@annika I read Cory Doctorow's (@pluralistic) https://pluralistic.net/ blog where he does a 25, 20, 15, 10, 5, 1 year ago links and yesterday one of his #25yearsago was his first #BoingBoing post https://web.archive.org/web/20010124080600/http://boingboing.net/2001_01_01_bloggerarchive.html
Made me #nostalgic I also realise how lucky I was to be in my early 20s back then just as the web was good, the endless possibilities.
[11:39] Family of Galway soldier killed in Lebanon in 1999 receive service honour medal
Tánaiste and Defence Minister Simon Harris has honoured the family of a young Galway soldier who was killed while on peacekeeping service in Lebanon 25 years ago.
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/family-of-galway-soldier-killed-in-lebanon-in-1999-receive-service-honour-medal/a2092088118.html
#Tánaiste #Defence #SimonHarris #Galway #Lebanon #25yearsago
Time for a classic. #TrainTravel #Slipknot #Metal #NuMetal #25YearsAgo #RandomMusickMayhem #NowPlaying #Headphones
#OnThisDay #25YearsAgo, @Veen wrote #HotDesignTips for WebMonkey:
1. Never, ever put a word in a graphic. Text is text. Graphics are graphics. Don’t confuse them.
2. […] get something on the screen immediately, and make it really interesting.
3. You have […] like 15 seconds. Be very fast.
4. How well does your site show up in search engines? […] Find out, then tweak your meta content accordingly.
5. Users […] came for your content. Give it to them — fast and simple.
Welcome home STS-91! 🌎
#25YearsAgo today, Space Shuttle Discovery touched down at @NASAKennedy, closing out the Shuttle-Mir Program.
Find out how lessons from Shuttle-Mir paved the way for the @Space_Station: https://go.nasa.gov/3WU3eak
#NASAhistory
#25YearsAgo today, Space Shuttle Discovery launched from @NASAKennedy for STS-91, the final mission to dock with the Mir Space Station.
Learn more about the mission: https://go.nasa.gov/43zOzmS
#NASAhistory
#25YearsAgo today, STS-87, the 8th Space Shuttle flight of 1997, launched on its way to the @Space_Station. One of the notable achievements from this mission: Takao Doi became the first Japanese citizen to walk in space!
Check out other STS-87 highlights: https://go.nasa.gov/3ArHqsC
#NASAhistory