Browsing: July

A Brief History On July 5, 1994, Amazon, the internet mega-retailer, was founded by Jeff Bezos, his creation eventually making him the richest person in the world, worth $194.4 billion.  Amazon provides an enormous inventory without the need for physical stores letting you shop at your desk. Digging Deeper The internet has brought incredible wealth to some people, placing them in the ranks of the wealthiest on the planet.  Here are some of those folks that used the internet to their financial advantage: Elon Musk, net worth $180.7 billion, made a lot of his fortune with PayPal, an online money…

A Brief History On July 4, 1946, the Philippines became an independent country after having been under colonial rule by Spain and then the US for 381 years.  Today, we look at countries that spent even more years under colonial rule than the Philippines. Digging Deeper Guyana, 387 years under Dutch then British rule, and English is the official language. Cuba, 389 years under Spanish rule. Angola, 400 years, first visited by the Portuguese in 1484 and later colonized, gaining independence in 1975. Ghana, 426 years dominated by European countries including Portugal, the Netherlands, Britain, Sweden, and Denmark! Jamaica, 454…

A Brief History On July 3, 1958, The Andy Williams Show premiered on ABC, later to evolve into a long running show from 1962 to 1971 with minor comebacks in following years.  Music was first provided by the New Christy Minstrels folk group and in 1962 the Osmond Brothers provided musical entertainment. Digging Deeper Typical of the day, the Andy Williams Show was clean, family-oriented entertainment.  While movies and TV shows have made progress since then in production value, special effects, sets, costumes, and general quality, there are a few things we hate about modern video programming.  Do you agree?…

A Brief History On July 2, 2025, Jurassic World Rebirth was released in the United States by Universal Pictures. Digging Deeper Among our favorite movie franchises, the Jurassic Park offer the eye candy and action we love so much, and this latest edition offers both the visuals and the action in spades!  With the pedigree of the iconic dinosaurs films, this edition would reasonably expected to be a blockbuster, costing $180 to produce and returning a highly lucrative $53 million in barely over two weeks at the box office. British director Gareth Edwards earned his big screen chops with the likes…

A Brief History On July 1, 1966, Canada had its first ever color television broadcast in Toronto, Ontario.  Back when color TV hit the airwaves in the US, 1950 and 1951, no normal people had color TVs anyway.  1950s color TVs were horrible, with round screens that cut off a lot of the picture and garish colors like a bad cartoon. Digging Deeper TVs from the 1950s and early 1960s did not come with remotes, and they took forever to warm up, starting with a little dot of light in the middle that grew into a picture. Using CRTs and…