- Identify the two unknown, small rocky islands in Skagit Bay.
- In 2006 (after this article was first published), the Washington state legislature formalized the definition of Island County to include Whidbey, Camano, Smith, Deception, Strawberry, Baby, Minor, Kalamut, and Ben Ure islands. Note that Pass Island is located in Skagit County, and Ben Ure and Strawberry islands are located in the Deception Pass (not the Saratoga Passage). Additionally, there are two rocky islets in Skagit Bay not mentioned in this article (or state law). They are located northeast of Dugualla Bay and can be seen in OpenStreetMap or satellite view on Google.
- PL/M (Wikipedia)
PL/M, an acronym for Programming Language for Microcomputers, is a high-level language conceived and developed by Gary Kildall in 1973 for Hank Smith at Intel for the Intel 8008. It was later expanded for the newer Intel 8080.
- Island County — Thumbnail History (historylink.org)
Island County, the eighth oldest county in Washington, was created on January 6, 1853, by the Oregon Territorial Legislature from a portion of Thurston County and was named for the myriad of islands in Northwestern Washington. It originally encompassed Snohomish, Skagit, Whatcom, and San Juan Counties…