Well, friends, my on-again-off-again relationship with FamilyFirst that has lasted ten years is, I’m sorry to say, off again. The company which owns this blog has decided to go a different direction, which doesn’t include me. I wish them the best of luck in their future endeavors. And I hope that some day their plans…
As you probably know, I’m all about nostalgia. My I remember JFK site has been a labor of love for two years now, and the site’s basic premise is nostalgia, specifically of the Baby Boomer flavor. Today’s FamilyFirst pick is a flash movie that runs about five minutes. It’s called Take Me Back to the…
Today’s FamilyFirst pick is a site to keep an eye on. First of all, let me tell you how I found it. I had a tremendous spike of traffic yesterday at my Boomer nostalgia blog, I Remember JFK, for this particular page. Further investigation revealed that the StumbleUpon folks were blitzing John Lennon sites, for…
Just think about it. Way back when, you had to pay for your copy of Netscape, unless you met certain restrictions. Without Netscape, you didn’t surf the net. True, there were other browsers out there, but Netscape was the standard by which all others were judged. Then, Microsoft took one of the “others,” Mosaic, and…
Ok, so 85% of you out there (I’m taking the figure from those who visit my I remember JFK blog) are still running Windows. Fair enough. After all, Windows 2000 was a quantum leap for the manufacturer of operating systems, and XP was even better. Those two versions comprise 73% of what you run. Only…
Perhaps you’ve heard of James Best. Perhaps you haven’t. But I’m betting you’ve seen him, especially if you watch Nick at Night. James Best was (he’s still around, just retired) was a character actor. He played in over 600 TV episodes as a tough in shows like Gunsmoke, The Andy Griffith Show, Bonanza, rawhide, Wagon…
Man, what a sheltered life I’ve led. A couple of weeks ago, a visitor at my I Remember JFK nostalgia site suggested that I write a column about Jean Shepherd. I went “Who?” Well, I am now a dyed-in-the-wool fan of this absolutely captivating radio storyteller.
Wikipedia is coming up rapidly on its two millionth article. The online anyone-can-edit encyclopedia has been around since January 15, 2001. It has developed into the internet’s ubiquitous source of knowledge. I have been amazed by a few wonders that have hit huge on the web. Google, for example, continues to blow me away. I…
Say Kids! What Time Is It? Those words began a five-evening-a-week show that debuted way back in 1947. It entranced millions of kids, and it became a very strong part of American culture. The show was Howdy Doody. It featured Buffalo Bob Smith, Clarabell the clown, Chief Thunderthud, and a host of other human characters….
Sometimes, I like to just site back and marvel at how the web has changed since I first ventured out into its expanse back in 1995. Back then, a web site involved writing html, using an ftp program to upload it, and then having to explain to people what a tilde was. The default UNIX-hosted…