So, see if you can follow along as we connect the dots: Peter Gotcher, the Chairman and co-founder of Santa Monica-based music startup Topspin Media, has scored an Emmy award, for his work in co-founding firm Digidesign. The Philo T. Farnsworth Corporate Achievement Award was given over the weekend to the founders of Digidesign, by […]
Inventor and television pioneer Philo T. Farnsworth was born August 19, 1906 in Beaver County, Utah. The family moved to a farm near Rigby, Idaho during World War I. There, Philo set off on the path that would earn him the designation as “the father of television. via sfcompanion.blogspot.com I don't remember this date every
Finally, somebody comes right out and asks the question that I've been asking for like three years now: What is going on with this man? Here's a guy who battled drug addiction and got busted at the Burbank Airport for holding. He's been in the tabloids himself. Now he takes on all these Perez Hilton
You know, it's really a shame, in a way, the way all this is unfolding with "The Farnsworth" on "Warehouse 13" — now that the producers have licensed their gizmos for commercial production: QMx will be pre-miering the first piece in the line, The Farnsworth, at San Diego Comic-Con this week. The Farnsworth is a
Of course, in these parts, we don't call it "The Farnsworth," we call it "The Farnovision." But close enough. At least there is one TeeVee show that recognizes its progenitors and gives credit where it is due. Warehouse 13 Season 2 Episode 3 “Beyond Our Control” Will be released on: 20 July, 2010 Synopsis: When
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News started percolating last week of a new iPhone app named for Philo T. Farnsworth, the inventor of (modern, electronic) television. The app is called — appropriately enough "PHILO", and professes to bring "social networking" -type interaction to TeeVee viewing. According to the app's website, Philo helps you enjoy TV with your friends and
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“Every man is entitled to his own opinion, but not his own facts.” — Daniel Patrick Moynihan 1. The Widow and the Screenwriter In July 1993, a young playwright and screenwriter named Aaron Sorkin flew from Los Angeles to spend the better part of a day with an elderly widow in Salt Lake City,
Apparently it was Pablo Picasso who surmised that "Art is the lie that tells the truth," and I suppose that little play on words is true more often than not. But in the case of "The Farnsworth Inventions" — which has recently been revived in Chicago, "art" is the lie that perpetuates a lie. This
Apparently this outfit has obtained the rights to show this footage, originally released in 1936 by Paramount's "Eyes and Ears of the World" newsreel service. It's a good reflection of how TeeVee looked and worked in its formative years. Click the image to open the page with the video: (I think the date that
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via wesleyvaclav.blogspot.com We made it through just the first half of the the 2-hour performance before heading to Cool Basil at 8801 University in Clive for some Thai food that was better than anything The Farnsworth Invention served up on 42nd Street in Des Moines. We weren't the only people who bailed out after the
