Modern history is littered with glorious technical failures.
You may, for instance, remember the laser disc. It was a one-foot wide silver record which, said the geeks, would replace the videocassette. I damn nearly bought one, at vast expense, even though there were a few drawbacks. Like you couldn’t record anything on it, and any fast-moving image always “ghosted,” which was a bit of a problem because the only film originally available on laser disc was the very fast-moving Top Gun.
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The Trigueros from New Paltz, NY
Talmadge & Diane Strickland: John, Diane and I had the pleasure of sail on the first trip out of dry dock on the...
Eileene: John, thank you, as always for the laughter and the info. I just wanted to say that I totally agree with you...
mjgruskin: John, good interview. You were quite the professional. Nice choice of shirt with suspenders. Not a small...
CharlynVillemez: Just got off of the Triump Carnival cruise to Carribean. Enjoyed the cruise except for the...
Greg Chitwood: Nice interview, Mr Cahill seams to enjoy his position and is very aware of what is going on on his...
I started this blog when a lady called Stephanie said "Oh John, please write a blog, it will only be for a week and won't take up much of your time."
That was back in 1492 and here I am still writing in the same pair of underpants.
