Percy Spencer Percy Spencer Percy Lebaron Spencer (July 19, 1894 – September 8, 1970) was an American physicist and inventor. He became known as the inventor of the microwave oven. Spencer was born in Howland, Maine. Eighteen months later, Spencer's father died, and his mother soon left him in the care of his aunt and uncle. His uncle then died when Spencer was just seven years old. Spencer subsequently left grammar school to earn money to support himself and his aunt. From the ages of twelve to sixteen, he worked from sunrise to sunset at a spool mill. At the later age,
Inspector Gadget (blogger) Inspector Gadget (blogger) Inspector Gadget is the pseudonym used by an anonymous British police officer, reportedly an inspector in a rural constabulary in the south of England, who wrote an influential blog called "Police Inspector Blog", between 2006 and 2013. Started in June 2006 after the author was required to attend a diversity training seminar he described as "60 mind numbing minutes of complete nonsense", "Police Inspector Blog" was sharply critical of incidences of what it considered excessive bureaucracy, health and safety regulation and political correctness in modern British policing. Notable examples include Lincolnshire Police giving guidance to its officers