40 years ago today...

…which clearly explains the results of the aforementioned fresnel workout (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=921930): McConaughey's chest with Puff Daddy's inflated ego.

geoffw8• 17 years ago

Genius.

mhartl• 17 years ago

Luckily for Trevor, when Canadians reach 40 they start aging backwards, at least until they reach 80. Then they turn into robots. :-)

HBD, tlb!

rudd• 17 years ago

I 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• 17 years ago

I 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_C...

icco• 17 years ago

I thought the same thing. Think how epic it would be to be born on the same day as Sesame Street.

petercooper• 17 years ago

I 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 - Happy birthday Trev ;-)

jeromec• 17 years ago

Happy Birthday!

elviejo• 17 years ago

Feliz Cumpleaños

anaschwarz• 17 years ago

Congratulations!!!!

tlb• 17 years ago

Thanks guys!

btilly• 17 years ago

Happy 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• 17 years ago

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• 17 years ago

Happy birthday!

jwhitlark• 17 years ago

Happy Birthday! Take a few seconds off plowing through applications and enjoy it ;-)

vijaydev• 17 years ago

Before opening this link, I thought that this is about the 40th anniversary of Sesame Street (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), even when I had my doubts whether pg is interested in Sesame Street :)

dualogy• 17 years ago

Server is down for me -- let's face it, they weren't prepared for being linked to from Hacker News!

mrduncan3• 17 years ago

I'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

mrduncan3• 17 years ago

According 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

amichail2• 17 years ago

I'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.

mcav2• 17 years ago

Celebration 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.

amichail2• 17 years ago

What 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?

roundsquare• 17 years ago

Not 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• 17 years ago

What the other guys said. (Happy 40th!)

There should be a special black sombrero for this occasion.

grosales• 17 years ago

Happy, Happy, Happy birthday! Hope you have a blast of a day!

indranil• 17 years ago

busts out the par-tay hats and #include <beer.h> beer glasses!!

Happy Birthday!! :)

einarvollset• 17 years ago

Happy Birthday Trevor!

tianaco• 17 years ago

Happy Birthday Trevor - it's my birthday too!

bravura• 17 years ago

Next year you two should have a party together.

Fevos• 17 years ago

Happy Birthday Trevor!

ivankirigin• 17 years ago

And happy birthday to Ross from 280 North too :-D

40 years ago today...

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