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1 billion seconds

Posted On October 6, 2016

In the area of random notes, I turned 1 gigasecond today. That is, this morning it was 1 billion seconds since I was born. As good reasons as any to celebrate with cake at work! You’re all welcome to the 2 gigasecond celebration in ~31 years. Cheers!

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