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40 years ago today...
somewhere in the wilds of Canada was born the baby we now know as Trevor Blackwell. Happy birthday Trevor!
- Fevos 17y agoHappy Birthday Trevor!
- ivankirigin 17y agoAnd happy birthday to Ross from 280 North too :-D
- Readmore 17y agoHappy Birthday Trevor!
- pg 17y agoOne of his many innovations, the fresnel workout: http://ycombinator.com/images/fresnelworkout.jpg http://ycombinator.com/images/fresnelworkout.jpg Instant results. Makes your head big though.
- daniel-cussen 17y ago>Makes your head big though. It's a workout, not a yoga session. It's supposed to make you proud.
- mrduncan 17y agoHappy Birthday Trevor! Fun fact, you share a birthday with Matthew McConaughey and Puff Daddy - http://www.celebrity-link.com/birthday_day-4_month-11.html http://www.celebrity-link.com/birthday_day-4_month-11.html
- mhartl 17y agoLuckily for Trevor, when Canadians reach 40 they start aging backwards, at least until they reach 80. Then they turn into robots. :-) HBD, tlb!
- rudd 17y agoI wonder if I was the only one who saw "40 years ago today..." and thought of Sesame Street (thanks to the Google logo of the day).
- mixmax 17y agoI thought of the Beatles. "It was forty years ago today that Sgt. Pepper taught a band to play..." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgt._Pepper%27s_Lonely_Hearts_Club_Band http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sgt._Pepper%27s_Lonely_Hearts_C...
- icco 17y agoI thought the same thing. Think how epic it would be to be born on the same day as Sesame Street.
- petercooper 17y agoI think I've just earned a FAIL badge.. I had no idea who Trevor was. Oops. This error has been corrected by http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Blackwell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Blackwell - Happy birthday Trev ;-)
- jeromec 17y agoHappy Birthday!
- elviejo 17y agoFeliz Cumpleaños
- anaschwarz 17y agoCongratulations!!!!
- tlb 17y agoThanks guys!
- btilly 17y agoHappy birthday from a fellow Canadian. Since everyone should smile on their birthday, here is a Canadian joke for you. Canada had the opportunity to have American know how, British politics and French cooking. Instead it got American cooking, British know how, and French politics! And here is an American joke that is particularly appropriate given where you're from. Many years ago two Americans were riding a train across Canada. It stopped at a station, and one asked the other to lean out the window and as where they were. He did, and got the answer, "Saskatoon, Saskatchewan". He leaned back in and said, "How cute. They don't speak English!"
- blasdel 17y agohttp://qdb.us/114349 http://qdb.us/114349 We are the canadian borg please wait to be assimilated resistance would be impolite pour l'assimilation en francais, presse sur "2"
- monological 17y agoHappy birthday!
- jwhitlark 17y agoHappy Birthday! Take a few seconds off plowing through applications and enjoy it ;-)
- vijaydev 17y agoBefore opening this link, I thought that this is about the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street (http://www.sesamestreet.org/home http://www.sesamestreet.org/home) which I came to know a few mins back courtesy Google (http://www.google.com/logos/boombah_chamki-hp.gif http://www.google.com/logos/boombah_chamki-hp.gif), even when I had my doubts whether pg is interested in Sesame Street :)
- dualogy 17y agoServer is down for me -- let's face it, they weren't prepared for being linked to from Hacker News!
- mrduncan 17y agoI'm not sure who is correct but Wikipedia lists the anniversary on November 10th (in a couple of places) - I wonder if Google is a little bit ahead on this one. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesame_Street http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesame_Street
- mrduncan 17y agoAccording to Marissa Mayer's tweet, Google is doing a week worth of doodles (which would end on Nov. 10th). http://twitter.com/marissamayer/status/5427907816 http://twitter.com/marissamayer/status/5427907816
- amichail 17y agoI'm curious: what exactly are birthdays celebrating? Perhaps what is being celebrated depends on age and/or other factors? For example, one celebration might be about reaching driving age while another might be about longevity.
- mcav 17y agoCelebration of continued existence; an opportunity to reflect on one's own personal growth and achievements in the past year. Secondly, it's a unique opportunity for each of us to be recognized individually. New Years' provides reflection time too, but it isn't individualized.
- amichail 17y agoWhat if you had a bad year and the future looks bleak? What if people are not surprised that you did not die? As for individual recognition, wouldn't a recent achievement worthy of recognition be better?
- mcav 17y agoThen my advice would be to avoid celebration. Consider it a catalyst for change, even if only in mindset. That said, birthdays are also unique: If you don't tell anyone about it, you could just as well ignore it yourself. You won't see reminders about your birthday in the local store, as you do for halloween, Christmas, etc. In that sense, if one doesn't want to celebrate their birthday, they don't have to. It's an optional holiday.
- astine 17y agoSometimes life itself is worth celebrating. A birthday is as good an opportunity as any and is traditional.
- roundsquare 17y agoNot all celebrations have a good reason. In some cases, its an excuse to celebrate. Yes, you can celebrate whenever you want, but having "something" seems to help. Also, it allows people a day to be the center of attention amongst their friends.
- wheels 17y agoWhat the other guys said. (Happy 40th!) There should be a special black sombrero for this occasion.
- grosales 17y agoHappy, Happy, Happy birthday! Hope you have a blast of a day!
- indranil 17y agobusts out the par-tay hats and #include <beer.h> beer glasses!! Happy Birthday!! :)
- einarvollset 17y agoHappy Birthday Trevor!
- tianaco 17y agoHappy Birthday Trevor - it's my birthday too!
- bravura 17y agoNext year you two should have a party together.
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