We get it. Somewhere between the momentum of a new year and the long, dull slide into the dead of winter, it’s pretty easy to lose that spark that made your New Year’s resolutions seem doable. We weren’t a bit surprised when we checked out our calendars this morning and saw that January 17th is…
Post-holiday blues got you down? Well, we’ve got something to cheer you *ahem* up. On January 7, 1785, Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries were the first to cross the English channel in a gas balloon. At the time, hot air balloons were the only way to fly … literally! The inaugural manned balloon flight had occurred…
365 days. 246 blog posts. Fifty-one issues. Fifty-two radio broadcasts. Thousands of ads and hundreds of new advertisers. We’ve been pretty busy – it was one heck of a year! 2013 was not only our 45th year in business, it was also the year that brought completely free advertising – as of November 26, 2013…
On December 19, 1732, Benjamin Franklin began to publish Poor Richard’s Almanack. And while Old Ben’s almanac is one of the most famous, it was by no means the first. It wasn’t first in America, and it wasn’t even the first such thing to be published by a member of the Franklin clan: Ben’s older…
On this day in 1958, something pretty special took to the air. Quite literally, in fact: the first communications satellite, called SCORE (Signal Communications by Orbiting Relay Equipment), was launched. While orbiting, the satellite broadcast a Christmas message from President Dwight D. Eisenhower via short wave radio. It proved for the first time that such…
We’d like to take a moment to salute those who have served in the armed forces, both here and abroad. We know that one day out of the year isn’t nearly enough to honor your patriotism, dedication and countless sacrifices, but we do want every veteran to know that we truly and deeply appreciate all…
Yeah, us, too, from time to time. After all, not everyone’s got a great sense of direction. And for those among us who tend to wind up in unpredictable places, November 6th is Marooned Without a Compass Day. It goes without saying that we’ve got you covered: you’ll find GPS systems in several different spots:…
Okay, okay. We admit it. We do tend to get corny with alarming frequency. And statistically, there’s a good chance that you will, too, within the next 24 hours. October 30th is Candy Corn Day. Over 20 millions pounds of candy corn are sold in the U.S. every year, and the majority of it is…
On this day in 1965, construction was completed on the St. Louis Arch. Not only is it included on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, it’s also a pretty impressive illusion: despite appearing taller than it is wide, the arch is precisely 630 feet tall and 630 feet wide. It is, in fact, the…
On this day in 2001, Apple unveiled the iPod. That first iPod had 5GB of storage and, in the words of Steve Jobs, “put 1000 songs in your pocket”. While the iPod was certainly revolutionary, those of us of *ahem* a certain age fondly (or not so fondly) remember another portable music player that changed…