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| Edison's laboratory from Menlo Park, New Jersey, along with several boxcars of soil surrounding it, were moved from New Jersey to Greenfield Village in Michigan. The buildings were laid out according to exact foundation measurements from the original site. The exhibit was furnished with original item or faithful duplicates placed in the lab as they would be found in the original setting. The chair that Edison sat it when the exhibit was dedicated in 1929 has been nailed to the floor, never to be moved, and never to be sat in again. It is a shrine in every sense of the word, a sacred place dedicated to a specific figure of respect with numerous objects associated with the figure being worshiped. | Edison's laboratory from Menlo Park, New Jersey, along with several boxcars of soil surrounding it, were moved from New Jersey to Greenfield Village in Michigan. The buildings were laid out according to exact foundation measurements from the original site. The exhibit was furnished with original item or faithful duplicates placed in the lab as they would be found in the original setting. The chair that Edison sat it when the exhibit was dedicated in 1929 has been nailed to the floor, never to be moved, and never to be sat in again. It is a shrine in every sense of the word, a sacred place dedicated to a specific figure of respect with numerous objects associated with the figure being worshiped. | ||
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| **Exploring the origins of all things geek!** | **Exploring the origins of all things geek!** | ||
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| Tom is inspired to share ideas and information by the fact that he has been asked many times about the history of various technology topics. Sadly, Tom has discovered that most people don't realize the roots of much of the technology we all now take for granted. | Tom is inspired to share ideas and information by the fact that he has been asked many times about the history of various technology topics. Sadly, Tom has discovered that most people don't realize the roots of much of the technology we all now take for granted. | ||
| - | There are so many urban legends and so much folk lore surrounding the internet. I have read so many articles where the history of the internet is so mangled. | + | Tom Peracchio is not a university professor with a team of editors and advisers. He is one man who loves technology and history and is amazed by how little people know about the great minds in the world of technology. He is frustrated by the many urban legends and so much folk lore surrounding the the history of technology. |
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| - | I am not a university professor with a team of editors and advisers working with me developing a website. I am one man who loves technology and history and is amazed by how little people know about the great minds in the world of technology. | + | |
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| - | GeekHistory is not meant to be an authoritative source for technology history. To put GeekHistory in its proper context let us quote Walt Disney, "I'd rather entertain and hope that people learn, than teach and hope that people are entertained." | + | |
| - | Geek History is not meant to be an authoritative source for technology history. It is mean to increase awareness, educate, and entertain. To put this site in its proper context let me quote Walt Disney, "I'd rather entertain and hope that people learn, than teach and hope that people are entertained." | + | Geek History is not meant to be an authoritative source for technology history. It is mean to increase awareness, educate, and entertain. To put GeekHistory in its proper context let us quote Walt Disney, “I'd rather entertain and hope that people learn, than teach and hope that people are entertained.” |
| - | Welcome to Geek History, where we explore the origins of all things geek! | + | Welcome to Geek History, exploring the origins of all things geek! |