On this day
January 7
14 items, across every year
2026 earlier today
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- An official coin for family decisions
Every family should have an official coin for settling disputes. Not just any coin—one that means something. Ours is a French Piastre from 1908.
2022 4 years ago
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- Rough pigs by Charles Émile Jacque
The roughness of how these pigs are drawn seems to be more accurate for how they are in real life.
2020 6 years ago
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- What stops you from achieving your resolutions?
Maybe instead of making new year resolutions, we should make a list of the things that prevent us from getting things done. Remove the obstacles. Take…
2014 12 years ago
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- Two Kickapoo State Parks in America
As if having one state park named Kickapoo in Texas wasn’t enough. There’s also a Kickapoo State Recreation Area in Illinois. The folks in Oakwood, IL…
2013 13 years ago
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- The crazy backgrounds of Donruss Diamond Kings
Warning! Crazy backgrounds! All these paintings were done in the 80s and early 90s by the official Baseball Hall of Fame artist, Dick Perez. One has…
- www.GrocerySurvey.net $100 gift card
Get Dominick’s receipt with it saying, “How was your shopping experience? Please share your thoughts online: www.grocerysurvey.net Enter to win a $100 gift card” You can…
2011 15 years ago
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- My biggest flickr fans in 2010
A big thanks to all the people who commented and faved my photos on flickr in the past year. In 2010, I posted 373 photos to…
2009 17 years ago
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- A song that is better played quiet
Do you like the sound of fun little bell-things? You might like Terry Riley’s Celestial Valley. But please keep in mind it is only good played…
2008 18 years ago
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- My favorite spudart blog posts of 2007
My top six favorite blog posts of 2007 (in no order): A wallet full of only two-dollar bills Spending only two-dollar bills has been lots of…
2006 20 years ago
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- World’s largest prime number on three reams of paper
CNN reports that the new largest prime number was discovered on January 4, 2006. It is 9.1 million digits long. (thanks Tom for the link) If…
2005 21 years ago
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- names for hours like midnight and noon
Are there names for hours other than 12am and 12pm? For instance does 1pm have a name? Certainly 6pm should have a name. It’s the point…
2004 22 years ago
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- handwritten columns in newspapers
It would be nice if sometimes columns in the newspaper were reprinted with the columnist’s original handwriting and original notes. It would capture so much more…
2003 23 years ago
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- inverted christmas tree
January 7, 2003: It would be easier to hang Christmas ornaments on an upside-down tree, because none of the branches get in the way. ~conversation with…
2002 24 years ago
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- the new flat screened iMac
Apple had been super hyping this on their website for weeks with lines such as “it will change your life”“This one is big. Even by our…