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When Did You Get Your First iPod?
Eight years ago today, Apple announced the first iPod — what you may recognize now as a 5G clunky gadget with a click wheel. The original iPod held 1,000 songs and weighed 6.5 ounces (current iPod classics hold 40,000 songs and weigh just under five ounces).
In the past eight years, the iPod has seen many changes — it's kind of unbelievable that now a tiny shuffle can hold nearly as much music as the original!
Name That iPod!
Since its introduction eight years ago (Happy Birthday Apple iPod!), the iPod has gone through some major changes and updates, including a full spectrum of color changes. Can you identify an iPod by color? Test yourself with this quiz.
Website of the Day: This Day in Tech
If you ever want to brush up on your tech-history knowledge, I suggest adding Wired's This Day in Tech website to your RSS reader. Each day, This Day in Tech posts technological advancements that happened from the 18th century until today. From subject areas, including transportation, physics, inventions, computers and IT, engineering, communication, business, and medicine, the site is guaranteed to enlighten you on all the movers and shakers that helped shape and develop tech as we know it today.
Happy 25th Birthday Lomo: 6 Ways to Commemorate
Twenty-five years ago, a phenomenon was born — who would have thought that a little plastic camera would have such an effect on our photographic lives? I love my Lomo and use it as much as I can, so this weekend I'll be celebrating the occasion by packing my Holga wherever I go and snapping away. Check out a few other ways you can celebrate and commemorate the anniversary of the Lomo camera.
Daily Tech: The Nintendo Gameboy Celebrates Its 20th Birthday
- This beautiful Gameboy timeline shows us the history behind the popular portable gaming device. — Gizmodo
- San Francisco's mayor, Gavin Newsom, used social media sites like Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter to announce his run for Governor of California. — Mashable
- In honor of Earth Day, Switched picked ten of their favorite eco-friendly gadgets.
Celebrate Earth Hour Tonight by Turning the Lights Off
Earth Day is coming up, but before then I hope you're participating in Earth Hour, which takes place tonight at 8:30 p.m. until 9:30, no matter where you are or what time zone you're in. Earth Hour is an effort by the World Wildlife Foundation, and all you have to do to participate is to turn your lights off.
Happy Pi Day!
It's March 14, and any good geek knows what that means: It's Pi Day!
Yep, 3/14 corresponds to the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter (3.1415926535. .
Happy Crank Up Your Stereo Day
National geeky holidays are the best. And who knew that there's one that gives you total permission to go nuts and blast your stereo? Yes, January 18 is Crank Up Your Stereo Day.
Happy Birthday Nintendo DS!
Nov. 21 is the official birthday of the Nintendo DS! And after only four years, it's seen its little sisters, the DS Lite and the recently-announced DSi, come into the world as well.
Happy Birthday, Internet!
Call it the Internets, the Interwebs, the series of tubes; yep, the Internet has gone through many lovable nicknames as the years have gone by, and today we're calling it the Birthday Boy (or girl! or whatever)!
The Internet was "born" on October 29, 1969, when two computers on a college campus connected; information, music, and celebrity sex tape distribution would never be the same again.
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