January 3 - Tale of the Fruit Cocktail

 That 'rival' upstart computer company, Apple incorporates in 1977.

Originally it was incorporated as Apple Computer Company April 1, 1976 (was it a fool's joke?), but then was incorporated as Apple Computer, Inc. on this day in 1977.

In other 'fruit' news, in the US they celebrate "National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day".

Gotta admit, I'm not a cherry fan.  Cherry flavoured 'something'... sure, but not a real cherry.  Bleck.

I'm trying to remember what stories that Tolkien would have written about in his books, I'm sure he had whole paragraphs about it...

Regardless, JRR Tolkien would have been 130 years old today.

November 1st - Apple the Patron Saint of Nuclear Vegans

 The CEO of Apple, Tim Cook, who's held the role for over 10 years now (doesn't seem that long that Steve had passed) turns 61 today.

Apples, are something that a Vegan could eat.  Which is good as it's World Vegan Day.

Never could understand veganism, but found out from an episode of QI that apparently gladiators were vegans.

Just beware the Vegan Police.

Gladiators were always looking for the win, and what's helped won the last war was the invention of nuclear weapons.  In the subsequent arms race for the ultimate weapon, the Americans came upon Ivy Mike, a thermonuclear device, and was the first to be tested today in 1952.

10.4 MT explosion... wow.  The atomic bombs unleashed in WWII were in the kiltoton range, so this was a measure of magnitude in difference.

In war, a Christian soldier might have a chain with St. Michael, the patron saint of protectors and warriors.

Maybe they should have worn St. Francis of Assisi, the Patron of Peace.

There seems to be a patron saint of just about everything.  There's over 10,000 of them.  And there is one day to celebrate them all, All Saints Day - today on November 1

Not to be confused with all-spice day.

#Patentfun for January 16 - 21, 2012 | androidincanada.ca

Another installment of my legal round up ramblings.

http://www.androidincanada.ca/news/patentfun-january-16-21-12/

Woz says what all you iSheep feel

admitting you iSheep like Android is not admitting a weakness... just admit it


http://www.androidincanada.ca/news/woz-prefers-android/