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Say hello to Elektro, the Westinghouse Robot

Chris Holmes
posted on September 8, 2011May 17, 2013
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Long before robots became a staple of pop culture, Elektro the Westinghouse Robot made his debut at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Here's his

Posted in Internet, Links

Here’s some stuff I enjoyed this week

Chris Holmes
posted on August 19, 2011August 19, 2011
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We present the latest in a seemingly endless series of excellent internet links that you must see. It is a moral

Posted in Album Cover of the Week, Music

Album cover of the week: Good, Bad & Funky

Chris Holmes
posted on August 1, 2011February 10, 2015
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A super funky, sexy, and shiny cover from Detroit funk outfit Shotgun takes the spotlight in today's Album Cover of the Week

Posted in Featured Posts, TV & Radio

Proud As a Peacock – NBC Logo Evolution

Chris Holmes
posted on February 2, 2011February 19, 2022
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A retrospective gallery of NBC TV logos from the 1940s to the present day. All hail the

Posted in Ephemera, History

The ’30s and ’40s in living color, Part 2

Chris Holmes
posted on January 7, 2011January 12, 2011
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We thumb through the Library of Congress's "1930s-40s in Color" set on Flickr for a second time, and find some more cool slices of life in America of

Posted in Ephemera, History

The ’30s and ’40s in living color, Part 1

Chris Holmes
posted on November 15, 2009June 16, 2014
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GFS presents a gallery of selections from the Library of Congress' collection of color photos of the 1930s and

Posted in Internet, Links

Link of the day, 11/09/09

I’ll probably pull some of these for a later article, but you should check out this sweet Flickr slideshow of color photographs from the 1930s and ’40s. They’re provided by the

Posted in Internet, Links

Link of the day, 7/4/09

Chris Holmes
posted on July 4, 2009January 31, 2011
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From Flickr – Golden Age of Advertising: 1950s – 1970s. Lots of really cool vintage ads from magazines, newspapers,

Posted in Internet

Let’s make a band!

Ever notice how most posts that spread internet memes usually start with a proclamation by the author that they don’t usually do memes? Well not me. But seriously, I usually don’t spread

Say hello to Elektro, the Westinghouse Robot

Here’s some stuff I enjoyed this week

Album cover of the week: Good, Bad & Funky

Proud As a Peacock – NBC Logo Evolution

The ’30s and ’40s in living color, Part 2

The ’30s and ’40s in living color, Part 1

Link of the day, 11/09/09

Link of the day, 7/4/09

Let’s make a band!

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