Monday, December 16, 2024

K.A.C. 2024 - T - 09 Days ...

 

     1990 - "Merry Christmas, Ya Filthy Animals!" Another decade down and already there are rumblings in the air as technology continues to advance in leaps and bounds. Uneasiness in tech circles is starting to surface over what happens to computers worldwide in ten years, with a face on the problem, named Y2K building to intensity from 1995 on. As the world held its collective breath, what happened? A big snoozefest of a nothing, by and large! 

    

     While it was all playing out, it made a whole lot of people wish they were living in simpler times, when computers were non-existent and you got from Place A to Place B thanks to snowrollers. Never heard of them? Educate yourself thanks to the good folks over at Tamarack Hill Farm:

  

 

 

     https://www.facebook.com/photo/fbid=985579476933744&set=a.472320848259612 

    

     Our entries end this year at the year 1999, so on this Sunday edition let's give you a sneak peak at next year's entries, which will cover the years 2000 - 2024. Here's a look back at SNL's TV Funhouse from 2001 entitled 'The Narrator That Ruined Christmas'. Keep in mind this aired only a few months after 9/11:

     https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UihZm6T2T5g 

     Back tomorrow with more!

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