The all-knowing WIKIPEDIA has this to say:
The original widget was patented in the UK by Guinness. The word "widget" as applied to this device is a trademark of the Guinness brewery.It seems that all great things start and end with the same thing - beer. For more fun information check out this article. Technorati tags: widget, guinness, beer
It’s true! In this part of the world, when you say you are working with widgets, the most common response is, ‘Dur, do you mean those things that make the beer fizzy?’.
[...] out the story at Widgify–The Mother of all widgets Thursday January 04th 2007 ** View blog reactions Filed under: widgetnews [...]
HA HA HA. Someone was kind enough to teach me about the Irish origins of the widget over a beer a while back. I thought it would only be kosher to pass on this essential knowledge to my peers.
[...] What does Guinness beer have in common with widgets? We didn’t know either. That is… until we were enlightened by the post over at Widgify, “The Mother of All Widgets…” Apparently, the little device in a can of Guinness beer which creates the creamy head is referred to as a widget. [...]
[...] c) Et, le widget bière. En effet, le nom widget a été breveté par la société Guinness. Oui, c’est vrai. La bulle plastique qu’on trouve au fonds des cannettes de bière Guinness et qui fait un sort que le gaz carbonique entre dans la bière à l’ouverture, un effet qui nous donne une bière semblable à un Guinness pression, s’appelle un widget. [...]
[...] My buddy Mike Jones from Userplane hit me up with a fantastic question, “what was the first widget ever created?” Sheesh Mike, I posted on that a long time ago! The mother of all widgets is the Guinness widget. [...]
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