862 – Samuel Colt, American inventor and industrialist

2016 – David Bowie, English rock singer-songwriter, mime, and actor

Coloring Page of the Day –

In honor of the passing of David Bowie, today’s coloring page is some Labyrinth fan art by AbigailLarson on DeviantArt

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The Funnies:

Quote of the Day

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YouTube Song of the Day

Comic of the Day

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Inspirobot Sometimes Controversial Inspirational Quote of the Day:

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Read yesterday’s doctor busting Spark! by @stevemorton9584 over here and don’t forget to keep things spicy!

And last but certainly not least, would you rather

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  • hit your funny bone every time you sit down
  • hit your knee on a corner every time you stand up
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First

Vote: None of the above. No thank you.

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2nd?

and excellent quote of the day! Get out there and live your lives!!

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Indeed. We sometimes worry too much about what “might” happen. We need to be bold and live our lives without regret.

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Ahhh… Labyrinth… What a classic film. I even had the C64 game from when it first came out.

Spark! Pro Series - 10 January 2023 Poll:

  • hit your funny bone every time you sit down

  • hit your knee on a corner every time you stand up

Umm… Nope. Neither, please.

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True enough. I have always lived by the calculated risk principle.

Of course, my math sucks so the risk-reward number often wound up skewed and I often ended up in a not-so-good place.

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My knees are not in great shape so I prefer to beat up my funny bone!

2016 – David Bowie, English rock singer-songwriter, mime, and actor

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I suppose if there isn’t really much history on this day, is it worth mentioning that back in 2008 Valve acquired Turtle Rock Studios?

Great Spark! as always.

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For Rod:

And for Bowie:

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As a great fan of the game Amnesia, I know who Valve is. But Turtle Rock Studios? Can you give me a hint of what they produced?

@joshuagriffin

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I saw a hilarious show on Saturday night called Peter Pan’s Labyrinth. It was a strange mixture of Peter Pan, Labyrinth, and Pan’s Labyrinth. Very funny, very entertaining, NOT suitable for minors.

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Certainly @panda-marie ​. They worked on multiple projects with Valve, including the Counter-Strike and Left 4 Dead series. Now, they’re an independent studio with a few VR games under their belt, plus a couple of games that are similar to Left 4 Dead.

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@joshuagriffin ​ Turtle Rock Studios is now owned by Tencent which is good and bad. Larger budget but I’m guessing less freedom to work on project they want to do. TRS actually made on of my favorite games of all time which is Back 4 Blood. Slightly less popular zombie game then Left 4 Dead but has some aspects which carry over well. Glad that TRS is still around to this day despite having some ups and downs. Without them I’d still be playing L4D and begging for another good zombie shooter! :smile:

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@machomanrandall ​ Of course! I completely forgot that they were acquired by Tencent. Back 4 Blood is fun, but I still enjoy the Left 4 Dead games more.

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Inspirobot - I’m losing it because of your quotes.

great coloring page!!!

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Humans are the way they are because THEY are losing it!!!

Hell most of them lost it years ago!

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My knees have enough problems as it is. I can’t stand on concrete for more than a few minutes without a brace before my right knee decides to randomly hurt on and off for the next 3 days.

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Losing it? Pretty sure I’ve already lost it.

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No, I think it’s because everyone else is losing it…

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Bot. … Mr. Bot… Are you the way you are because of things?

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