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Happy 105th birthday, Frank Herbert!

08.10.2025 22:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Today I am grateful:
- to volunteer to wrap gifts for patients at Lurie Children Hospital yesterday
- to Pete for presenting at my user group last night

#gratitude

08.10.2025 16:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Percy Spencer patented the microwave oven 80 years ago today!

08.10.2025 12:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn won the Nobel Prize in Literature 55 years ago today!

08.10.2025 11:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Happy 130th birthday, Juan Peron!

08.10.2025 11:33 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Learning about GitHub Copilot and Azure from Pete Rodriguez at the Chicago Cloud Computing User Group!

08.10.2025 00:11 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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ms YouTube video by Open Development

The Chicago Cloud Computing User Group is starting now!

Join the live stream at www.youtube.com/live/_L5efqA...

07.10.2025 23:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Bob Mould 2025 - David Giard High-Quality photographs of sports, concerts, and travel destinations

Photos: Bob Mould in concert
giard.smugmug.com/Concerts/Bob...

07.10.2025 20:29 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Accelerate Your Azure Journey with GitHub Copilot, Tue, Oct 7, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup Whether you're a seasoned engineer or curious about AI-assisted development, this session will demystify Copilot’s capabilities, limitations, and best practices. We'll sta

Chicago folks:
Tonight, at the downtown Microsoft office, Pete Rodriquez will present "Accelerate Your Azure Journey with GitHub Copilot" at the Chicago Cloud Computing User Group.
Food provided!
Register and get more info at
www.meetup.com/the-chicago-...

07.10.2025 15:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Chuck Berry Performs "You Can't Catch Me" in 1956's "Rock, Rock, Rock!"
YouTube video by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Chuck Berry Performs "You Can't Catch Me" in 1956's "Rock, Rock, Rock!"

#SongOfTheDay
youtu.be/9jKrHzps0XM?...

07.10.2025 15:04 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Today I am grateful for a new car battery

#gratitude

07.10.2025 13:55 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Legendary pitcher Christy Mathewson passed away 100 years ago today! He was among the first group elected to the Hall of Fame!

07.10.2025 13:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Nazi Heinrich Himmler, one of the primary architects of the Holocaust, was born 125 years ago today!

07.10.2025 12:47 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Acting Like an Expert at the Chicago AI Tour I arrived an hour early at the McCormick Convention Center for my shift at the ...

Blogged: Acting Like an Expert at the Chicago AI Tour
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07.10.2025 11:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Exciting finish in Jacksonville tonight. Both teams score TDs in the final minute as the Jaguars beat the Chiefs.

07.10.2025 03:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Sheryl Youngblood 2023 - David Giard High-Quality photographs of sports, concerts, and travel destinations

Photos: Sheryl Youngblood in concert
giard.smugmug.com/Concerts/She...

07.10.2025 02:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Today I am grateful for breakfast yesterday with Megan and Amanda.

#gratitude

06.10.2025 18:40 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Number 1!
#duolingo

06.10.2025 15:01 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Arthur Doler on Code Archaeology [EPISODE 871]
YouTube video by Technology and Friends Arthur Doler on Code Archaeology [EPISODE 871]

#TechnologyAndFriends, Episode 871:
@arthurdoler.com on Code Archaeology
youtu.be/1GHsS_-Cd6U

06.10.2025 14:02 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Van Halen - Dance The Night Away (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by Van Halen Van Halen - Dance The Night Away (Official Music Video)

#SongOfTheDay
youtu.be/llfjDUB66Z4?...

06.10.2025 12:07 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

We lost Eddie Van Halen 5 years ago today!

06.10.2025 12:05 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Breakfast this morning with Amanda and Megan!

06.10.2025 03:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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September 2025 Gratitudes 10/5 Today I am grateful: - to see Bob Mould in concert last night - to attend ...

Blogged: September Gratitudes
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05.10.2025 23:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

"Henry and June" was the first movie rated NC-17. It premiered 35 years ago today!

05.10.2025 18:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Here We Go Crazy
YouTube video by Bob Mould Here We Go Crazy

#SongOfTheDay
youtu.be/r9WNAhNrmEM?...

05.10.2025 14:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Today I am grateful to see Bob Mould in concert last night.

#gratitude

05.10.2025 14:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
IL DIVO - Regresa a Mí (Unbreak My Heart) (Video)
YouTube video by IlDivoVEVO IL DIVO - Regresa a Mí (Unbreak My Heart) (Video)

#SongOfTheDay
youtu.be/DJNzmNB48no?...

04.10.2025 23:49 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Nate Silver and Richard Thaler

04.10.2025 18:58 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Today I am grateful to see Il Divo in concert last night

#gratitude

04.10.2025 15:27 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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