Link: The Farnsworth Invention (2/27). I have been exchanging messages with a fan of The West Wing who maintains a "Live Journal" blog and who has seen an early performance of at the La Jolla Playhouse. Based on these exchanges, I’m starting to get some sense of how the play balances the tricky imperatives …
I am often asked, where did the term "television" actually come from. There are numerous accounts of the origin of the term. One of them attributes its first use to the writings of one Hugo Gernsback, who published numerous magazines about science and invention during the early 20th century. I recall the first time I …
There is an outfit near Columbus, Ohio called The Early Television Foundation, which operates a museum that houses hundreds of vintage televisions and other electronic gear. Their website offers photos of their collection as well as a virtual tour down early TeeVee’s memory lane. They’re even having a convention in May for serious early TeeVee …
