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💻 WEEKLY DOWNLOAD #53 💻

Good Evening , it’s Sunday, September 29, 2024, and you know what that means…

It’s Microsoft Word’s 41st birthday!

That’s right! On September 29, 1983, Microsoft released the first commercially available build of its iconic word processor program, Microsoft Word 1.0. This initial version was limited (where the h*ck is Clippy?), but everyone has to start somewhere.

Feel free to drop that little factoid in your Monday morning all-hands if you want to win the respect of the nerdiest people at your work.

Here’s what we’ve got going on this week:

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_⚡ QUICK TECH TIP: How to Rescue a Closed Browser Tab
📰 FAST FIVE: Five Stories You Might Have Missed
👓 GEAR OF THE WEEK: Orion AR Glasses from Meta
🤡 MORON OF THE WEEK: Felonious behavior
💸 DEALS: Deals! Deals! Deals!
🛠️ TOOLS: A few apps we’re into

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-Roger