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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.

 

Birthday Presents! image

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.

  • Happily doing what I love the most - Engineering!

  • Happy birthday, Element14!

     

    On June 14, 2009 my son was almost two, and I was probably sitting on the beach, reading a good book, and drinking a nice wine while he played in the sand. Nowadays it is difficult to keep him away from robots and electronics - but he still does play in the sand at the age of 9 and a half, so he's turned out alright! image

  • Happy Birthday!

     

    I think I was starting up a summer biology class in college. It sucked because I already had taken so many bio classes by then and this one was super basic (and a stupid pre-req for graduating). I think we spent two weeks on just Darwin.

  • On June 14 2009 - I was at the beach.  I love to beach in the summer in NJ.  I was working a hi-tech job for 26 years and retired on April Fools Day of 2009.  The one thing I hated about working in the summer was it limited my beach days.  After I retired every day is a beach day.  I do keep my hands into tech as I have 3 RPi's - two of them on 24-7 and 3 Ardunio's - Only one in Production but I have plans for the other two.

  • This was the Sunday after my daughter's High School Graduation. We had out of town company, who would have been preparing to leave that day, so I probably drove to the airport, but did not go inside.

  • in reply to mmcp42

    You are in luck, Megan extended the deadline til today at noon.

     

     

    Mike

  • June 14 makes Element14 a GEMINI: Open to new experiences and adventures. They are smart & spirited with the gift of communication. That sounds about right!

     

    Hmmm - June 14, 2009...

    ...As I explore my mind castle, searching back through 8 years of new 'toys', I find myself looking over my workshop and picturing turning it into my very own 'dream lab'.

    It's still a work in progress - in fact, it will always be a work in progress as many here with their own 'labs' can atest to.

    Keeping up with changes in technology has its challenges but it's fun and rewarding especially when you're able to get kids involved.

     

    Happy Birthday! - 8 years young but very mature thanks to all its members.

    Cheers to another 8(0) years!

  • Guess I am a one year newbie too, on the birth date in question I would have been happily retired and mowing the yard.

    Happy Birthday Element 14

  • June 14th 2009. Hmm. I was then working for a big software house doing disaster recovery systems. I knew software wasn't where I should be, and had only taken the job as a short term measure till I could find something in Electronics again, which is not easy in the UK.

    The short term measure turned into 7+Years of java and C# and made me feel dirty.

    The company went through a round of redundancies and I thought, if they offer me £3,000 tax free I'll take it and go. They offered me over £12K and so I went!

    I used the redundancy cash to set up my electronics consultancy which is still going string to this day. I'm happier than ever before now, and doing exactly what I was born to do.

    I enjoy E14 because it helps me keep track of what others are up to, and where the industry is going.

    I've been with E14 since the start.

     

    Happy Birthday E14