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Internet Power

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:54:19 GMT

The VHS-era web.

Link: http://www.waxy.org/archive/2008/03/17/internet.shtml

Hunt the Wumpus

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 13:44:35 GMT

Play online.

Link: http://www.ifiction.org/games/play.phpz?cat=&game=249&mode=html

Mr. Wizard passes away

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 12:43:18 GMT

I loved his shows as a kid and always used his experiments as examples when I was teaching.

Link: http://www.mrwizardstudios.com/

The Prisoner

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 08:33:10 GMT

It occurs to me that the opening credits to The Prisoner are deserving of being at the top of the previously linked Onion AV Club’s list of the “most fitting television openings”, if not some other list of the best television openings of all time.

The above movie is just the first part of The Prisoner’s opening sequence. The actual opening credits take about five minutes to get through, including a bit at the end where Patrick McGoohan’s character (Number 6) shouts the ever-famous “I am not a number, I am a free man.” That’s five whole minutes of an hour-long program devoted to setting up the premise of the show. Compare that to today’s shows — like Lost or the recently-defunct Alias — which often forsake their opening sequences entirely.

Phew, television titles get me going. Be seeing you.

Twenty-two opening sequences that fit their television shows perfectly

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Sat, 24 Mar 2007 08:10:01 GMT

These aren’t the greatest television openings of all time, just the ones that fit their shows best — otherwise we’d see the A-Team in there somewhere.

Link: http://www.avclub.com/content/node/59771/1

The 50 Greatest Commercials of the ’80s

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Tue, 05 Dec 2006 19:59:38 GMT

Every one with a video. Awesome.

Link: http://giantmag.com/2006/12/tv/the-50-greatest-commercials-of-the-80s

Compu-Promo

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:19 GMT

Lileks take on ‘60s computing

Link: http://www.lileks.com/institute/compupromo/

Outrageous firsts in television history

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 20:31:22 GMT

Television nostalgia for the list-oriented

Link: http://www.yesbutnobutyes.com/archives/2005/12/outrageous_firs_2.html