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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.

  • June 14, 2009 was 2 months before Bosch told us they were selling our plant and firing 400 engineers (including me).

    What a crazy year that was.............

    Scott

  • 2009 I was working through my Masters having just finished my degree, and contemplating where I would move afterwards, so it was before I started working for the Community and element14.

     

    On the 14th of June? I was enjoying the British Touring Car Championship at croft circuit image

  • First off Happy Birthday element 14!!!

     

    Let's see, on July 14 2009 I was at work operating a machine called a gluer, which folds paper board stock that has been cut into a precise layout and then glues it together to form a container. Pick any box in your house and rip it open to see what I'm talking about. I was pretty irritable I'm sure because I had just quit smoking on June 2nd 2009.

     

    Now, after being laid off from that job at the beginning of last year, I decided to go back to school and change careers to a field that has always held my interest. My professor introduced me to this amazing community as a learning tool and going through all of the posted content has been a big help.

     

    Thank you to everyone that has made this community possible and to all the members that share their knowledge and expertise.

     

    DJ

  • happy bday element 14

    likely i was working and in my free time tinkering with computers and electronics its hard too tell too be honest my days have been quite a mess of stress and work trying too keep buills up.

    how i found element 14 my girlfriends fauther had told me about the road test program and the forums and such.

  • I was just publishing my first book, World War II Sea War, "The Nazi's Strike First!"

     

    I stumbled onto Element 14 a few years later when I followed a post by Jeri Ellsworth identifying the community as an engineering hangout.

     

    So I went to the site, looked around and have been a member ever since.

     

    Happy Birthday Element 14.  You have brightened my life and helped me to make new friends all around the world.

     

    Thanks

    DAB

  • June 14th 2009 - well I was in my last 11 months of military service - 25 years man and boy. Looking forward to the future (and hoping I could get a job when I left).

     

    As it was a Sunday I was probably ironing my uniform ready for another busy week (or not) at work. Ah, the smell of Avtur in the morning . . . . . .

     

    So, Happy 8th Birthday Element 14 - and may you have many more to come!!

  • So, 8 years ago on June 14th was the day after my 11th year wedding anniversary. I didn't join Element14 until a few years later, I wish I knew about it when it started. I have learned so much from the community, it has been a wonderful experience!!

     

    Dale Winhold

  • 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.

  • Happy Birthday!

     

    Let me check my calendar ...

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    Well ... I didn't expect it to go this far back image

     

    But it seems I was at my nephew's birthday party! He turned 2 years old then image