From the Smithsonian
In February 1963, Dick Biondi, a popular nighttime disc jockey (DJ) at WLS-AM in Chicago, dropped the needle on “Please Please Me,” becoming the first person to play the Beatles on American radio. Black with rainbow trim, the label on the record misspelled the band’s name as the “Beattles.” The record company’s name—“Vee Jay,” the initials of co-founders Vivian Carter and Jimmy Bracken, a married ...
Continue Reading →Yeah I had one of these for a few weeks in 1993. I was selling cell phones at the time, and switched over to the walkie-talkie style as soon as I could. Then the Motorola Star-Tac – the flip phone that was inspired by Star Trek.
I married my cool grandma
Worst President in my lifetime. Probably the worst president ever.
When I put this post together four weeks ago, we weren’t at war with Russia yet. Now we are (yeah no boots on the ground yet, but we ARE at war) so I guess we will see just what kind of president he will be. This is his moment. Hope he doesn’t blow it (like everything else he’s touched)
Vinyl is not the only comeback music format. Check out this article from the Smithsonian Magazine.
Sales of the retro recordings have skyrocketed over the past few years. Since 2017, the number of cassette tapes sold in the U.S. has been increasing by double-digit percentages ...
Continue Reading →This is not the way it should be done, but often is.
A lesson in economics
Pentesting can be dangerous
My friend Tomilyn Lang Garot posted this on Facebook a while ago. This is so true. Master even two of these things and be happier.
And my favorite Brue Lee Quote
Bruce Lee’s Top 9 Fundamentals
I love this article from the Smithsonian
As cold weather and storms plague parts of the United States this winter, cat owners can count on their fluffy companions to curl up in the warmest spots they can reach.
That’s what Aaron Taylor certainly seems to have discovered. On December 31, Taylor posted a photo of five cats curled up on his self-heating satellite dish on Twitter. The post quickly went viral, gaining over 190,000 likes and 26,000 retweets so ...
Continue Reading →Pinterest. Its like an online penny bowl – Need a laugh? Take a laugh. Got a laugh? Leave a laugh.
My favorite moment of 2021. God bless NASCAR Check out the moment on YouTube. Copy and paste, then delete [removethis] from https://www.youtube.com/[removethis]watch?v=TjsCOGaSjic
