http://thegreatgeekmanual.com/blog/this-day-in-geek-history-may-8-2009 Spanning the width and breadth of the Geek dream Sun, 12 Feb 2012 05:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://thegreatgeekmanual.com/blog/this-day-in-geek-history-may-8-2009/comment-page-1#comment-83609 Topics about Hollywood » The Great Geek Manual » This Day in Geek History: May 8 Sat, 09 May 2009 21:23:57 +0000 http://thegreatgeekmanual.com/blog/?p=5210#comment-83609 [...] PipedreamerGrey placed an observative post today on The Great Geek Manual » This Day in Geek History: May 8Here’s a quick excerptW.W. Hodkinson will eventually come to be known as “the man who invented Hollywood.” Through Paramount, he will single-handedly change the way movies are produced, distributed, and exhibited. Learn more about Hodkinson at the Hollywood … [...] [...] PipedreamerGrey placed an observative post today on The Great Geek Manual » This Day in Geek History: May 8Here’s a quick excerptW.W. Hodkinson will eventually come to be known as “the man who invented Hollywood.” Through Paramount, he will single-handedly change the way movies are produced, distributed, and exhibited. Learn more about Hodkinson at the Hollywood … [...]

]]> http://thegreatgeekmanual.com/blog/this-day-in-geek-history-may-8-2009/comment-page-1#comment-83608 Topics about Harry-potter | This Day in Geek History: May 8 Sat, 09 May 2009 09:06:52 +0000 http://thegreatgeekmanual.com/blog/?p=5210#comment-83608 [...] The Great Geek Manual put an intriguing blog post on This Day in Geek History: May 8Here’s a quick excerpt1790 Acting on a motion made by Bishop Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, the French National Assembly decides to create a simple decimal system of measurement units. The earliest metre unit chosen will be the length of a pendulum with a half-period of a second. On March 30, 1791, after a proposal by the Académie des sciences, the Assembly will revise the definition of the metre as one ten millionth of the distance between the north pole and the equator. On April 7, 1795, the Conventio [...] [...] The Great Geek Manual put an intriguing blog post on This Day in Geek History: May 8Here’s a quick excerpt1790 Acting on a motion made by Bishop Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, the French National Assembly decides to create a simple decimal system of measurement units. The earliest metre unit chosen will be the length of a pendulum with a half-period of a second. On March 30, 1791, after a proposal by the Académie des sciences, the Assembly will revise the definition of the metre as one ten millionth of the distance between the north pole and the equator. On April 7, 1795, the Conventio [...]

]]> http://thegreatgeekmanual.com/blog/this-day-in-geek-history-may-8-2009/comment-page-1#comment-83605 Posts about Open Source Software as of May 8, 2009 Sat, 09 May 2009 04:42:00 +0000 http://thegreatgeekmanual.com/blog/?p=5210#comment-83605 [...] and enterprise software cost. What actually happened is that the market became mature for PLM This Day in Geek History: May 8 - thegreatgeekmanual.com 05/08/2009 1790 Acting on a motion made by Bishop Charles Maurice de [...] [...] and enterprise software cost. What actually happened is that the market became mature for PLM This Day in Geek History: May 8 – thegreatgeekmanual.com 05/08/2009 1790 Acting on a motion made by Bishop Charles Maurice de [...]

]]> http://thegreatgeekmanual.com/blog/this-day-in-geek-history-may-8-2009/comment-page-1#comment-83602 Topics about Microsoft » This Day in Geek History: May 8 Sat, 09 May 2009 03:25:26 +0000 http://thegreatgeekmanual.com/blog/?p=5210#comment-83602 [...] The Great Geek Manual added an interesting post on This Day in Geek History: May 8Here’s a small excerpt1790 Acting on a motion made by Bishop Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, the French National Assembly decides to create a simple decimal system of measurement units. The earliest metre unit chosen will be the length of a pendulum with a half-period of a second. On March 30, 1791, after a proposal by the Académie des sciences, the Assembly will revise the definition of the metre as one ten millionth of the distance between the north pole and the equator. On April 7, 1795, the Conventio [...] [...] The Great Geek Manual added an interesting post on This Day in Geek History: May 8Here’s a small excerpt1790 Acting on a motion made by Bishop Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, the French National Assembly decides to create a simple decimal system of measurement units. The earliest metre unit chosen will be the length of a pendulum with a half-period of a second. On March 30, 1791, after a proposal by the Académie des sciences, the Assembly will revise the definition of the metre as one ten millionth of the distance between the north pole and the equator. On April 7, 1795, the Conventio [...]

]]> http://thegreatgeekmanual.com/blog/this-day-in-geek-history-may-8-2009/comment-page-1#comment-83600 Topics about Florence » This Day in Geek History: May 8 Sat, 09 May 2009 01:58:35 +0000 http://thegreatgeekmanual.com/blog/?p=5210#comment-83600 [...] The Great Geek Manual added an interesting post today on This Day in Geek History: May 8Here’s a small reading1790 Acting on a motion made by Bishop Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, the French National Assembly decides to create a simple decimal system of measurement units. The earliest metre unit chosen will be the length of a pendulum with a half-period of a second. On March 30, 1791, after a proposal by the Académie des sciences, the Assembly will revise the definition of the metre as one ten millionth of the distance between the north pole and the equator. On April 7, 1795, the Conventio [...] [...] The Great Geek Manual added an interesting post today on This Day in Geek History: May 8Here’s a small reading1790 Acting on a motion made by Bishop Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord, the French National Assembly decides to create a simple decimal system of measurement units. The earliest metre unit chosen will be the length of a pendulum with a half-period of a second. On March 30, 1791, after a proposal by the Académie des sciences, the Assembly will revise the definition of the metre as one ten millionth of the distance between the north pole and the equator. On April 7, 1795, the Conventio [...]

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