Welcome
The site is in the development stage. Still working on it.
Purpose:
- Give me something to do.
- Help keep abreast of new techonologies
- Provide a creative outlet for myself
- Provide a place for me to rant. ;)
Why five76:
- Five76 stands for May 1976, the month and year of my birth.
- All the cool domain names were taken.
- It was all I could think of.
- I'm not very creative.
What happened in 1976:
- January 21 - The first commercial Concorde flight took off
- February 4 - 1976 Winter Olympics open in Innsbruck, Austria
- April 1 - Apple Computer Company is formed by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak
- May 13 - Mario is born...lol
- July 4 - United States Bicentennial
A little known fact that I discover while researching 1976
- 1976 - California's sodomy law repealed
World News
At least 153 dead as jet crashes at Madrid airport
(AP)
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:49:36 GMT
AP - A jetliner heading to the popular Canary Islands vacation resort crashed during takeoff Wednesday, turning a wooded area off the end of a runway into a hellish scene of charred bodies and smoldering wreckage. Some 153 were believed dead ? Spain's worst air disaster in nearly 25 years.
US, Poland OK missile defense base, riling Moscow
(AP)
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:09:45 GMT
AP - The United States and Poland signed a deal Wednesday to place a U.S. missile defense base just 115 miles from Russia ? a move followed swiftly by a new warning from Moscow of a possible military response.
In Georgia, Russia digs in as pullback date nears
(AP)
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:48:03 GMT
AP - Russian forces dug trenches and built sentry posts deep inside Georgia on Wednesday, showing few signs they would pull back later this week as promised.
Officials: Deal calls for troop pullback in Iraq
(AP)
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:16:56 GMT
AP - Iraqi and U.S. negotiators have completed a draft security agreement that would see American troops leave Iraqi cities as soon as June 30, Iraqi and American officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
4 more foreign activists detained in China
(AP)
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:56:09 GMT
AP - Two elderly Chinese women who applied to hold a protest during the Olympics were ordered to spend a year in a labor camp, a relative said Wednesday. Police later squelched a pro-Tibet demonstration.
Illinois sheriff goes to jail for an education
(Reuters)
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 23:02:09 GMT
Reuters - There's a new sheriff in jail.
Iraq's Sunni politicians angry over arrests
(AP)
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:12:31 GMT
AP - Top Sunni politicians on Wednesday accused Iraq's Shiite-dominated security forces of carrying out political arrests, and warned that this could push Iraq into another round of sectarian fighting.
Close ally of Colombia's president freed from jail
(AP)
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 18:43:26 GMT
AP - A former senator close to President Alvaro Uribe was freed from prison on Wednesday, four months after his arrest on charges of colluding with far-right death squads.
U.S. stops African refugee program after DNA tests
(Reuters)
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:29:43 GMT
Reuters - The United States has halted a
program that united African refugees with relatives in America
after DNA testing revealed many people were lying about family
links, the State Department said on Wednesday.
US general warns of security gap when Marines leave Afghanistan
(AFP)
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 22:42:07 GMT
AFP - Security gains made in southern Afghanistan could suffer if US Marines are pulled out later this year without replacements, the head of the Marine Corps has warned.
Court: Accused Nazi eligible for extradition
(AP)
Wed, 20 Aug 2008 08:42:36 GMT
AP - An 86-year-old man accused of killing a Jewish teenager in Hungary during World War II can be extradited to Hungary to face charges, an Australian judge found Wednesday.
