Archive for November, 2009
A Computer Will Solve Weather Problems!
So, back in the 1950’s, the Remington Rand company built the famous UNIVAC computer. This amazing machine was said, at least in this ad, it could solve our weather predicting problems. Hum, what, 60 years later, the Weather Channel still sucks at predicting my weekend!
Looking Back at Chicago
Having lived in the Chicago area all my life, I found these two films fascinating. So sit back and enjoy Chicago from 1948!
WGN Doesn’t Get This Brave New World
WGN, the “Superstation” out of Chicago doesn’t understand the power of YouTube or probably and modern technology. I would love to add video clips of some of the classic shows from the 60’s and 70’s but WGN is way too short-sighted to understand how much the internet can bring to their station. They still have [...]
Gabe Kaplan on Screaming Yellow Theater
Once upon a time there was UHF television! This was before cable. For those that don’t know, UHF TV was were the lower class of stations existed. In Chicago we had WFLD – Channel 32, WCIU – Channel 26, and WSNS-channel 44. These stations still exist today but the low budget programing doesn’t compare [...]
The Halloween Show
It’s Halloween on Coffee With Jeff
To see Outtakes from the show, visit the Coffee With Jeff website!
Part 1
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