Tuesday, 8 August 2006 On This Day : Aug 8 August 8: Ghost Festival in the Chinese calendar ( 2006 ); Father’s Day in Taiwan. 1876- Thomas Edison received a patent for his mimeograph machine. 1938- Holocaust : Construction of the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp , one of the largest labour camp complexes in German -occupied Europe, began. 1946 - The first prototype of the B-36 Peacemaker , the first nuclear weapon delivery vehicle to be mass-produced , flew for the first time. 1967- Indonesia, Malaysia , the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand founded the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. 1991 - The Warsaw radio mast (pictured) , the tallest structure ever built, collapsed. [listening to: Everyday I Write the Book - Elvis Costello & the Attractions ] 9:11:34 PM comment [ ] trackback [ ] G! • Geek Census Night Tonight Tonight is Census Night! I wanted to complete the eCensus, but I was over-ruled by my wife who likes it ‘old school’. We sat around the table and filled in the form. Most of the questions were fine and I tried really hard to not muck about with my answers. However, I couldn’t resist the following. Q38 - Evangelism Manager Q39 - Manage a Team of Evangelists LOL - I wonder if ABS has a taxonomy for that! 8:50:59 PM comment [ ] trackback [ ] G! • Family • Geek Brice’s withdrawl from school letter This is the letter we sent to Brice’s old school 8th August 2006 Mr Fulcher Principle St Ives North Primary School Memorial Ave St Ives, NSW 2075 Dear Mr Fulcher: