Oh, it does appear that it is some sort of holiday today, something about it being a new year or some such silliness. Of course everyday is the start of a new year! For it was a year ago that it was the same date! Well, except for February 24^th [1], which comes around once every four years, except on the other three years when it appears yearly.
Yes, there will be a test on this.
In other news, to show just how much of a geek I am, one of the things I did today was telnet to an actual IBM PCjr [2], complete with ISA (Industry Standard Architecture) network card [3] and custom TCP (Transmission Control Protocol)/IP (Internet Protocol) network stack.
How cool is that?
And no, this will not be on the test.
Maybe.
[2] http://brutman.com/PCjr/pcjr.html
![[3] http://brutman.com/PCjr_WD_small.jpg](http://brutman.com/PCjr_WD_small.jpg){kind=link}