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This blog is written and edited by Michael N. Marcus, a writer specializing in telecommunications, and president of
AbleComm, Inc, "the telecom department store."
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MY BLOGS:
DialZero provides a look at what's silly, stupid or surprising in telecom.
Gotta Get One recommends and criticizes electronics, food, cars, cameras, tools, movies and more.
For The First Time (or the last time) talks about changes in society and technology: first toilet paper, last convertible, first voice mail, last Automat, first female leader of Boy Scout troop, etc.
911 Wackos provides a look at the weird 911 calls and callers.
Book Making Blog is where I discuss writing, editing and publishing -- for my readers and for other writers
MY BOOKS: information & previews
PhoneGeeks Forum provides help with phone equipment and wiring.
WeLoveClams is for people who love clams
List of my websites
AbleComm, Inc, "the telecom department store."
EMAIL ME
Funny memoir "I Only Flunk My Brightest Students -- stories from school and real life" now available at Amazon.com
MY BLOGS:
DialZero provides a look at what's silly, stupid or surprising in telecom.
Gotta Get One recommends and criticizes electronics, food, cars, cameras, tools, movies and more.
For The First Time (or the last time) talks about changes in society and technology: first toilet paper, last convertible, first voice mail, last Automat, first female leader of Boy Scout troop, etc.
911 Wackos provides a look at the weird 911 calls and callers.
Book Making Blog is where I discuss writing, editing and publishing -- for my readers and for other writers
MY BOOKS: information & previews
PhoneGeeks Forum provides help with phone equipment and wiring.
WeLoveClams is for people who love clams
List of my websites
Legal Notices & Disclaimers
For The First Time (TM pending) is a service of Able Online Media. Original material is ©2007 - 2008, Able Online Media. All rights reserved.
Some material may be copyrighted by others, and will be removed upon request by the copyright owner.
Some photos and illustrations are symbolic, and do not accurately represent the people or events discussed.
Most of what we publish is believed to be true, but we welcome corrections.
A few items are not true, and are included for fun.
Some material may be copyrighted by others, and will be removed upon request by the copyright owner.
Some photos and illustrations are symbolic, and do not accurately represent the people or events discussed.
Most of what we publish is believed to be true, but we welcome corrections.
A few items are not true, and are included for fun.
Blog Archive
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- 1988:last 8-track tape from a major label
- 1904:patent for electric plug and outlet
- 1922:first woman on a Supreme Court
- 1975:McDonald's sings Big Mac song
- 1992:Singapore bans chewing gum
- 2006:end of world's oldest family business
- 2019 (approximate)last American telephone renter dies
- 1978: first person born in Antarctica
- 2007:first power-pimped electric scooter
- 1976:last American convertible (for a few years)
- 1996:man begins perpetual erection
- 2006:Nixon no longer worst president since WW2
- 1991:last Horn & Hardart Automat restaurant
- 2006:"planet" is defined, and Pluto isn't one
- 1841: beginning and end of shortest US presidency
- 1969:ARPAnet (father of Internet) is born
- 1391?first toilet paper
- 1849:first Chinese restaurant in the US
- 1604first known British babysitter
- 1874: the spork is patented
- 1814: first bathtub in the White House
- 1963:cans pop their tops
- 1953:meat & potatoes for couch potatoes
- 2001:first college name change because of jokes
- 1777:first American kids kept after school
- 1889:Italian king tastes first pizza
- 1783:first flight with human passengers
- 31,827BC:first man to eat a lobster
- 1947:first World Series game on TV
- 1936:first voicemail system
- 1935:first major league night baseball game
- 1984:end of the Bell System
- 1905:first gas station in the US
- 2000:first US president elected by Supreme Court
- 1956:first computer with a hard drive
- 2006:first restaurant operated by a college freshman
- 2005:first baby from commercial frozen egg bank
- 1980:first married Catholic priests in modern era
- 1922:first American Bat Mitzvah ceremony
- 2006:first woman who vacations in space
- 1950:first multi-business credit card in the US
- 1849:first female MD in the US
- 1869:first transcontinental railroad in the US
- 1976:first Earth vehicle lands on another planet
- 1981:more women than men in US colleges
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