The Big Apple: “Old software engineers never die

A plaque remaining from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem.

Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.

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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.

Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.

Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.

Also listen to a 1937 "The Big Apple" song by Ozzie Nelson and his Orchestra. See a 1929 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald and a 1931 photo of John J. Fitz Gerald.

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Entry from February 26, 2022

“Old software engineers never die—they just reboot”

“Old soldiers never die—they just fade away” is an old saying that was popularized by General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964) in his farewell address to Congress on April 19, 1951. Many parodies of the saying have been made.

“Old software engineers never die, they just reboot” was posted on Twitter by Beto Wagner on June 9, 2009. “Old Software Engineers never die...... They just reboot” was posted on Reddit—Oneliners on February 25, 2022.

Twitter
Beto Wagner
@betowagner
Old software engineers never die, they just reboot.
10:15 AM · Jun 9, 2009·Twitter Web Client

Twitter
Hourly Facts
@factstorm
Old software engineers never die, they just reboot. ...- Old software engineers never die, they just reboot. http://bit.ly/6vEmd
7:23 PM · Jun 23, 2009·Twitter Web Client

Twitter
The Joker
@Jokesandhumour
Software Jokes: Old software engineers never die, they just reboot.
More… (http://jokes4all.net/software.ht… http://bit.ly/tQA7Bh
7:20 PM · Dec 6, 2011·twitterfeed

Twitter
Humor Guru
@HumorGuru
Old software engineers never die, they just reboot. http://goo.gl/pHqK7j
5:40 AM · Mar 9, 2015·wonderland.fm

Twitter
Bob Kostic
@causticbob
Old software engineers never die, they just reboot.
6:41 AM · May 16, 2016·Twitter Web Client

Twitter
John Brookfield
@MeltHell
Old software engineers never die, they just reboot. http://fxmb.info/QxZD5P
12:25 AM · Jan 27, 2019·dlvr.it

Reddit—Oneliners
Posted by u/Lava_Wolf_68 February 25, 2022
Old Software Engineers never die...... They just reboot.

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