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Happy Birthday, element14!

The Best Thing to Ever Happen to June 14th. image

So, in the style of our Raspberry Pi celebration, I was going to kick-off this post talking about other really cool things that happened on June 14th. However, after looking at the Wikipedia Page dedicated to this date... I was honestly coming up a bit short. Yes, things happened, but a lot of them weren't great. For example, Albert II became the first monkey in space... before dying on impact. Yikes. So instead, myself and decided that element14 is probably the best thing to ever happen on June 14th. Go us!

 

Happy "First" Birthday!

And while this is the eighth birthday for the community, this is a "first" for a couple members of the element14 team, so wanted to give a quick shout out to , Mindi and of course... yours truly (though it's a bit depressing to wish "happy birthday" to oneself). But I digress. Here's to a happy "first birthday" to the newest members of the element14 team, and what will hopefully be many more years to come.

 

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To help commemorate the occasion, every member who logs in between now and June 28th, 12PM CDT will receive the "element14 8th Birthday Badge". This is a limited time only badge, and once the day and time has passed you will no longer be able to receive it (even if you ask really, really nicely). In addition to this, we'll be giving away eight birthday presents to various members of the community. You heard (read) that correctly - we'll be giving presents to you!

 

How to Win

Comment below with where you were or what you were doing when the element14 community launched. While some of you were probably diligently working to ensure a smooth and successful launch (looking at you, ), many of us didn't join until weeks, months or years later. We'll choose eight members who reply, and send them their choice of the following presents:

 

For example: On June 14th, 2009 I was likely celebrating the finish of Finals Week at my University. Since DePaul is on a quarter system, we generally went a bit latter into the year than other schools, with Finals Week usually the first or second week of June. And by celebrating, I was probably catching up after a few all nighters and trying really, really, really hard to not stress about my pending grades (I graduated with a 3.445, so I think I did fairly well, even if I missed *** Laude by .005).

 

You have until June 30th, 11:59AM (noon) CDT to enter.

 

Going Green

Looking for another cool way to celebrate June 14th and potentially win some prizes? Be sure to check out Going Green, the newest Project14 competition that's launching today! This is the first theme that was chosen by members of the community, so we're all very excited to see what cool projects you come up with.

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  • Happy Birthday Element14, June 14th 2009 was before I met the community.

     

    Back then I was more into metal work than electronics. My blog posts for around that time suggest I'd just finished building a steel shelf by brazing some angle iron together and had been reading up on tapping.

    Looking at my emails, it would appear I was corresponding with SteamPunk magazine and the Wellcome Trust about articles on the Flea Chariot I had made the year before.

    For work, it looks like I was processing coloured squares and producing time entries for a database.

    An eBay purchase from Dennings DIY had shipped and was a "beware of the dog" sign. So I'd conclude that on Sunday 14th I was at my mother in law's house, fitting a sign to the front gate.

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  • Happy Birthday Element14, June 14th 2009 was before I met the community.

     

    Back then I was more into metal work than electronics. My blog posts for around that time suggest I'd just finished building a steel shelf by brazing some angle iron together and had been reading up on tapping.

    Looking at my emails, it would appear I was corresponding with SteamPunk magazine and the Wellcome Trust about articles on the Flea Chariot I had made the year before.

    For work, it looks like I was processing coloured squares and producing time entries for a database.

    An eBay purchase from Dennings DIY had shipped and was a "beware of the dog" sign. So I'd conclude that on Sunday 14th I was at my mother in law's house, fitting a sign to the front gate.

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