Entries from March 2007

Monday, March 26th, 2007

25 Trends That Changed America

There’s an article in USA Today that talks about the top 25 trends that changed the way we live. (Read article: USA Today)
Number 10 is “Tech creates cult of ‘me.’ Cellphones. The revolutionary switch from cassettes and VHS to CDs and DVDs. The Internet opens the floodgates. MySpace.com. Facebook. Blogs. It’s all about customization and […]

Monday, March 19th, 2007

Vintage Films of Johnny Carson & JFK

Those of you who are Johnny Carson fans, like me, are no doubt thrilled with the recent news that episodes from his pre-Tonight Show program, “The Johnny Carson Show,” are now available on DVD from ShoutFactory.  These 16mm home movie gauge films date back to the mid 1950s.
Turns out his second wife, Joanne, re-discovered the […]

Monday, March 12th, 2007

National (& Personal) History & Memories Digitized

The New York Times released a thought provoking article over the weekend entitled “History, Digitized.”. I highly recommend reading it.
This captures the essence of what the US (and World) faces today. 99% of all relevant historical material, whether it be personal memorabilia (home movies & pictures) or historical artifacts (important films, video tapes, pictures, books, documents) are […]

Monday, March 5th, 2007

Social Media Takes Over My News Portal

I have been an avid USA Today online reader for the last 7 years. Read it every morning before work. In fact, this has been my browser home page ever since I became a die hard online news reader.
This weekend, to my surprise, when I pulled up my browser, a completely different USA Today appeared. […]