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1 History

The original adhesive used in Post-it notes was invented in 1968 by Spencer Silver, a 3M researcher. No immediate application was apparent, until 1974 when a colleague, Art Fry, conceived of using the adhesive to create bookmarks while contemplating a hymnal in his church choir. Initial prototypes were available in 1977For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). Events January 1 First woman Episcopal priest ordained January 6 EMI sacks the Sex Pistols January 18 Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious " legionnaire's disease" Januar, and by 19801980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. Events January-February January 1- April 1 National steel strike in United Kingdom January 1 Changes to the Swedish Act of Succession creates Victoria of Sweden, Crown Princess over her younger brother January 5 He– 1981Events January-February January Sarawak Chamber found January 1 Greece enters the EEC January 1 Palau becomes self-governing January 4 Sheffield police arrests Peter Sutcliffe, the Yorkshire Ripper January 16 Protestant gunmen shoot and wound Bernadette D, after a large sampling campaign, the product had been introduced around the world.

A more recent innovation is software that partly mimics the behaviour of Post-it notes on the computer desktopA desktop is the horizontal surface of a desk. It can support various objects, including: Pen holders Computer monitors Computer peripherals The top of a desk is easy to write on Calendars Misc. objects (including coffee cups, Kleenex and computer mice) M. Most of the current proprietary or open sourceNote: "open source" in the intelligence community simply means "any information accessible to the public, possibly after paying a fee". This article is about open source software, a more common meaning for the term "open source". Open source or open sourc packages limit the placement or "adhesion" of the virtual note to a fixed spot over or on the desktop. A few permit sharing the notes through the Internet but none offer anything coming close to the flexibility of the sticky little piece of paper you can actually hold in your hands and place anywhere. Recent efforts like Project Looking GlassIn computing, Project Looking Glass is a free software project under the GPL to create an innovative 3D desktop environment for Linux and Solaris. It is sponsored by Sun Microsystems. Programmed in the Java language using the Java 3D system to remain plat have striven towards features which give a virtual equivalence to the versatility of the tangible Post-it.

2 Pop culture

• In 1993, Saturday Night Live featured a fake product called McIntosh Post-It Notes.
• In 2000This page is about the year 2000. See 2000 AD for the UK comic book, Number 2000 for other uses. 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar), and also the International Year for a Culture of Peace''. Events Y2K passes without the seri the 20th anniversary of Post-it notes was celebrated by having artists create their artwork on Post-it notes. One note that was made by artist R.B. Kitaj sold for $925 in an auction, making it the most valuable Post-it note in history.
• In the Showtime series Dead Like Me, Post-it notes are central to the plot of the show: the grim reapers receive their soul-taking assignments (first initial, last name, address, and estimated time of death) on Post-it notes. As a result, several characters are obsessed with Post-it notes.