A video of Steve Jobs’ return to the helm of Apple in 1997. Here is the link.
The Return of Steve Jobs (1997)
A video of Steve Jobs’ return to the helm of Apple in 1997. Here is the link.
Tag Archives: history
Pigs in a Polka
On Frederator: “The Three Little Pigs meet Brahms in this Oscar-nominated Merry Melody.”
The composer’s famous Gypsy Dances are featured in this cartoon, and the animation is beautifully synced to the music. Where Disney failed to impress dramatically with Fantasia, cartoons like this one hit a vein, comically, just a few years later. Here is the link.
The Lambretta Twist
Here is the link to a wonderful video from the 60s, advertising THE moped of the hour, called the Lambretta.
Tarzan chimp celebrates 74th birthday
Who’d think it? The chimp who played in the 1930’s Tarzan movies is still alive and well – okay, he’s now diabetic – but he still lives! He just turned 74, and he’s the oldest chimp in the world. Amazing! See link for details.
Old postcard of armless driver
Boing Boing has a scanned in postcard of Frank E. Fithen, a man who lost his arms in a railroad accident as a boy. The postcard is from the early 1900s.
Quoting: “Mr. Fithen since that time has accomplished many difficult feats, such as writing, dressing and undressing himself, swimming, bicycle and unicycle trick riding, and above all he operates, drives and controls his own 6 cylinder 60 horse power ‘Oakland’ car. Fithen’s best time to date is 58 miles an hour.”
Wow! (Really, I’m serious! This is pretty cool!) Here is the link.
Raoul Pop 