ATTENTION All..
Beginning today, we will again begin to use dotnet as our primary website.
We have happily used Google Blogspot as our primary website for much of the month of July because we lost dotnet for some time because of our unfortunate issues with our Hosting Service.
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Hello once again NATIONAL TODAY Holidays. Feast or Famine. Thirty Four (34) Holidays today.
We picked the below two holidays.
Captain? O.K. I picked them!
THE WORLD WIDE WEB (www).
World Wide Web (www) Day recognizes the profound impact of the internet’s most transformative invention every August 1st.
Interesting! The www was not initially meant for the public. It was devised to be utilized by physicists to share data.
However, when the World Wide Web reached the general public in 1991, it was an instant hit. At that time, it was merely a luxury, but today it’s a necessity.
As of early 2026, it’s estimated that over 5.5 billion people globally use the internet, with the vast majority accessing the World Wide Web daily for information, communication, and entertainment.
Without the World Wide Web, there would be no social media.
What is the difference between the World Wide Web and the Internet?
The Internet is a vast global network of interconnected computer networks, essentially the hardware infrastructure. The World Wide Web, on the other hand, is a system of interconnected documents and other web resources, accessed via the Internet, using HTTP.
GUADALCANAL DAY..
What on this good earth are you talking about Captain?!
Gotcha!
Unless you were a member of the United States Marine Corps, I don’t expect you to be interested in, or even know what the above NATIONAL TODAY Holiday is about.
Guadalcanal holds immense historical significance as the site of the first major Allied offensive against the Empire of Japan in the Pacific Theater during World War II. The brutal six-month campaign was a pivotal turning point.
Major General Alexander Vandegrift commanded the 1st Marine Division during the pivotal Guadalcanal Campaign of World War II, a crucial turning point in the Pacific Theater.
His leadership during the intense fighting from August 1942 to February 1943 earned him the Medal of Honor.
Vandegrift later became the 18th Commandant of the Marine Corps, overseeing its post-war reorganization. His strategic vision and courage on Guadalcanal remain a testament to his impact on military history.
November the 5th, 1943, the full length feature movie Guadalcanal Diary was released.
Read more? I doubt it but below is the link to the NATIONAL TODAY website.
I have a love/hate relationship with the WWW.
I love that I get to be in contact with you and Patti, my family and friends back in the Midwest, and around the Bay Area. I love that when I need information about something, whether big or small, I can usually find it. I love that when I want something like a cat toy, chocolate, or a tool, I can buy it and have it shipped to my house. I don’t have to drive around to stores, look for parking, or wander up and down aisles.
Now for the hate part. So many untrustworthy people out there trying to scam you, catfish you, fleece you in some way. Of course that happens outside of the internet too, but some people are so good at using it as a tool for crime. All that lovely spam mail that sometimes looks realistic. I usually try to read anything I get carefully, looking at the language they use and the real originating email. I try to avoid clicking any links. But I am getting older; I know my brain isn’t as sharp as it used to be.
Life on life’s terms. I have to take the good with the bad. I try to focus more on the good than the bad, but sometimes my brain gets stuck on the bad.
Well Kathleen.. You Pretty Much Said It All!! The Good.. The Bad.. and The Ugly..
One thing you focused on is to check and look at the originating e-mail. This turns up some absolutely amazing and strange, unusual weird e-mail addresses!! When we get an e-mail or a text message from a “friend” (this is the part that you carefully read an incoming e-mail) and it is not making any sense, our warning flags are up and flying! If we get a text or an incoming call from a number not in our Contacts, and they have not left a voice mail message, again our warning flags are flying. Often I will send the following text to them.. “I am sooo sorry but I don’t recognize you. Please embarrass me and tell me exactly and precisely who you are!” When they don’t reply I block them. Odd but true. About 40% reply saying “I am so sorry. I mistakenly contacted you!”
Thanks Kathleen for all of your support! Cap and Patti